Email: Jessica.Davis (at) patch.com
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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 group asks CVS to no longer carry products that contain d-CON, a commonly used rat poison that kills by causing internal bleeding.
Coastal Commission staff have recommended that Pepperdine University develop consistent lighting standards and state-of-the-art technology to reduce the impact of light pollution in the Malibu area.
Charlotte Green and Mary Buchanan, owners of Canyon Pottery Malibu, bring together local potters for an annual holiday ceramics sale.
More than 35 people have signed a petition protesting the proposed two-story home, which is located on Malibu Road in a spot where surfers normally go to check the waves at the Colony.
A high surf advisory is in effect for westward facing beaches in Malibu, where up to a half an inch of rain is expected through Sunday, according to forecasters.
A draft ordinance seeks require smaller trucks that transfer septic waste to bigger trucks to use odor-reducing carbon filters on Malibu roadways.
Necropsy results from the mountain lion found dead by hikers last month in the Santa Monica Mountains are inconclusive, but show exposure to rodenticide.
The highest surf is expected on Friday and into Saturday on western facing beaches.
The project will follow a gas main relocation project along a mile stretch of Pacific Coast Highway from Via Escondido to Latigo Canyon Road in Malibu.
The concert is set for Friday, Nov. 30 and will also feature performances by LAGrange Concourse and Larkin McLean.
The Malibu City Council takes another step to meet the Regional Water Quality Board's timeline on the design and construction of the Malibu Civic Center Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Developers are hoping for a June 2013 opening for an Urban Outfitters at the former Charter Communications Building on Cross Creek Road in Malibu.
Malibu resident Hans Laetz asks the Malibu City Council to table Monday night's planned discussion on the Broad Beach Restoration Project.
Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our “Deck the House” contest and you could win $100,000 for your local school district and $500 to pay your electric bills!
TEDxMalibu, which is an independently organized event, is featuring speakers who "Live Out Loud" at the Malibu Jewish Center & Synagogue in early December.
Caroline Pietrzyk places in the top 10 out of 202 runners.
The city of Calabasas is working with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and the Las Virgenes Unified School District to improve safety along the Mulholland Highway coordinator.
Temperatures in the 70s are in the forecast for the upcoming week in Calabasas, according to forecasters.
Three Calabasas City Council incumbents say they will seek reelection in March.
Musical and dance performances will include Maria Newman, Scott Hosfeld, the Malibu Coast Chamber Orchestra and Nikki and Ethan White of White Tree Fine Art.
