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.
A 21-year-old Lake Elsinore man was booked last week on suspicion of using social media to advertise and sell marijuana and vape to minors.
Ten grants of $500 each will be awarded to area teachers in April.
Ten grants of $500 each will be awarded to area teachers in April.
Ten grants of $500 each will be awarded to area teachers in April.
Ten grants of $500 each will be awarded to area teachers in April.
Ten grants of $500 each will be awarded to area teachers in April.
All the burglaries occurred after the store had closed, and the same items were targeted — Levi jeans and Carhartt shirts, police said.
A deputy involved shooting occurred on Jan. 8 near Patricia Birdsall Sports Park and Great Oak High School.
A time-honored tradition of girls field hockey at Temecula Valley Unified School District High Schools, may be eliminated from fall sports.
Over the past 20 years, hundreds of Coachella Valley high school students have competed in WorldQuest.
The surging mercury will generate "gusty Santa Ana winds" in some areas of RivCo, with a chance of rain forecasted starting this weekend.
Over select dates in March, head to the Palm Desert zoo for exciting sights and sounds, night after night.
The surging mercury will generate "gusty Santa Ana winds ... as early as Wednesday evening," with a rainy weekend in the forecast.
The surging mercury will generate "gusty Santa Ana winds ... as early as Wednesday evening," with a rainy weekend in the forecast.
Emergency responders arrived at Storm Stadium to tend to the ailing man, struck near Diamond Drive and Malaga Road.
The boy known as "Deuce," loved football, music, and his family. He was found unresponsive in his room in early February.
Two semi-trucks collided Monday midday, leaving the eastbound I-10 freeway shut down for a SIGALERT.
If you plan to drink, don't drive. Deputies will be out at a checkpoint Friday, monitoring for anyone driving under the influence.
Hiking trails from Southwest Riverside County to the desert were reopened during the warmer weather. Here's where you can go climb a rock.
A driver heading NB on I-15 at Ranco California Road struck a light pole and sent another vehicle careening into a water-filled ditch.
