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Ashley Ludwig has been a columnist and online news editor since 2007. Email news tips and leads for Orange County / San Gabriel Valley to ashley.ludwig@patch.com

Prior to joining Patch, she worked as a staff writer for Southwest Riverside's Valley News Newspaper--in print and online. She was a co-founder of the southern California news conglomerate, DailySoCal.com--and prior to that, a freelance journalist for such publications as the North County Times, San Diego Union Tribune, and Southwest Riverside News Network (SWRNN.com), and still owns the local southern California Wine Country blog: TemeculaGrapevine.com.

Ashley Ludwig has worked as a writer on the web since the late 1990s. She is a graduate of the University of Arizona, with a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences.

Wife, and mother of two daughters, she is the author of multiple romantic suspense novels. www.ashleyludwig.com

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Humpback Whales Grace Laguna Beach Coastline

See them spout? In late February the whales have returned to Orange County's coast in masse, as seen by local whale watchers this week.

Humpback Whales Grace Laguna Beach Coastline