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 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. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe strike comes after last-minute negotiations with the school district failed to produce a new contract. Union members ultimately rejected an offer to raise pay by 1.5 percent, while adding one day to the school year and an additional five minutes to each school day. -
The San Ysidro School District and the teachers union are at odds over pay, the length of the school year and class sizes. -
The agreement reached after an all-night negotiation session includes raises and increases the maximum an employee will pay for health coverage. -
The new law allows the California chancellor of community colleges to choose 15 community colleges to be the first in the state to offer bachelor's degrees.
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A post from the Republican San Diego County supervisor wrongly stated that taxpayers are paying for the care of migrants at the camps in Jacumba. -
The results show that law enforcement stop Black and brown Californians at higher rates than white Californians. -
Prosecutors said Thursday that they are seeking to have Francis sentenced on the charges he pleaded guilty to almost nine years ago.
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