Email: Nisha.Gutierrez@Patch.com
Phone: 949- 201-0615
Hometown: Baldwin Park, CA
Birthday: Jan. 18, 1980
Nisha Gutierrez-Jaime is the local editor of the Newport Beach Patch and the Corona del Mar Patch. She is a Southern California native and has worked as a print, wire and television reporter for the past eight years.
Nisha discovered her passion for journalism at a young age while watching TV news and listening to radio news reports with her father.
Nisha first began reporting stories for her school newspaper during her junior year at Bishop Amat High School in La Puente. She continued her education at California State University Fullertion where she received a bachelor's degree in print and broadcast journalism and started her professional career while reporting for a weekly newspaper.
After graduating from college, Nisha became the crime reporter at the San Gabriel Valley Tribune in West Covina, and was the producer and host of the newspaper's first daily morning webcast.
Nisha has also worked as a television reporter, producer and videographer at a cable station in Torrance, CA and then at an NBC affiliate in Idaho.
Nisha most recently worked as a staff reporter for City News Service in Los Angeles and has had feature stories published in Inland Empire Magazine and other online news sites.
In May 2012 Nisha received her master's degree in Communications from California State University Fullerton. When she is not digging for news stories or interviewing people, Nisha enjoys traveling with her husband and watching crime documentaries.
Your Beliefs
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Politics: How would you describe your political beliefs? I am a member of the Democratic Party.
Religion: How religious would you consider yourself? I am and have always been a practicing Catholic. I attended Catholic schools throughout my elementary and high school years and I believe Catholicism has played a huge part in my life. One of my favorite things to do is go to Sunday mass with my family.
Local Hot-Button Issues
What do you think are the most important issues facing the community? Education and community development are of high importance to the people of Corona del Mar.
Where do you stand on each of these issues? I am a huge supporter of education and am looking forward to reporting education news. By the same token, I believe community development is important to helping a community thrive.
Residents who have questions or suggestions about happenings in Newport Beach are encouraged to stop by the Civic Center on Saturday to talk to Mayor Keith Curry.
Newport Beach Dr. Michael Leary talks about men's health and leg veins.
Miss Fountain Valley 2013 Aimee Le, a graduating senior at UC Irvine studying neurobiology, is interested in studying the brain because of her mentally disabled brother.
The Newport Beach community will have another chance to voice opinions about the beach-side fire rings at a meeting on June 13.
A public funeral service for Robin and Aurora Christine Cabrera is scheduled for Sunday at Pacific View Memorial Park & Mortuary in Corona del Mar.
An elderly man drove his minivan down an embankment and into a water heater attached to the Promontory Point Apartment complex. Evacuations left about 20 residents displaced due to a gas leak.
The victim, who was stabbed at Huntington State Beach Monday afternoon, is expected to OK, police reported.
The suspect has been linked to 58 robberies, including one in Newport Beach.
As the U.S. Coast Guard approached the sailboat early Monday, two people fled, officials reported.
The Newport Beach Police Department will use horse-mounted officers to patrol areas with large crowds including special events, park patrols, beach patrols and marathons.
On Friday, June 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. the 32nd annual Legislative Conference will be held at the Center at Founder's Village.
A famous TV landmark and half of Jan & Dean highlight the 20th annual Balboa Island Parade on Sunday.
Susan Stripko, 56, died early Sunday after being struck and killed by a pickup truck in Huntington Beach.
Mayor Keith Curry hands a Netflix representative the key to the city as a thank you gift for bringing “Arrested Development’s” Bluth Original Frozen Banana Stand to Balboa Island Sunday.
The case against Karen Anne Christiansen, who was charged with misappropriation on public funds alongside former Newport-Mesa Unified School District superintendent Jeffrey Hubbard, was dismissed Friday.
The case against Karen Anne Christiansen, who was charged with misappropriation of public funds alongside former Newport-Mesa Unified School District superintendent Jeffrey Hubbard, was dismissed Friday.
The Balboa Island ferry will remain open through Sunday's 20th annual Balboa Island Parade.
More than 50 firefighters, including some from Fountain Valley, helped battle the blaze on Talbert Avenue in Huntington Beach.
