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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Less than 5 percent of Californians under the age of 24 voted in the last election. California Secretary of State Alex Padilla is trying to change that. -
UC San Diego honored World Aids Day for the 10th year with a display of three portions of the AIDS Memorial Quilt. -
San Diego Miramar College officially opened it's new 49,000-square-foot science building on Monday — and it has all the bells and whistles. -
Snow showers developed over the mountains late Thursday night and are expected to continue off and on through at least early Friday afternoon. -
Holiday shopping will soon be at a fever pitch and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday reminded shoppers to take steps to be safe. -
Students and parents at Santa Fe Christian School in Solana Beach spent Friday packing meals to help feed starving children in Africa.
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KPBS Midday EditionFor long-standing businesses, the COVID-19 pandemic has been brutal. One new City Heights restaurant that is not only trying to survive, but thrive, as it shakes off losses from the past year. -
Last year, the mother of an army officer was deported to Mexico, after living in the United States for over 30 years. On Thursday, she was allowed to re-enter the country, part of a dramatic and surprising change in policy. -
The Port of San Diego partnered with Sharp HealthCare to vaccinate over 400 cruise ship crew members.
- Rail advocates fear Del Mar project could lock in slower, more polluting trains to LA
- Ariane Fire stopped at 5 acres with all evacuation orders lifted
- Escondido's first 'fire resilient' community a 'bonus' for homebuyers
- Iranian-Americans in San Diego fearful for family in homeland
- Advocates want new Del Mar train tunnels electrified