Going live with Michelle Paradise in an hour

This publication's second judicial candidate interview starts tonight, at 6 p.m. Free tickets are still available to join us in the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce boardroom, in downtown Riverside. Register here. If you can't make it in person, please join us in the livestream here. Livestream viewers will have the opportunity to submit questions in the chat. Today's interviewee is Michelle Paradise, Riverside County Assistant Chief Executive Officer for Public Safety. Paradise joined the bar in 1997, and spent 25 years as a prosecutor, bringing over 100 cases to jury verdict, with a specialty in child abuse and homicides. She was promoted to Chief Deputy District Attorney, and placed in charge of the Major Crimes and Special Prosecution Units, in 2015. Paradise was promoted to Assistant District Attorney, overseeing the Indio and Blythe offices, in 2016. She was transferred to run the downtown office in 2019. County Executive Officer Jeff Van Wagenen invited her to join Riverside County Executive Office in 2023, as the Assistant Chief Executive Officer for Public Safety. She oversees the District Attorney’s Office, Public Defender’s Office, Sheriff’s Office, Office of Emergency Management, Riverside County Fire and Probation Departments. She also works in collaboration with Riverside Superior Court, to provide indigent defense contracts and funding resources. She is a mother of four and a grandmother to three. At 5:30 p.m. Monday, this publication will interview Deputy Public Defender Andrea Garcia in the same office. Tickets are still available. Yesterday, Inland Empire Law Weekly interviewed criminal defense attorney Jennifer Loflin. That interview is available here. Videos and summaries of each interview will be posted on this website after the livestream has ended. All content related to this judicial race, including livestream links, can be found at ielaw.news/election.