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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Some voters waited up to 9 hours to cast their vote. -
Mexican voters in San Diego and Tijuana were at the polls Sunday voting in a historic presidential election. Claudia Sheinbaum, an environmental scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, was overwhelmingly elected as the country's first woman president. -
The ARM Cuauhtémoc Sail Training Ship, a period-correct tall ship replica, is now dockside at the B Street Pier and open for tours through Monday. -
Photojournalists at NPR member stations documented protests at college and university campuses nationwide this week. -
Students from all over the world are in San Diego to compete in the first-ever Academic Drone Soccer World Cup & Career Fair. -
The deadline to apply for aid from FEMA with short-term rental assistance, home repairs and other expenses related to the historic rains and flooding in January is midnight Friday.
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As migrant families cross into the United States, many are being flown to San Diego and then removed to Mexico, without any of their belongings. This policy may be contributing to the rise of unaccompanied children crossing the border. -
Emergency repairs on the North County coastal bluffs will continue interrupting rail schedules with another closure this weekend. But a new bill could create an early warning system for the precarious hillsides. -
KPBS Midday EditionCalifornia Department of Public Health investigators knew that certified nursing assistant Matthew Fluckiger had been accused of sex crimes by women at multiple nursing homes in El Cajon and La Mesa. Yet, the agency waited years to revoke his license.
- County official overseeing animal shelters complained of 'shit dogs,' too few euthanasias in voice message
- San Diego City Council approves parking fees in Balboa Park
- A rivalry over $50 million meant to clean cross-border rivers is brewing
- City Council approves phased-in $25/hour minimum wage for hospitality workers
- Nathan Fletcher's accuser seeks restraining order against Lorena Gonzalez