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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San Diego Catholics re-enacted the crucifixion at a Barrio Logan church on Good Friday. -
High school robotics teams are taking over the Valley View Casino Center for three days for the spirited San Diego Regional FIRST Robotics Competition. -
Six weeks of celebrations honoring the life of César Chávez started Monday with a community breakfast commemorating the 1965 Delano Grape Strike. -
More than 200 union workers picketed over the contract negotiations with the nonprofit that runs Head Start programs in North County. Workers say a plan to raise their insurance costs will cut their pay to below minimum wage. -
After 10 months of labor negotiations, San Diego Unified School District and its teachers union declared an impasse. -
A celebration of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math, or STEAM, is on tap this Sunday in Balboa Park.
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The USS Midway Museum honored all those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country with a commemorative wreath-laying ceremony and a special tribute for Korean War veterans. -
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.
- Thousands of San Diego service members deployed to Middle East
- In San Diego, rents rise slower where more homes are permitted
- San Diego Council committee passes $25 minimum wage for hospitality workers
- Unions representing laid off UC San Diego Health employees push back
- UC San Diego study shows more boomers are using cannabis, many for the first time