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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San Diego’s High Tech High students are inspired by new skateparks to use physics for altruism. -
National University and eight other universities are getting together to help preschool to 12th grade students and teachers. -
The San Diego-based international health organization Project Concern International is being recognized for its work. -
California’s state-funded preschool program is using old income restrictions to keep out many children in need, according to the San Diego Unified School District. -
After a 40-year hiatus, the Gold Star garden at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego is rededicated to honor service members killed in combat. -
The Urban Discovery Academy will move its school to 14th and F streets in downtown San Diego in September. The school accepted a $30,000 bell on Monday.
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With six new gun control bills signed by Gov. Jerry Brown in July, sales of semi-automatic rifles have more than doubled in California over last year. -
Vacant lots and blighted spaces can increase crime rates and lower property values. In City Heights, local groups are transforming them into vibrant community hubs. -
Some homeless members of the Voices of Our City Choir were given citations by police last week for sleeping in their tents on city sidewalks, but they say they had nowhere else to go.
- Oceanside ranks top place for retirees, city develops plan to help seniors thrive
- Immigration agents arrest parent outside Chula Vista elementary school
- Study shows impact of immigration enforcement on California’s overall workforce
- San Diego got $8.5 million from a settlement for improving parks — but only in certain areas
- San Diego County among Justice Department’s 35 'sanctuary' jurisdictions