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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More than 250 federal prosecutors and support staff in the San Diego U.S. Attorney’s Office are facing uncertainty after the Trump administration offered two million federal workers the option to resign by Thursday. KPBS’s Amita Sharma reports on the impact and growing concerns. -
Mexican officials have converted an events center into a temporary shelter to house up to 2,600 people in anticipation of mass deportations from the U.S. -
KPBS Video Journalist Matthew Bowler explores how San Diego comedians prepare to respond to the political climate during Trump’s second term. -
Through Noche de Poetas, local writers create a safe space to share their work and honor Tijuana's poetic tradition with a forthcoming anthology. -
An altar in Tijuana honoring journalists killed in Mexico features broken cameras, a bullet-ridden laptop and a typewriter. -
Libros, Café y Jazz marks 15 years as Tijuana's go-to bookstore, offering used books, coffee and jazz performances for all ages.
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"When the Padres do well, the streets get flooded,” said Josh Smith, general manager of Water Grill San Diego. -
Proposition 33 could allow more local rent control. Supporters say it's a matter of survival. Opponents say it could make the housing crisis worse. -
While the hallucinogenic drug ibogaine is illegal in the Unites States, military veterans and others are traveling abroad to get it.
- Trump administration freezes $50 million in San Diego County public school funding
- San Diego political expert details steps that could lead to US civil war
- Steele Fire update: Spread halted, evacuations hold
- Carlsbad pumping brakes on traffic circles, putting federal funding at risk
- Fear of immigration raids reshaping daily life for many