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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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Where Does Route 66 Really End?

Dan Rice, former president of the California Historic Route 66 Association, says he will "unwrap the mystery" Sunday at a talk at the Santa Monica Main Library

Where Does Route 66 Really End?
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Gun Control Rally Marches Through Downtown Santa Monica

Organization for Action joins MoveOn, the progressive advocacy group, for a boisterous march Saturday from Reed Park to Santa Monica Place. OFA's Pacific Palisades arm is rallying support for lawmakers to take more steps to control gun violence.

Gun Control Rally Marches Through Downtown Santa Monica
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50 Years Ago, the Academy Awards in Santa Monica

"Officials for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences proclaimed it the most glamorous and the most perfectly run of all the 35 spectaculars in academy history," the Santa Monica Outlook reported on April 9, 1963.

50 Years Ago, the Academy Awards in Santa Monica