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Hometown: Anaheim Hills, Calif.
Bio: Jessica E. Davis is a news reporter and multimedia journalist who has lived in Southern California nearly all her life. She is the type of reporter who likes to go beyond the surface level.
Before coming to Los Angeles County, Jessica launched Palm Desert Patch in the Coachella Valley in 2010, where she reported on environmental issues, crime, entertainment and the impact of the elimination of redevelopment on the city. She also covered the local extension of the Occupy Wall Street movement, camping out with the protesters for several days. She was the only journalist to witness the beginning of a police raid on the encampment, and provided up-to-the minute live coverage. In Malibu, she covered the Malibu Lagoon Restoration Project from start to finish, providing regular updates and behind-the-scenes features. She also covered the Santa Monica shootings, beating traditional media by 15 minutes with the early reports.
Before joining Patch, Jessica worked as a wire service reporter in Southern California, where she wrote about everything from celebrities to crime, especially celebrities committing crimes. She also started up a blog while living in Asia and freelanced photographs of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar, which were published in The Christian Science Monitor and CBS.com.
Jessica graduated from Whitworth University in Spokane, Wash. with a B.A. in Journalism and History. While at school, she served as news and online editor of The Whitworthian. She also hosted a news radio show.
When she's not working on a story or editing video, Jessica can be found hiking, volunteering, reading a good book or hanging out with her husband.
The Calabasas resident was brought to safety from the bottom of a 150-foot poison-oak laden canyon off Mulholland Highway near Agoura Hills.
The Calabasas resident was brought to safety from the bottom of a 150-foot poison-oak laden canyon off Mulholland Highway near Malibu.
Audrey Benacerraf, Ines Benomar, Natalie Hubbard, Chloe Kleinman, Bebe Lari and Maddie Lomonaco are making waves.
The air show in Ventura County is on a three-year rotation, so the next possible event may not be until 2016, if at all.
Crimes reported by Santa Monica Police from April 2-6.
The base's involvement in the Ride to the Flag may also be on the chopping block due to sequestration, but its founder, a former Pepperdine student, says the event will go on.
The SMC community will celebrate Earth Week from April 22-26.
The ordinance seeks to limit chain stores with more than six locations in Southern California.
Preserve Malibu asks residents to support the proposed formula retail ordinance that would limit chain stores in Malibu's Civic Center.
A fundraiser set for April 27 at Rusty's Surf Ranch at the Santa Monica Pier is only one of several planned to help pull together funds for the restoration of the city's anti-nuclear sculpture.
The show, which is put on by Delta Sigma PI of Pepperdine University and the Emily Shane Foundation, will feature the hottest cars of 2013.
After six months, the Santa Monica City Council will review a report on the number of licensed pedicabs, which will not be allowed on the Beach Bike Path.
Raphael Lunetta of JiRaffe in Santa Monica has taken over from executive chef Chris Crary.
A longtime Santa Monica resident recalls how his grandmother taught him to welcome all visitors to the beach as it "so refreshed the soul."
A councilwoman calls Brown Act allegations merely an attempt to "slow things down."
Kian Schulman thanks Ralphs for pulling a rodenticide from its shelves.
The boy's grandmother, who lives in Santa Monica, called police when her daughter cut off communication after an overnight visit.
“Be good out there,” Steve Ridgway told customers of the longtime Malibu business.
The 27,500-square-foot educational facility will take the place of an existing Los Angeles County Sheriff's station building.
The move, which is out of concern for wildlife in the Santa Monica Mountains, follows a request from the Malibu Agricultural Society.
