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 San Diego Unified School District credits its Farm to School program for the improvement of its cafeteria food. The district feeds more than 100,000 students and 15 percent of their produce is grown locally. -
Difference Makers International, a bullying prevention nonprofit, put 3,000 Chula Vista high school kids in a room to hash out bullying problems. -
The conference is aimed at helping high school counselors motivate more students to get college degrees. -
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan came to San Diego seeking feedback on common core. -
The governor wants tuition to remain flat while the UC Regents say they need to raise it.
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The Superintendent of Ramona Unified School District says students will suffer because of voters' failure to pass the $40 million school bond.
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The Supreme Court says the Biden administration likely violated federal law in trying to end a Trump-era program that forces people to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the U.S. -
KPBS Midday EditionReception and fundraiser this Saturday -
KPBS Midday EditionA sewage testing program at UCSD could be key to helping identify COVID-19 outbreaks when students return to school in the fall.
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