Andrew Bowen
Metro ReporterAs the KPBS metro reporter, Andrew Bowen covers a broad range of issues across San Diego County, including local government, housing, transportation, infrastructure and climate change. His reporting at KPBS has won numerous awards, including the 2019 Gloria Penner Award for Political Affairs Reporting from the San Diego chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the 2018 Walk the Walk Award from Circulate San Diego. Before moving to San Diego, Andrew worked for six years as a freelance translator, radio reporter, and TV news producer in Germany. His work for the German international public broadcaster Deutsche Welle had him covering local, national, and international stories across Europe. He also worked as a producer and reporter for the English-language website of Der Spiegel, Germany's largest news magazine. Andrew is originally from Santa Rosa, California. He holds a bachelor of science degree in journalism with a minor in Spanish from Northwestern University. He speaks fluent Spanish, Portuguese, and German.
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The San Diego Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of the North Park and Golden Hill community plan updates, lengthy documents that will play a role in meeting the city's environmental goals. A recent analysis cast doubt on whether the plans are sufficient to reduce the city's dependence on the automobile. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe area has been described as a “food desert,” where fresh produce is hard to find. Residents working to change that are encountering an unexpected barrier: cars that drive too fast. -
KPBS Midday EditionAn analysis commissioned by the city's planning department found far too many people will still be driving to work in two of the city's most urbanized neighborhoods. The city says the analysis did not account for other programs that will help meet the Climate Action Plan's ambitious transportation goals. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe City Council voted to move forward a plan to close Balboa Park's Plaza de Panama to cars and reroute them to a new parking garage. There are several questions on how the city will pay for the project, which has grown in cost by $30 million. -
A new report from the San Diego City Auditor finds the city isn't doing a great job making streets safe for pedestrians. Relatively safe intersections have gotten improvements while some of the most dangerous intersections are neglected. -
The trolley extension to UC San Diego is described as the largest public transit project in the history of the region. The federal government has now committed to covering about half of its full cost.
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KPBS Midday EditionWhen California voters legalized recreational marijuana in 2016, they did so with the promise of new social and environmental programs funded by cannabis tax dollars. That promise remains largely unfulfilled in San Diego. -
KPBS Midday EditionSan Diego is considering a new program focused on helping communities most impacted by the War on Drugs share in the profits of legalized cannabis. A similar program in Los Angeles has faced criticism. -
Following demonstrations in Barrio Logan and at the San Diego airport, hundreds marched in downtown San Diego in support of raising the federal minimum wage.
- 60,000+ march through downtown for 'No Kings' Day protest, other rallies planned throughout the county
- 3 takeaways from the military parade and No Kings protests on Trump's birthday
- Food worker with 'fantasy' of security career sought in Minnesota political shootings
- Advice for trying GLP-1 drugs for weight loss from a doctor who's been there
- Could this city be the model for how to tackle the housing crisis and climate change?