Matthew Bowler
Video JournalistMatthew Bowler is an award-winning journalist from San Diego. Bowler comes from a long line of San Diego journalists. Both his father and grandfather worked as journalists covering San Diego. He is also a third generation San Diego State University graduate, where he studied art with a specialty in painting and printmaking. Bowler moved to the South of France after graduating from SDSU. While there he participated in many art exhibitions. The newspaper “La Marseillaise” called his work “les oeuvres impossible” or “the impossible works.” After his year in Provence, Bowler returned to San Diego and began to work as a freelance photographer for newspapers and magazines. Some years later, he discovered his passion for reporting the news, for getting at the truth, for impacting lives. Bowler is privileged to have received many San Diego Press Club Awards along with two Emmy's.
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The ferry is a long-awaited, scenic way to travel between downtown San Diego and Chula Vista. -
The beloved Barrio Logan restaurant Las Cuatro Milpas officially reopened at its new location Tuesday. It's not far from the original restaurant site, which served up tacos, rice, beans and more for 92 years. -
Being a journalist has many challenges, but those working just across the border face a unique set of obstacles. KPBS Video Journalist Matthew Bowler spent the day chasing down leads with a few Tijuana journalists. -
For months, temperatures all along the West Coast have risen 3 to 4 degrees above normal. Now, Scientists say a separate heat wave is forming hundreds of miles off the Pacific coast and are monitoring whether the two heat waves could merge. -
San Diego is removing Cesar Chavez’s name from city facilities, programs and public assets. Late Thursday, Mayor Todd Gloria signed an executive order to remove references to the labor leader while honoring the legacy of farmworker rights activism. Chavez’s name is also being removed from colleges across the county after allegations of sexual violence surfaced this week. KPBS North County reporter Alexander Nguyen spoke with students. -
As Hollywood production slows, a Baja California filmmaker is building an audience with low-budget films watched by millions.
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New federal work requirements are rolling out in stages across California’s public benefit programs, leaving many recipients in San Diego County wondering whether the changes apply to them. -
The proposal also would adopt recommendations from the city's Independent Budget Analyst's office to shift $6 million from San Diego's Transient Occupancy Tax (essentially a hotel tax) to arts programs, as well as restore $1.3 million in grants. -
She’s aiming to portray Desmond as a Trump-aligned extremist in the general election, but that could prove difficult to pull off.
- November fire on Camp Pendleton burns 560 acres
- Black San Diegans 9 times likelier to be charged with ‘resisting an officer’ — and nothing else
- Immigrant detentions on San Diego’s military bases have spiked under Trump
- San Diego City Council approves final budget
- Endangered ram dies after getting caught in concertina wire at US-Mexico border