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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 Greater LA Zoo Association, which was founded in 1963, helps fund exhibits, conservation efforts, capital projects and outreach programs at the Los Angeles Zoo.
The orchestra features local students from grades 6 to 9.
The grant will be used to increase the number of DUI checkpoints along PCH and provide public education about the dangers of driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
The man is uninjured in the crash on Mulholland Highway west of Decker Canyon, according to the L.A. County Fire Department.
The cars parade through Malibu, including the exclusive Serra Retreat neighborhood.
D-CON, a commonly use rodent poison, is an anticoagulant which kills by causing internal bleeding.
The ceremony took place at sunset Tuesday and involved a sacred fire and meant to give respect to the 40-foot Fin whale.
In a letter sent out Thursday, the board for the Malibu Chamber of Commerce says the proposed formula retail ordinance "would do more harm than good."
Over the past three years, the sheriff's department has investigated two fatal and 22 injury related DUI crashes in Malibu.
A propane truck is overturned on Las Flores Road in Malibu, according to the California Highway Patrol.
L.A. County Lifeguards are working with other agencies to figure out a plan to remove a beached Fin whale from an exclusive Malibu beach.
The foundation has been involved with work at the Malibu Lagoon over the past six months and the Ballona Wetlands, which stretch from Playa del Rey to Venice.
Hye Song Oh, the owner of Point Pizza Malibu, has been left with no choice but to close her business of 25 years at the end of the month, according to her family.
Researchers determine a cause of death of a 40-foot Fin whale that washed ashore in Malibu earlier this week.
Organizers of this year's Thanksgiving Community Dinner express gratitude for donations that were used to feed more than 350 people.
The plans for the two-story home have come under fire by surfers and neighbors who are concerned that the residence will block ocean views and beach access.
The plans call for new classrooms, a library, computer and science labs and an administrative building, totaling 20,274 square feet at Malibu High School.
Members of the California Wildlife Center and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles examine the 40-foot whale at Little Dume in Malibu.
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The city is seeking community input on a draft ordinance that would require a conditional use permit for any new chain businesses in shopping centers with more than 10,000 square feet in the Civic Center area of Malibu.
Richard Bloom, who is currently Santa Monica's mayor, says he expects to be sworn in Monday as an assemblyman in the State Capitol by Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye.
