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
A former Providence Mission Viejo Hospital employee was arrested on suspicion of a sexual assault of 3 women at the hospital emergency room.
A former Providence Mission Viejo Hospital employee was arrested on suspicion of a sexual assault of 3 women at the hospital emergency room.
"It's going to be a great night!" Mayor Scott Voigts says. Events start at 4 p.m. Sunday, July 4.
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A shutdown of the roadway will begin on July 6.
10 OC beaches in California got perfect scores, according to the Beach Honor Roll & Beach Bummer lists. How did your favorite beach rank?
10 OC beaches in California got perfect scores, according to the Beach Honor Roll & Beach Bummer lists. How did your favorite beach rank?
10 OC beaches in California got perfect scores, according to the Beach Honor Roll & Beach Bummer lists. How did your favorite beach rank?
10 OC beaches in California got perfect scores, according to the Beach Honor Roll & Beach Bummer lists. How did your favorite beach rank?
10 OC beaches in California got perfect scores, according to the Beach Honor Roll & Beach Bummer lists. How did your favorite beach rank?
10 OC beaches in California got perfect scores, according to the Beach Honor Roll & Beach Bummer lists. How did your favorite beach rank?
280 acres in the Anaheim Hills has been earmarked for a cemetery on 280 acres of Orange County after an Irvine deal has fizzled, Supes say.
A suspect was sentenced to time served, a first-offender alcohol program after the January attack of an Orange County Sheriff's Deputy.
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With 70 percent of the county's residents vaccinated, and mask relief in OC, officials are keeping a watchful eye on the Delta variant.
Some 35 beaches in California got perfect scores, according to the Beach Honor Roll and Beach Bummer lists. How'd your favorite beach rank?
Residents from Los Alamitos are leaving the Southland in droves in planes, trains and automobiles for the 4th of July holiday weekend.
Residents are heading out of Newport Beach & the Southland in droves in planes, trains and automobiles for the 4th of July holiday weekend.
Residents are heading out of Lake Forest & the Southland in droves in planes, trains and automobiles for the 4th of July holiday weekend.