Video: Welcome to Imperial Beach Patch

We are here not just to bring you the news but also to act as a resource. 

As you can tell if you've wandered around the site a bit, you can:

• find and review local businesses
• discover what's happening around town today or post upcoming events
• post classified ads
• find or share volunteer opportunities
• submit news tips, write a regular column or an occasional op-ed
• announce a milestone—a birth, death, engagement or graduation

We're here to do our best to keep you informed about things going on around you. If we're missing something, tell us.

E-mail me, send a news tip or comment on stories. 

Stay updated with daily and breaking news, and keep in touch on Facebook and Twitter or sign up for e-mail alerts. 

Your opinion of the site and services we offer means more than any advertisement. So please, tell your friends and neighbors about us.

Imperial Beach Patch is one of about a dozen Patch sites launching in cities throughout San Diego County. Patch has hired more journalists than any other publication in 2010, with more than 200 Patch sites operating in cities around the country.

Patch editors, including myself, have education and experience in news journalism. We work with teams of freelance reporters, photographers and video producers.

To know more about me and others working to piece together this Patch, click the News tab. In the bottom left hand corner you will see a list of contributors.