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.
If your neighbors are shooting off illegal fireworks on New Year's Eve, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department has a tipline for you.
If your neighbors are shooting off illegal fireworks on New Year's Eve, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department has a tipline for you.
If your neighbors are shooting off illegal fireworks on New Year's Eve, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department has a tipline for you.
The singer-songwriter died at 68 and is remembered as a touring guitarist for Lionel Richie and as part of her all-female band The Cherries.
Authorities arrested a person suspected in a stabbing on a San Diego Trolley platform Sunday.
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Over 770,000 people nationwide were experiencing homelessness on a single night in January 2024, an 18% increase from 2023.
The Laguna Beach Police Department launched a new initiative with businesses to keep DUI drivers off the road.
There is such a thing as a free ride! Starting Dec. 31 at 6 p.m. ending at 2:30 a.m. Wed. Jan. 1 the OC Metro can be your designated driver.
There is such a thing as a free ride! Starting Dec. 31 at 6 p.m. ending at 2:30 a.m. Wed. Jan. 1 the OC Metro can be your designated driver.
There is such a thing as a free ride! Starting Dec. 31 at 6 p.m. ending at 2:30 a.m. Wed. Jan. 1 the OC Metro can be your designated driver.
There is such a thing as a free ride! Starting Dec. 31 at 6 p.m. ending at 2:30 a.m. Wed. Jan. 1 the OC Metro can be your designated driver.
There is such a thing as a free ride! Starting Dec. 31 at 6 p.m. ending at 2:30 a.m. Wed. Jan. 1 the OC Metro can be your designated driver.
There is such a thing as a free ride! Starting Dec. 31 at 6 p.m. ending at 2:30 a.m. Wed. Jan. 1 the OC Metro can be your designated driver.
There is such a thing as a free ride! Starting Dec. 31 at 6 p.m. ending at 2:30 a.m. Wed. Jan. 1 the OC Metro can be your designated driver.
The Laguna Beach-based Pacific Marine Mammal Center is fundraising until the end of the year to aid efforts in saving area marine mammals.
This fully restored time machine has a rich cinematic history. View it at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts for one day only in January.
If you've never seen a stampede of dolphins, it's quite a sight. Over 5,000 dolphins dove and jumped to the delight of OC whale watchers.
The "Never Forget Pale Ale" is being dedicated in memory of firefighter Rob Culp, who died of cancer last year, officials said.
