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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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. -
The 46-seat nonprofit movie theater doesn't usually show big-studio, R-rated buddy comedies, but it's making an exception for "The Interview" after Sony Pictures reversed a decision to pull it from the screen. -
California Highway Patrol officers handed out new toys to kids on Tuesday through their "CHiPs for Kids" holiday charity program. -
San Diego State University goes up against Navy in the 10th annual Poinsettia Bowl. The teams' coaches promise an aggressive but friendly game. -
Pushing past the edge of technology and art — students at High Tech High's Media Art Center learn how to make art one line of computer code at a time.
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The American Civil Liberties Union filed a class-action lawsuit against Customs and Border Protection on Tuesday, condemning the treatment of asylum-seekers in the “Remain In Mexico” program. The ACLU says that the migrants are not being allowed to see their lawyers. -
KPBS Midday EditionMedical facilities and county officials are using data as part of an all-hazards management plan to prepare for a potential influx of flu patients. -
California isn’t the only region dealing with devastating wildfires. South of the border in Baja California, Mexican firefighters and local authorities have squared off against quick-moving fires that have left local residents with little time to get to safety.
- Get back to nature — with a sprinkle of history — at Felicita Park
- FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show
- Israeli settlers beat U.S. citizen to death in West Bank
- Despite Wimbledon loss, US tennis star Taylor Fritz inspires in his hometown
- Escondido sees a budget surplus thanks to Measure I