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Jenna Chandler is the editor of Santa Monica Patch (read her introduction to the site here). She studied journalism at Chapman University, where she was editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, <i>The Panther</i>, and interned in the newsroom at the <i>Orange County Register</i> and NBC News Los Angeles. In 2008, she was distinguished as the Register&#39;s Outstanding Student Journalist of the Year. 

Jenna joined Patch in October 2010 as the editor of San Juan Capistrano Patch after covering crime and government at the <i>Porterville Recorder </i>in California&#39;s Central Valley. There she built a portfolio of stories that had resounding effects in the community, including a series that forced the City Council to reallocate thousands of dollars in misspent funds, and a weeklong report on public-sector salaries that led to the resignation of a city manager.  

When she&#39;s not working, you&#39;ll find Jenna perusing record stores for Neil Young vinyl, eating pizza and hiking. 

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DA: Murder Suspect Was the 'Muscle'

Kelly Soo Park and ex-boyfriend Robbie Case worked as "debt collectors" and "intimated" the business partners of their boss, a Marina del Rey-based physician, prosecutors allege. Park is accused in the 2008 killing of Santa Monica re

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Conviction Upheld in 'Black Widow' Murders

Elderly Santa Monica landlord—convicted of murdering two men for insurance money—sought retrial on the testimony of a crime lab supervisor. Defense attorney vows to press ahead with case.

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