Jennifer van der Kleut (formerly Jennifer McBride) was born and raised in the southern San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California. She graduated from the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at San Jose State University. She was a full-time writer for Silicon Valley Community Newsgroup from 2004 to 2006, writing for newspapers such as the Los Gatos Weekly and Saratoga News, among others. She wrote the weekly history column Los Gatos: Now and Then for the Los Gatos Daily News throughout 2007, and was a contributing editor at South Bay Accent Magazine from 2008 to 2009. She has also lent her voice to many other publications such as the Los Gatos Weekender and the online Brizzly Guide.
Jennifer was one of the very first freelance writers to contribute to many of the first Bay Patch sites in the Bay Area when they first launched in the fall of 2010. After contributing for more than a year and a half, Jennifer was hired on as an official Patch employee in May of 2012. She is very excited to be a full-fledged member of the Patch family.
In California, Jennifer served as the interim editor for Milpitas Patch in the South Bay, an associate editor for the San Mateo and Foster City Patch sites on the Peninsula, and then served as the head local editor for RedwoodCity-Woodside Patch, before transferring to the east coast in April of 2013.
Jennifer is now the local editor for both Herndon Patch and Fairfax City Patch. She loves being a part of these two communities and getting to know her new home in Northern Virginia.
Jennifer currently lives in the Clifton/Centreville with her husband, Alex and her two sons, Connor, born in Sept. 2007, and Oliver, or Ollie, born in May 2010.
Redwood City Police blotter incidents from Monday, Jan. 21 to Thursday, Jan. 24. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Terms of the deal allegedly offered by Pauls Corporation included $50,000 cash and keeping part of the marina commercial.
How three burglars tried to 'hide their stash' from Redwood City and Belmont police is rather interesting.
How three burglars tried to 'hide their stash' from Redwood City and Belmont police is rather interesting.
A heated disagreement took place between a tenant and some construction workers who said they were asked to dismantle parts of the docks in the outer harbor.
The HMS Pinafore meets Star Trek. What more could you ask?
Several of Friday's countywide award honorees were residents or organizations from Redwood City.
The boys, ages 12 and 16, were among three killed in the crash on Highway 92 Sunday night.
As pre-construction of Redwood Tower continues, the City warns that traffic could be affected downtown Friday by work taking place.
Two brothers from Redwood City and one man from San Mateo were killed in Monday's crash on Highway 92. Two others are hospitalized.
The Planning Commission Tuesday night will discuss an Environmental Impact Report for Cambridge Academy, a new private school proposed in the Roosevelt neighborhood.
Two juveniles from Redwood City and a 21-year-old San Mateo man were killed in a solo vehicle crash Sunday night. The juveniles' older brother is hospitalized with major injuries.
Two juveniles from Redwood City are dead, and their older brother is hospitalized with major injuries.
Larry Buckmaster has led the organization for 30 years.
Larry Buckmaster has led the organization for 30 years.
In our latest PatchClips: Some waited in line as long as two hours to sell a firearm at Saturday's event, where nearly 700 guns were collected.
Rep. Jackie Speier wept briefly as she watched hundreds of guns being collected at Saturday's County gun buyback event.
Rep. Jackie Speier wept briefly as she watched hundreds of guns being collected at Saturday's County gun buyback event.
'Californians United for a Responsible Budget' plans to hold a rally in protest of the 'unconstitutional overcrowding' of women's jails in California at 2 p.m. in Redwood City.
According to the City, the agreement to postpone was mutual between both parties.
