A Redlands native, Catherine Garcia has been covering news in the Inland Empire for several years. Following her graduation from the University of Redlands in 2006, she worked for two years as a general assignment reporter for the Redlands Daily Facts newspaper before leaving to attend the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City.

Since earning her MS in magazine journalism in 2009, Garcia has worked as a freelance writer and reporter, with pieces appearing in the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, EW.com, the San Bernardino Sun, the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, and other publications. Her stories have been picked up by a variety of websites, from PerezHilton.com to Jezebel.com, and the cable channel MSNBC featured a segment on her EW.com post regarding Hello Kitty wines.