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  • Berkeley, CA

Email: (See my email address at the bottom of the Albany Patch or Berkeley Patch homepage.)

Phone: 510-435-4127

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.

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Albany, CA|News|

Tentative AC Transit Pact – Strike Threat Abates

AC Transit has reached a tentative agreement with the union representing drivers and mechanics, forestalling a strike that could have occurred at the end of 60-day cooling-off period on Sunday at midnight.

Tentative AC Transit Pact – Strike Threat Abates
Berkeley|News|

Tentative AC Transit Pact – Strike Threat Abates

AC Transit has reached a tentative agreement with the union representing drivers and mechanics, forestalling a strike that could have occurred at the end of 60-day cooling-off period on Sunday at midnight.

Tentative AC Transit Pact – Strike Threat Abates
Albany, CA|News|

Female, 19, Punched in Face, Robbed Near UC Campus

A 19-year-old female suffered minor injuries on Saturday when she was punched in the face by an armed robber near UC Berkeley. It was one of at least seven robberies in the campus area last week where victims were assaulted.

Female, 19, Punched in Face, Robbed Near UC Campus
Berkeley|News|

Female, 19, Punched in Face, Robbed Near UC Campus

A 19-year-old female suffered minor injuries on Saturday when she was punched in the face by an armed robber near UC Berkeley. It was one of at least seven robberies in the campus area last week where victims were assaulted.

Female, 19, Punched in Face, Robbed Near UC Campus
Albany, CA|News|

Albany Police Toy Drive Saturday at Target

You can donate new, unopened toys – plus books and clothes – for children in need at the Target in Albany tomorrow, Saturday for the Albany Peace Officers' Association Toy Drive.

Albany Police Toy Drive Saturday at Target
Berkeley|News|

DUI Checkpoints Across Bay Area Tonight

You should never drink and drive, especially tonight, Dec. 20, when several police agencies around the Bay Area will have DUI checkpoints.

DUI Checkpoints Across Bay Area Tonight
Berkeley|News|

Watch This Christmas Tree Burn in 1 Minute

Alameda County fire officials say one in six Christmas tree fires are caused by a heat source near the tree, and that one in 40 such fires results in death.

Berkeley|News|

Armed Robbery in Downtown Berkeley, Victim Hit

A man was struck and robbed at gunpoint on Shattuck Avenue in downtown Berkeley about 6:10 a.m. Saturday, according the University of California at Berkeley police.

Armed Robbery in Downtown Berkeley, Victim Hit
Albany, CA|News|

Police Calls: Wallet Stolen While Resident at Home, Dog Bite

The Albany police logs for Dec. 9-10 include a burglar taking wallet while the resident was home upstairs, another burglar who used a key to enter a rear door and steal jewelry, a CVS shoplifter confronted and a dog bite at Solano and Pomona.

Police Calls: Wallet Stolen While Resident at Home, Dog Bite
Albany, CA|News|

This IS News: No Wood-Burning Ban Thursday

The winds have picked up and blown away enough of the lingering pollution that Bay Area air quality officials have lifted the wood-burning ban after an unprecedented 11 straight days of Spare the Air alerts.

This IS News: No Wood-Burning Ban Thursday