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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With summer coming to a close, two school districts in San Diego County are mired in labor negotiations and teachers are threatening to strike.
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Chinese navy vessels will arrive Sunday afternoon at Naval Base San Diego after making their debut at the Rim of the Pacific, the world's largest maritime military exercise. -
The $25 million Fieldhouse Classroom and DeVore Stadium will be dedicated on Aug. 15 at a free public event from 3:30 to 5 p.m. The project came in on time and under budget. -
The Chula Vista Elementary School District and its teachers union are in mediation after contract negotiations stalled.
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One of the largest donations in San Diego history was made Monday to Rady Children’s Hospital by the family of Ernest Rady. The money will be used to allow patients’ genetics to tailor their medical care. -
Chula Vista dreams of its own university, and Assemblywoman Shirley Weber wants to help that come true.
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The group says police practices are also a factor in the resurrection of the party. -
KPBS Midday EditionOne longstanding fear about charter schools is that they might find ways to exclude kids with special needs to keep their scores competitive. But special education in California charters is actually growing, and a San Diego program hints at one reason why. -
KPBS Midday EditionAtkins' first term in the Senate is expected to be a busy one as California legislators grapple with homegrown problems like affordable housing and infrastructure repair, along with national issues like health care and immigration.
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