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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Barbara Stone said she was left bruised after being detained by ICE agents in the halls of San Diego’s federal immigration court Wednesday. She's being accused of pushing an ICE agent. -
A group of 30 Marines, sailors and soldiers from 16 countries took the oath of citizenship Thursday during a ceremony aboard the USS Midway Museum. -
We’re in the final hours of the special election for San Diego County’s District 1 supervisor. KPBS checks in at a voting center in National City to see how the day is unfolding as the 8 p.m. deadline approaches. -
A San Diego City Council committee is considering a proposal to raise the minimum wage for tourism and hospitality workers. -
About 60,000 people took to the streets of downtown San Diego on Saturday for what organizers are calling "No Kings Day, a nationwide protest of President Donald Trump's policies. -
For the first time, Mexican voters cast ballots for judges at every level.
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San Diego food assistance programs say they're seeing a spike in need this summer. The increase in demand comes at the same time as federal budget cuts to nutrition programs. -
Chula Vista’s city manager said she’s ready to declare an emergency if the increasing trash becomes a health hazard. -
There's a new effort to expand homeless service capacity in North and East County San Diego. A local foundation is offering $10,000 for each shelter bed created before July 2026.
- Private plane from Ramona Airport lost over the Pacific Ocean
- Trash pickup strike ends in Chula Vista
- National City pledged to reduce pollution. Now it’s considering a new industrial biofuel depot
- San Diego residents to choose their trash can size and cost
- School enrollment falls in San Diego, and it's getting worse