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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Two piñatas by Diana Benavídez have been acquired into the Mingei International Museum's permanent collection — and they're currently on view through the end of April. -
The San Diego State University's men’s basketball team made their city proud Monday night. Thousands of fans crowded into Viejas Arena to watch the Aztecs face the University of Connecticut Huskies in the NCAA National Championships. Before tip-off the scene outside the arena was chaotic as fans tried to get inside.
Although SDSU didn’t win the title, falling to UConn 76-59, fans celebrated the Aztecs' historic March Madness run. -
For the 29th year in a row faith leaders, human rights groups and migrant activists celebrated La Posada Sin Fronteras. -
For the 29th year in a row faith leaders, human rights groups and migrant activists celebrate La Posada Sin Fronteras, a traditional Christmas holiday party at the binational Friendship Park. The park is facing possible closure as the Biden administration contemplates building an addition to the already existing border wall, first proposed by the Trump administration. If completed the addition would effectively close the American half of the park. -
A youth boxing program in Vista got displaced from its gym last year. But that didn't stop them from boxing. -
Supporters of Friendship Park marked the 51st anniversary of its inauguration on Saturday.
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San Diego County Supervisor Nora Vargas, chair of the county Board of Supervisors, Friday announced her decision to step down from the board at the end of her term, Jan. 6, 2025. -
Some of the portable classrooms at Ramona Elementary School are more than 40 years old. One has a gap in the ceiling. -
City parking meters charge a small fraction of what private lots and garages charge their customers. Officials are looking into updating rates to soften the blow of looming budget cuts.
- San Diego scientists offer non-opioid relief to chronic pain sufferers
- Veterans begin cross-country relay from San Diego
- English language proficiency requirement creates fear among Mexican truck drivers
- Trump says he's ending federal funding for NPR and PBS. They say he can't
- Captive-bred axolotls thrive in Mexican wetlands, researchers find