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Now in my fourth year with Patch.com, I'm the editor of and Albany Patch and Berkeley Patch.
I worked many years as a staff writer and editor at the San Francisco Chronicle until April of 2009, when I switched to freelancing. I then wrote for the Los Angeles Times and other publications, and I also took on editing assignments for UC Berkeley and the United Nations.
Being an East Bay reporter for Patch brings my career full circle in the East Bay. My first bylines appeared in the East Bay Review of the Performing Arts. I next worked as a reporter and editor at the Daily Californian while studying at UC Berkeley, where I obtained a master's in journalism. I was a reporter at the Contra Costa Independent, Berkeley Gazette and San Francisco Examiner before moving to the Chronicle, where I worked several years in the Berkeley bureau and in the main East Bay bureau in Oakland.
A man in his 70s escaped with no visible injuries after jumping in front of a BART train in downtown Berkeley this afternoon, according to BART. The Downtown Berkeley station was closed temporarily.
A man in his 70s escaped with no visible injuries after jumping in front of a BART train in downtown Berkeley this afternoon, according to BART. The Downtown Berkeley station was closed temporarily.
The small "library" at the Albany Bulb was destroyed by a fire of unknown origin about 6 a.m. today, Sunday.
Two middle-school students were getting an early start on paying for college on Saturday – selling their homemade baked goods on Solano Avenue at the Berkeley and Albany border.
Two middle-school students were getting an early start on paying for college on Saturday – selling their homemade baked goods on Solano Avenue at the Berkeley and Albany border.
The Albany police logs for Jan. 3-5 include the robbery of Cartier purse in North Berkeley followed by $200 in purchases on the victim's credit card at the Albany Safeway and a person spraying workers at a neighbor's house with a garden hose.
A 36-year-old suspected robber was caught by University of California at Berkeley police Wednesday after he tried to take a cell phone and other items from a victim next to the campus shortly after 9 a.m., police said.
Albany resident Jeanne Gray Loughman asks if others are as alarmed as she is about jogging in the street. We'd like to know what our readers think. You can tell us in the comments.
Albany resident Jeanne Gray Loughman asks if others are as alarmed as she is about jogging in the street. We'd like to know what our readers think. You can tell us in the comments.
A University of California at Berkeley landmark designed by famed architect Julia Morgan will finish its move uphill on Sunday to a new home in the UC Botanical Garden. Its history is entwined with gender politics at Berkeley a century ago.
A University of California at Berkeley landmark designed by famed architect Julia Morgan is moving uphill on Sunday to a new home in the UC Botanical Garden. Its history is entwined with gender politics at Berkeley a century ago.
Plus, an East Bay woman's plan to finish the Boston marathon was among the top Patch stories around the greater Bay Area on Friday.
Plus, an East Bay woman's plan to finish the Boston marathon was among the top Patch stories around the greater Bay Area on Friday.
A University of California at Berkeley landmark designed by famed architect Julia Morgan will finish its move uphill on Sunday to a new home in the UC Botanical Garden. Its history is entwined with gender politics at Berkeley a century ago.
El Cerrito police swarmed to Richmond and Manila streets this afternoon following a report of gunshots that was classified as a "suicide incident." The two streets were temporarily blocked.
El Cerrito police swarmed to Richmond and Manila streets this afternoon following a report of gunshots that was classified as a "suicide incident." The two streets were temporarily blocked.
A warning has been issued to East Bay residents about a scammer posing as a Contra Costa County Sheriff's lieutenant demanding that people pay to clear up bogus traffic tickets or other violations.
A warning has been issued to East Bay residents about a scammer posing as a Contra Costa County Sheriff's lieutenant demanding that people pay to clear up bogus traffic tickets or other violations.
The Albany police logs for Jan. 1-2 include a victim dropped off in Albany after being robbed at Pacific East Mall, counterfeit checks and auto burglary at Target, someone burning stuff on Albany beach and a fight involving brothers.
And a high school lockdown was among the top Patch stories around the greater Bay Area on Thursday.
