• Justin Petruccelli, Patch Staff Verified Patch Staff Badge

  • Fountain Valley, CA

<strong>E-Mail: justin.petruccelli&#64;patch.com</strong><br><strong>Phone: 714-642-0190</strong><br><strong>Birthday: April 10</strong>

After 20 years in Southern California, Justin spent eight years in Arkansas, where he received a bachelor&#39;s degree in print journalism from the University of Central Arkansas and a master&#39;s degree in journalism from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where he served as executive editor of the UALR Trojan. It&#39;s also in Arkansas where Justin developed his love for community news.

Justin moved to Orange County in 2006, and spent nearly three years as a senior editor for Entrepreneur Magazine&#39;s website before coming to Patch.

<b>Your Beliefs</b><br> At Patch, we promise always to report the facts as objectively as possible and otherwise adhere to the principles of good journalism. However, we also acknowledge that true impartiality is impossible because human beings have beliefs. So in the spirit of simple honesty, our policy is to encourage our editors to reveal their beliefs to the extent they feel comfortable. This disclosure is not a license for you to inject your beliefs into stories or to dictate coverage according to them. In fact, the intent is the opposite: we hope that the knowledge that your beliefs are on the record will cause you to be ever mindful to write, report and edit in a fair, balanced way. And if you ever see evidence that we failed in this mission, please let us know.

<b>Politics: </b>Yes, I pay attention to them. Is this really the first question? Let&#39;s pretend this is the dinner table and/or a bar, shall we?

<b>Religion: </b>Catholic - goes with the last name.

<b>Local Hot-Button Issues</b>: Feral cats; coyotes (which apprently enjoy eating the feral cats); the relatively stable economy and real estate market.

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Fountain Valley Begins Search for New Fire Chief

Former Laguna Beach Fire Chief Mike Macey is serving as the department's interim chief as the city considers an arrangement to share a fire chief with Huntington Beach.

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Fountain Valley Begins Search for New Fire Chief
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Margaritaville Comes to Fountain Valley

Jimmy Buffett tribute band closes out city’s summer concert series, which also features a business expo.

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Margaritaville Comes to Fountain Valley
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A Taste of the Tropics

Mark Wood and the Parrot Head Band bring their Jimmy Buffett tribute to the finale of Fountain Valley's summer concert series.

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A 'Dream' Come True for Los Amigos High Students

With the passage of the California Dream Act, the school can take steps toward ending what its principal called the 'heartbreaking' dilemma of promising undocumented students.

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Costa Mesa Man Convicted of Rape

Jaime Ramirez worked as the manager of a Fountain Valley dry cleaning business at the time of the rapes.

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Costa Mesa Man Convicted of Rape
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Council to Address 2 Pending Lawsuits Against City

Both suits were filed by contractors that allege city officials demanded work outside the scope of the contracts and then refused to provide additional time or money.

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