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.
A Colorado district attorney said she is consulting victims' families about whether they want her to pursue the death penalty. Do you think she should?
A Colorado district attorney said she is consulting victims' families about whether they want her to pursue the death penalty. Do you think she should?
Two teen sisters who were in Aurora for a convention were in the movie theater when the accused shooter opened fire. A friend was shot in the arm.
Two teen sisters who were in Aurora for a convention were in the movie theater when the accused shooter opened fire. A friend was shot in the arm.
While 70 state parks across California struggled to stay open, it was discovered recently the State Parks and Recreation Department was sitting on extra funds.
Many local politicians, including San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, are against the measure.
Emergency doctors immediately prescribed Truvada, Gilead Sciences' new HIV prevention drug, to a man who bit into a sandwich on a Delta flight earlier this week and was injured by a needle hidden in the sandwich.
A report released this week by the San Mateo Civil Grand Jury says, yes, in order to save money.
Open just six months, Ramen Taro on Beach Park Boulevard is getting noticed.
A report released this week by the San Mateo Civil Grand Jury says that consolidating local emergency dispatch services is "good fiscal policy." Should South San Francisco consolidate?
A report released this week by the San Mateo Civil Grand Jury says, yes, in order to save money.
Various lanes in both directions will be closed from Wednesday through Saturday. At least one lane will be open at all times, but expect delays.
A report released this week by the San Mateo Civil Grand Jury says, yes, in order to save money.
The suspect told the dog's owner, a 16-year-old girl, that he was tired of her dog wandering into his yard, and she could find its body in her yard where he left it.
Hop aboard and enjoy free books, magazines, audio books, and even laptops and e-books.
How does your child's high school measure up?
A report released this week by the San Mateo Civil Grand Jury says, yes, in order to save money.
Various lanes in both directions will be closed from Wednesday through Saturday. At least one lane will be open at all times, but expect delays.
Various lanes in both directions will be closed from Wednesday through Saturday. At least one lane will be open at all times, but expect delays.
Various lanes in both directions will be closed from Wednesday through Saturday. At least one lane will be open at all times, but expect delays.