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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 top men's players are scheduled to appear at the BNP Paribas Open in March. On the women's side, the headliners include Victoria Azarenka, Maria Sharapova and Angelique Kerber.
The captain of the sheriff's Malibu/Lost Hills station is under investigation for allegedly sexually harassing a subordinate, a claim he denies.
Bill Krenn came to Pepperdine in 2010 after spending over a decade at The Phelps Group in Santa Monica.
Applicants are now able to have their picture printed and taken while their passport application is being processed.
Joe Edmiston, executive director of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, responds to resident concerns about overnight camping in Malibu.
More than 2,000 packages will be sent out in 40 boxes, and an additional 300 packages will be delivered to the crew of the USS John Paul Jones.
Jay Ogawa, 25, was in a Toyota that left the roadway and overturned Monday night on Interstate 5 outside of Bakersfield.
Several helicopters aggressively attack the blaze in 5 mph winds in Calabasas.
Ardeshir and Tania Tavangarian are hoping to build a two-story home on Malibu Road near a popular surfing spot.
A neighbor said heard a loud noise and her dogs were braking, but she thought it was someone dragging the trash cans through the side yard in Agoura.
A Pepperdine University professor and actor will teach the eight-week long classes at Malibu City Hall.
Two men in their 20s are stranded after one is injured in fall from a cliff in the Goat Buttes area of Malibu Creek State Park.
Matza, who lived in Malibu since the 1960s, died peacefully at her home on Latigo Shore Drive.
The three feature length documentaries include Stacy Peralta’s “Bones Brigade,” 2013 Oscar nominated “Searching for Sugarman,” and “Ai Wei Wei: Never Sorry” by director, Alison Klayman.
The city of Malibu has proposed injecting up to 347,000 gallons of reclaimed water per day into the ground as part of the Civic Center Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Fireball Tim, who blogs about cars and his life in Malibu on Malibu Patch, will sign copies of his new book in February at Diesel. He hopes the book inspires children to be creative.
Walt Keller of Malibu questions if there were any backroom, secret deals in early negotiations about a proposed land swap.
Thousands of projects have been organized in all 50 states for National Service Day, including a beach cleanup in Malibu.
The planting will take place at parks along the Las Virgenes and Malibu Creek habitats in the Santa Monica Mountains.
During the 20-minute attack, the mother gray whale fends off an assault by the Orcas in the waters near the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, not far off Malibu's coast.
