Ashley Ludwig has been a columnist and online news editor since 2007. She is a resident of Riverside County and covers the Patch sites and stories across southern California.
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Before joining Patch, Ashley Ludwig worked as a staff writer for the Valley News Newspaper in Southwest Riverside, covering both print and online editions. She co-founded the Southern California online magazine DailySoCal.com. She served as a freelance journalist for various publications, including the North County Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, and Southwest Riverside News Network (SWRNN.com), as well as articles and book reviews for the former Pages Magazine.
She owns the local Southern California Wine Country blog: Temecula Grapevine.com. Wife and mother of two daughters, she has written multiple romantic suspense novels, and chick-lit romances. Find them on Kindle and in print on Amazon.com.
A content creator and information architect since the late 1990s, Ludwig also project-managed multiple ad campaigns with Adwire for the entertainment industry, as well as worked with Books in Print, Bowker with the New York Times Bestseller Lists. She is a graduate of the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences.
The Morongo Band of Mission Indians awarded the Tribe’s 20th Annual $10K Rodney T. Mathews Jr. Scholarship to four area seniors.
Spoiler Alert: The Real Housewives of OC's travels include the spectacular Vaquero Resort in Temecula and this unique sidecar wine tour.
The 67-year-old was riding her Sasikeibike on the right-hand side of the road when she was fatally struck by a Ford F-150 truck.
Airdrops assisted in halting the brush fire burning east of Temecula. Full containment was expected Monday afternoon.
Here's what to know about the latest Drybar to open in the Inland Empire.
Carlos Lezcano, a longtime minor league manager and one-time Cubs player, was remembered across Major League Baseball.
Powerball fever has taken hold in California, where the last Powerball jackpot was won 41 drawings ago in May.
Millions of western monarchs used to return to coastal California every year, but the population has plummeted in recent decades.
A Menifee man died as the result of a major traffic collision at Via De La Valle and Plaza Valenza on Thursday morning.
The Corona man was midway through a two-year probation for child pornography and inappropriate child contact at the time of his arrest.
Concerned residents alerted authorities to the location of a suspected marijuana cultivation site.
These Riverside County restaurants closed temporarily to resolve health-threatening problems like lack of water and rodent activity
In the scam, counterfeit Apple devices were exchanged at Apple stores for genuine ones, which were later sold for substantial profit.
Residents are urged to avoid approaching any bighorn sheep that may wander into Palm Desert and Palm Springs during mating season.
A man was arrested on suspicion of lewd communication with a minor while "fully aware of her age," Palm Springs Police alerted the public.
Dolly, the tortoise, is "bigger than a football, and about the size of a medium cat," was found days after the owner's social media plea.
A lawsuit against the Olive Dell Ranch in Colton, a one-time nudist colony, claims that longtime residents are being mistreated.
Howay the Quails! Pro-soccer is back in Temecula with a team shooting towards big goals in the National Independent Soccer Association.
Jake Mitchell Haro, 32, and Rebecca Rene Haro, 41, were arrested after a multi-agency investigation into their infant son's disappearance.
From pasta to sushi, to dinner and a show, here are several ideas for couples looking for the next date night out this fall.
