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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The San Diego Planning Commission is expected this week to approve the conditional land use permit for what could be San Diego's first legal medical marijuana dispensary. -
It was the fourth time in the past 18 months that razor blades have been planted in the grass at Bonita Cove Park, a heavily used play area across the street from Belmont Park. -
San Diego remembers Martin Luther King Jr. and honors Constance Carroll, the chancellor of the San Diego Community College District. -
With state spending per student set to rise $306, San Diego school officials said they planned to use the money to reduce class sizes, help English-learning students and pay for other classroom needs. -
President Barack Obama is proposing to offer two years of free community college to every American. -
The vigil is set for 8 p.m. Thursday at Balboa Park's House of France to remember the 12 people who died.
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KPBS Midday EditionThere are currently 42 farmers in San Diego County who are growing some of the world’s rarest and most expensive coffee varieties. -
County officials and business leaders are urging small businesses to get with of a state program that’s handing out $500 million in grants. -
KPBS Midday EditionA wind-driven brush fire erupted near Fallbrook Thursday morning, prompting mandatory evacuations and road closures.
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