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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KPBS Midday EditionA divided City Council approved the ballot measures. One would require all elections for city offices go to a November runoff. The other would mandate all citizens initiatives and referendums be decided in November elections. -
The historic Truax House served as San Diego's first AIDS hospice. The City Council agreed to sell it to a private developer who has pledged to restore the house from its current disrepair and to build new housing on site. -
Activists are calling on Councilwoman Myrtle Cole to resign after controversial statements she made this week on race relations. The activists accuse her of justifying racial profiling by police and of being a poor advocate for her southeastern San Diego constituents. -
City staffers have selected a local developer as their preferred buyer for the Truax House, which served as the city's first AIDS hospice. The developer has pledged to restore the decaying property.
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Republicans on the San Diego City Council this week blocked a ballot measure to build 18 fire stations with an increase in property taxes. Councilwoman Marti Emerald says the measure failed because she refused to participate in a vote-swapping deal. -
KPBS Midday EditionA proposal to build 18 fire stations in San Diego failed to get enough votes on the City Council on Tuesday. The measure looked to be headed for the November ballot, but one council member withdrew her support.
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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?