Former Editor Monrovia Patch
Hometown: Pomona, CA
Birthday: July 21
Bio: A southern California native, I grew up in the Inland Valley and moved to the San Gabriel Valley after graduating from Pomona College in 2003.
I began my writing career by contributing satirical pieces to various online publications before enrolling at the USC Annenberg School for Journalism in 2005. In 2006, I spent a summer working as a reporter at the Cape Times in Cape Town, South Africa. I graduated from the USC Annenberg School in 2007 with an M.A. in journalism and worked for the Los Angeles Times and NFL Network before signing on as a staff writer at the Pasadena Star-News in 2008. I left the Star-News in 2010 to become the editor of Monrovia Patch.
Monrovia businesses are competing to see who can best decorate their storefront to help raise money for Relay for Life. Vote for your favorite purple place here!
The dunk tank schedule has been released, so pay close attention to the times that each city official will submit to a dunking at the hands of the public.
Five people had to be evacuated from a house fire on South Encino Avenue Tuesday afternoon. No one was injured.
The city is commemorating Peace Officers Memorial Day on Tuesday, May 15.
Local and national media have descended on Boone, the 5-year-old Siberian Husky mix who got between his owner and a rattlesnake and took a bite to the muzzle in the process.
With a busy weekend ahead for the 126th anniversary of the city, check out this list of events to plan your celebrations.
This week a sex offender was arrested for allegedly violating his parole by visiting a school, a young girl went missing from her foster home but was later found, and a school door caught fire. Read on for more.
Police have received tips about the identity of a woman found disoriented in a San Gabriel Valley restaurant last month, but they've led nowhere.
Police have received tips about the identity of a woman found disoriented in a Monrovia restaurant last month, but they've led nowhere.
An unplanned outage has been reported on Norumbega Drive, according to the city.
Readers chose this local boutique as the best place to shop for clothes.
Five-year-old "Boone," a Siberian Husky mix, got between a 14-year-old and a rattlesnake and was bitten on the snout in the process. He's expected to recover after the venom caused him to lose a large chunk of flesh.
Face it, it's Mother's Day and you haven't gotten your poor old ma a gift yet. You're a bad son, but we will help you redeem yourself.
The woman was hospitalized after she was found disoriented in a Monrovia restaurant and police and medical staff have been unable to communicate with her or identify her.
Plymouth Elementary school staff notified police of a suspicious van lingering outside the school Friday morning and detectives located and interviewed the driver.
A child who disappeared from a Monrovia foster home Wednesday returned home to her mother in Los Angeles, according to a social worker who contacted police.
This bear cub wandered around the 800 block of Ridgeside Drive earlier this week and a local resident snapped these photos.
This week a scooter driver ran a stop sign and paid for it, a young girl went missing from her foster home and police used GPS to find a stolen car. Read on for more.
Jimmy Santana, who was convicted of paralyzing a local teen in a drive-by shooting in 2008, had his sentencing postpone Thursday so his family members could attend.
The girl disappeared from her foster home on Wednesday after an argument with other foster kids. Police are asking for the public's help in finding her.