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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Children Now, a nonpartisan, nonprofit group, examined the educational and economic welfare of children in every county in the state of California. -
Sweetwater Union High School District is trying to put board of trustee corruption behind them. Some voters hope the new candidates will move the district forward. -
The focus of the drill at Knox Middle School in Valencia Park was to address the kind of violence that can happen when kids bully one another. -
Elizabeth White's 10-year-old son is dyslexic. She has had to fight with the San Diego Unified School District to get her son diagnosed and get the help he needs. -
The San Ysidro School District remains fifth on a list of seven schools the California Department of Education says it doesn't expect to be able to pay its bills. A declining enrollment and a $2.6 million deficit are among its problems. -
Teachers are asking for their first pay raise in seven years, along with better health benefits. The district counters that a projected budget deficit will not allow that to happen.
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San Diego researchers are making progress on a long-running plan to revive a nearly extinct rhino species. Two rhino births this year were important steps. -
A former San Diego County sheriff's deputy who groped, hugged and tried to kiss more than a dozen women while on duty was sentenced Tuesday to 44 months behind bars followed by 16 months of post-release supervision. -
KPBS Midday EditionSix months ago, Imperial Valley boxer Andy Ruiz shocked the world when he became the heavyweight champion, upsetting the heavily favored Anthony Joshua. Now, on the eve of their rematch, young boxers in Calexico are looking to follow in his footsteps.
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