West was born in Los Angeles to Jim Donald Brondino (born 1942), an educator, and Jeanne Marie Anderson, an author (maiden; born 1942). They divorced in 1983.
West's background is rooted in Los Angeles, where he was raised by his father, Jim Donald Brondino, a teacher, and his mother, Jeanne Marie Anderson, an author (maiden; born 1942). The couple divorced in 1983.