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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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. -
Since 1994, the Sherman Heights community has honored the departed through Day of the Dead celebrations, blending tradition with remembrance. -
KPBS Video Journalist Matthew Bowler gives us a look inside this special celebration of life after death. -
The event brings 63 artists from across Mexico for 10 days of performances across the city.
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Ten years ago, San Diego adopted a goal of zero traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2025. -
Trump won a second term on Tuesday with promises to implement an unprecedented crackdown on immigrants. Advocates are taking their word seriously and taking steps to protect vulnerable migrants. -
In 2021, an Amazon fulfillment center brought hope to Nueva Esperanza. But today the community continues to lack basic services like paved roads, drinkable water and a stormwater system.
- San Diego proposes keeping low-density housing near Clairemont trolley stops
- Hundreds still without power in the Imperial Valley after Monday's monsoon storms
- San Diego completes organic waste pilot program in attempt to improve compost
- Buried audit found major problems at San Diego County animal shelters. Issues still persist
- Activists want state commission to consider decertifying SDPD chief