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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Volunteer-run mobile library helps kids discover love for reading in communities South of the borderA volunteer-run mobile library helps kids discover love for reading in communities south of the border. -
San Diego County supervisors will vote Tuesday on whether to extend its deadline for adopting a budget. KPBS metro reporter Andrew Bowen says it comes amid uncertainty over federal funding. -
Students across the district walked out of class Tuesday to protest potential layoffs of librarians, teachers, psychologists and vice principals. -
LGBTQ+ migrants in Tijuana have a new place to seek support. KPBS Video Journalist Matthew Bowler was in Tijuana for the inauguration. -
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.
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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.
- Former 'Teacher of the Year' sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for sex crimes
- Carlsbad opens door for new drive-thrus, but with tight restrictions
- New nonstop flights available between San Diego and Amsterdam
- 'Park Opera' turns Balboa Park into a stage, with a bee aria and listening as the protagonist
- Activists celebrate motherhood from inside Las Colinas Detention Facility