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'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'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's not working, you'll find Jenna perusing record stores for Neil Young vinyl, eating pizza and hiking.
At the first public meeting on the project, residents react to a 244-foot tall tower designed by Frank Gehry. It's proposed on Ocean Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard.
The city is reviewing new parking proposal the hospital submitted after learning it will lose 450 spaces at the end of the month.
Suspect flees after robbing the Union Bank on Montana Avenue Wednesday morning, Santa Monica Police say.
Series kicks off March 29 with "Float," which documents Rip Curl's six-month boat trip across Indonesia.
The New Deal-era building is one of about a dozen historic buildings the U.S. Postal Service intends to sell.
Public meeting April 10 will kick off environmental review of L.A.'s plan to rezone areas surrounding five light rail stations from Culver City to Santa Monica.
Public meeting April 10 will kick off environmental review of L.A.'s plan to rezone areas surrounding five light rail stations from Culver City to Santa Monica.
Public meeting April 10 will kick off environmental review of L.A.'s plan to rezone areas surrounding five light rail stations from Culver City to Santa Monica.
The Santa Monica City Council votes 4-3 in favor of developing one of Santa Monica's last remaining mobile home parks with 377 apartments, but no condominiums.
The raw restaurant packs up its Santa Monica location—which it opened in 2000—and heads to Marina del Rey.
The Santa Monica venue reluctantly cancels the folk singer’s Saturday show following reports she ranted about gay marriage during a concert in San Francisco.
The beach-side hotel is playing classics and newer hits on the patio at its Coast Cafe.
New bins on Main Street are compacting trash, including recyclables. They also alert the city when they're full and need to be picked up.
Thursday is the community's first opportunity to weigh in on the Frank Gehry designed building planned on Ocean Avenue.
Jeffrey Tumlin says he was wrong to use the term: "I have failed to live up to the standards set by the city."
Thousands of runners hobble through downtown Santa Monica, the end of the 26.2-mile Stadium to the Sea course. Revelers flock to the Third Street Promenade for St. Patrick's Day, too.
Aleksandra Duliba wins $75,000 prize in gender challenge. Agoura Hills' Deena Kastor finishes in foggy Santa Monica five minutes later. A Kenyan man wins the race in 2 hours, 9 minutes.
The 20-year-old woman landed on top of the car's hood and was thrown about 50 feet near Second Street and Arizona Avenue, the police say.
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A new grassroots group surveys 640 residents about improving the boulevard. Here are the results.
