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.
Gifts cards and keys were among items stolen from cars in Newport Beach. Police urge residents to lock car doors and windows at all times.
TMZ photos show the singer holding a blunt at a party in Newport Beach, just one day after a paparazzo was killed while trying to grab a picture of the singer's Ferrari.
Members of the community have helped raise more than $76,000 for the Newport Beach Bike Safety Improvement Fund.
The attempted residential burglary took place at a home on Blue Water Drive.
Newport Beach Lifeguards Buddy Belshe and Brian Gray are remembered at memorial services this weekend.
A mixture of dogs and cats will be up for adoption Sunday by the Fuzzy Pet Foundation at JustFoodForDogs in Newport Beach.
Vanna White and a former Real Housewife of Orange County, plus other celebrities, lend their voice to a holiday parody by Susan G. Komen to raise money for mammograms.
The 12-week course begins on Jan. 24 at the Newport Beach Police Department.
Newport Beach Lifeguards Buddy Belshe and Brian Gray will be remembered at memorial services this weekend.
But Newport Beach police issued seven citations to motorists.
Students from Sandy Hook Elementary attended a new school Wednesday and were welcomed by snowflakes made from students around the country, including Newport Beach.
The Lido Village Artisan Market replaces the Pelican Courtyard Open Air Market. Community support is needed to keep the market going every Sunday in 2013.
The burglary took place at a home on Bridgeport Drive. Police say the house was ransacked.
The burglar stole several electronics and expensive items from the apartment on Loggia in Newport Beach.
Mice droppings prompted county health officials to close Mag's Donuts & Bakery in Newport Beach.
Terri K. Flynn-Peister has served as deputy chief assistant United States attorney for the Central District of California since 2002.
The $100,000 donation from Bill and Sue Gross will benefit special needs athletes.
Newport Beach police say doors and windows to homes and cars should be locked at all times.
Christopher Byran McKenzie, Sr., of Costa Mesa, is accused of sexually abusing four boys over several years in Newport Beach. If convicted he faces 45 years to life in state prison.
Police say two people driving in a Dodge Ram pickup truck are stealing UPS and FedEx packages from porches in Newport Hills.
