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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KPBS Midday EditionHomeless service providers are handing out boots and tarps, while fire-rescue personnel are providing sandbags. -
The San Diego International Auto Show is taking place at the convention center Thursday through Sunday. It will feature 400 new-model vehicles, alternative fuel cars, exotics, crossovers and classics. -
San Diego is getting a promotional bump in New York's Times Square this New Year's Eve. A flashy billboard ad extols America's Finest City. -
As San Diego prepares to host the 2015 Holiday Bowl game between USC and the University of Wisconsin on Wednesday night, their marching bands battled it out in downtown San Diego. -
The city of San Diego's 42nd annual Christmas tree recycling program began Monday in an effort to keep trees out of landfills and turn them into mulch for gardeners. -
The Salvation Army is short thousands of toy donations as more San Diego families need help this holiday season.
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About half of the district’s approximately 100,000 students returned to campuses Monday for part-time, in-person learning. -
KPBS Midday EditionLa Mesa City Councilwoman Dr. Akilah Weber was close Wednesday to being elected to the 79th Assembly District seat her mother Shirley held from 2012 until being appointed secretary of state in December. -
Tuesday is the last day to cast a ballot in the 79th Assembly District special election, with both the San Diego County Registrar of Voters office and each voter's assigned polling place open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Thousands of San Diego service members deployed to Middle East
- Ariane Fire stopped at 5 acres with all evacuation orders lifted
- In San Diego, rents rise slower where more homes are permitted
- San Diego Council committee passes $25 minimum wage for hospitality workers
- SDPD stops sharing data from controversial surveillance program