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
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.
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.
Corona del Mar's DeAnna Reposa, founder of Simple Peace, is a finalist in Martha Stewart's American Made Awards for her eco-friendly business.
More than 850 cars passed through Friday's checkpoint in Fountain Valley.
Two suspects who forced their way into a home on Buttonshell Lane are still on the loose, according to the Newport Beach Police Department.
Authorities say Michael Jason Lopez caused the fatal crash that took the life of Catherine "Kit" Campion-Ritz, a Newport Beach physician. If convicted, Lopez faces a maximum of eight years in prison.
The recent deaths of Sarah Leaf, 29, and Catherine "Kit" Campion-Ritz, devastate the community and prompt efforts to find ways to make the roads safer for cyclists.
The Newport Beach Police Department and Hoag Hospital are encouraging the community to donate blood for cancer patients and surgeries at the hospital. Donors will receive a free movie ticket.
Two cars parked on Westminster and 15th Street in Newport Beach were recently targeted by burglars.
Signs warning of unhealthy bacteria levels were posted today at sections of Newport Dunes and Newport Bay.
Science instructor JR Ginex-Orinion is chosen for a New York City seminar on innovative classroom technologies.
Michael Jason Lopez, 39, of Anaheim was taken into custody early Tuesday on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence.
Catherine Ritz, 57, of Irvine, was killed Saturday while cycling on Newport Coast Drive. She was a doctor in Newport Beach for nearly 30 years.
An 81-year-old man died Monday after veering off the roadway and driving into a retaining wall on West Coast Highway.
Catherine Ritz, 57, of Irvine was hit by a pickup truck Saturday on Newport Coast Drive. It was the second bicycle fatality in Newport Beach in two days.
A 29-year-old woman was hit by a truck Friday morning on Pacific Coast Highway and Bayside Drive.
A home on Avocado Avenue was burglarized this week while the residents were upstairs.
Marnie Jo Lippincott could get 8 years in prison for a crash that left a Newport Harbor High girl in a medically induced coma in December.
Newport Beach police say all doors, windows and garage doors should be locked at all times.
What Newport Beach police believed to be a drunk motorist driving on the wrong side of the street on Tuesday afternoon turned out to be a medical emergency.
Donald Lee died Tuesday at Western Medical Center after suffering injuries in a Corona del Mar fire.
The victim was transported to Western Medical Center with unknown injuries. Two Newport Beach police officers were treated for minor injuries and released.
