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Girl Scout Cookies Returning With Something New
Cookie season starts this month, bringing with it a new flavor in honor of the scouting organization's 100th anniversary.

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Bio: Jared served as editor-in-chief for the Santa Monica College newspaper, the Corsair, in 2008 and as staff reporter on the Daily Sundial in 2009 while studying print journalism at California State University, Northridge, where he earned his bachelor's degree. Also, his love for using technology in story-telling led him to pursue Web design. Jared has contributed to several publications in print and online, including Santa Monica Daily Press, GamePro, BPM, Vapors, SOMA and Lost in a Supermarket.
Jared is a former U.S. Marine and a current member of the Military Reporters and Editors Association, the National Press Photographers Association, the Marine Corps Association, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, the Society of Professional Journalists, and the Poynter Institute.
Having joined Patch in May 2010 as a freelance video journalist, and as a staff editor in December 2010, Jared is excited to see where Patch takes online journalism in the years to come.
Cookie season starts this month, bringing with it a new flavor in honor of the scouting organization's 100th anniversary.

Visit the Brentwood Coral Tree Cafe every Saturday in January between 5-11 p.m. and 20 percent of your purchase will be donated to the Brentwood Coral Tree Endowment Fund for maintenance of the coral trees.
Brentwood Community Council looks to fill seats; Council finalizes San Vicente Median Etiquette Proposal; LAPD public safety meeting; Thursday story time at the library; National Public Radio's Ira Glass at Brentwood School.
Given the recent rash of burglaries, LAPD Officer Phillip Enbody will give a presentation Thursday at 6:30 p.m. on how Brentwood residents can make their homes "hard targets" for criminals.
Maria Shriver spent Christmas with husband Arnold Schwarzenegger and children in their Brentwood home, People reported, despite the journalist's filing for divorce in July.
Two cars were stolen, eight vehicles and seven homes were broken into between Dec. 18-24, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Metro begins work on installing a sewer pipe along the Skirball Bridge for two nights starting Wednesday.
Metro cancels work on installing a sewer pipe along the Skirball Bridge previously scheduled to begin Wednesday night.
As we prepare for 2012, Brentwood Patch offers its list of the top ten articles with the most web traffic in 2011.
A two-car collision at Wilshire and the 405 leaves one dead and a woman incarcerated on suspicion of drunken driving.
With an average household net worth of just under $1.5 million, the 90402 zip code ranks among the richest in America, according to businessweek.com.
The Oakes brothers, performing through Dec. 24 at the Getty Center, use bi-optic artistry and a specially designed easel to visually trace their surroundings.
Ann Hollister goes before the City Council on Tuesday for a vote on her recent nomination by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to the Board of Airport Commissioners.
A cold storm system out of the Gulf of Alaska will bring cold rain to the region beginning on Sunday and lingering through Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
The veterans garden re-opened, holiday events occurred, 405 construction updates were given and more electric cars may be coming to the Westside. These are the subjects of just some of the stories featured this week on Brentwood Patch.
Brentwood Patch received a news tip that Santa Claus was to make an appearance at the Brentwood Country Mart Saturday.
Metro releases a statement about a retaining wall that failed in the Sepulveda Pass recently.
A section of retaining wall along the Sepulveda Pass collapsed somewhat under the pressure of last week's wind storm, Fox 11 reported.
Brentwood Patch brings you some holiday events that may want to attend this this weekend.
Here's a list of reported crimes for the week ending Dec. 3.