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 EditionThe sole gunman in a Southern California synagogue shooting in which a woman was killed told an investigator he adopted his hatred of Judaism 18 months before the fatal attack, according to a federal search warrant. -
KPBS Midday EditionSan Diego City Council members Tuesday approved a 12-month extension to the city's three "bridge shelters," which Mayor Kevin Faulconer has made a key component of his strategy to address homelessness. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe San Diego City Council voted 6-3 in closed session Monday to join a coalition of four local labor unions in their effort to strip 2012's Proposition B pension reform initiative from the city charter. -
San Diego City Council members voted 6-3 Monday to direct the city attorney to seek the invalidation of Prop B., the city's pension reform initiative. -
San Diego City Council members next week will consider whether to hire a full-time childcare coordinator to update city policies and aid city employees with young children. -
KPBS Midday EditionA group of faith communities and housing advocates are exploring how to make houses of worship part of the solution to San Diego's housing crisis. They call their initiative YIGBY, for "Yes in God's Backyard."
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In two separate motions, the Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods Committee approved a proposed ordinance establishing rules for the city's acquisition and use of surveillance equipment and technology and to establish a Privacy Advisory Commission. -
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.
- Gloria's ADU proposal would block housing in San Diego's whitest, wealthiest neighborhoods
- Montgomery Field Airport weather instruments not functioning properly at time of plane crash
- ICE agents swarm San Diego immigration court, arresting people after their hearings
- El Cajon skilled nursing facility kitchen temporarily shut down for ‘major’ health violations
- A music talent agency says 3 employees died on a plane that crashed into a San Diego neighborhood