I learned how to be a reporter at the Orange County Register before moving to The Press-Enterprise in Riverside. I covered everything from cities, to the national forest, to courts and prisons. I do have some pretty colorful war stories from those beats. So if you see me around town, you tell me your stories, and I'll tell you about the time I met Gov. Schwarzenegger…in prison…while wearing a stab-proof vest. Or I can tell you about the time I watched a Manson girl give a talk on anger management.
I joke around. A lot. However, journalism might be the only thing I take seriously. It's a very humbling job. Everyday, people trust you with their voice on topics that matter to them, and you have to try to live up to the responsibility. If I ever fail, I need you to tell me about it, so that I can get it right. It's important.
I am insecure enough to tell you about some of the journalism awards I have won – the Associated Press Award for investigative reporting, California Newspapers Publishers Association awards for investigative reporting and best special section, the Price Child Health and Welfare Journalism award from the Children's Advocacy Institute, OC Press Club Award for Best Daily Story, LA Press Club Award for Breaking News, as well as Society of Professional Journalists awards for best enterprise stories, beat reporting, feature writing, and best environmental story.
Email: paige.austin@patch.com
Phone: 714-721-1222
Prosecutors say a brother and sister arrested in connection with a fatal California carjacking, were recognized from a viral TikTok post.
Prosecutors say a brother and sister arrested in connection with a fatal Cerritos carjacking, were recognized from a viral TikTok post.
Celebrate your deep love of math with pizza and pie deals on Pi Day!
Celebrate your deep love of math with pizza and pie deals on Pi Day!
Celebrate your deep love of math with pizza and pie deals on Pi Day!
Celebrate your deep love of math with pizza and pie deals on Pi Day!
Celebrate your deep love of math with pizza and pie deals on Pi Day!
Celebrate your deep love of math with pizza and pie deals on Pi Day!
Celebrate your deep love of math with pizza and pie deals on Pi Day!
Celebrate your deep love of math with pizza and pie deals on Pi Day!
Celebrate your deep love of math with pizza and pie deals on Pi Day!
Celebrate your deep love of math with pizza and pie deals on Pi Day!
The unstable weather pattern is expected bring low snow levels, thunder, flooding and even sporadic sunshine throughout the day.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department had placed the hospital on lockdown. Employees were told to hide from a shooter.
Detectives are still searching for the gunman.
Authorities hope the public will help find a missing man with dementia who may be walking in the rain from Redondo Beach to Manhattan Beach.
The two-lane closures was expected to last an hour and backed up traffic in the Bell Gardens area.
Los Angeles is on a citywide flood watch, PCH will be closed, and resident in burn areas face potential mudslides as torrential rain hits.
People may have been exposed to the highly infectious disease at a local grocery store, salon and LAX.
Los Angeles County is on flood watch, with some areas expected to receive up to four inches of rain.