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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Meet the candidates and learn what's at stake with KPBS' Nov. 8, 2022 election guide for the San Diego City Council races in Districts, 2, 4, 6 and 8. -
The San Diego Planning Department is moving to redraw the boundaries of where the city should be focusing its growth. -
Rides on San Diego County's buses, trolleys and trains will be free Wednesday, just in time for the last Padres game of the regular season. -
KPBS Midday EditionSotu, a slam poetry champion and a teaching artist and commissioned playwright with the Old Globe and the La Jolla Playhouse, will lead a workshop on Saturday at the San Diego Writer's Festival about unlocking creativity and finding your voice. -
The City Council and Board of Supervisors want to set a goal of building 10,000 affordable homes on publicly owned land by 2030. -
KPBS Midday EditionGun rights advocates filed a lawsuit challenging a California law that would allow private citizens to sue manufacturers of illegal firearms.
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The city of San Diego announced Monday the entirety of Golden Hall and parts of the Convention Center will be converted to homeless shelters with hundreds of beds as the city rushes to prepare for what health officials are describing as a storm on the horizon with the COVID-19 pandemic. -
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.
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren calls on Marine Corps to pause contract with Oceanside-based Frontwave Credit Union
- Paid parking in Balboa Park? San Diego residents may get a discount
- University of San Diego faculty on strike Wednesday and Thursday
- USDA chief says agency is trying to fill key jobs after paying 15,000 to leave
- San Diego nonprofit auctions off rare set of Italian cookbooks