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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.
Do you recognize this man? The serial bank robber has hit five banks, in multiple cites and counties from all over the Bay Area and northern California.
For the 10th straight day – yet another new record – fires and wood-burning are banned in the Bay Area because of air pollution trapped by cold temperatures.
For the 10th straight day – yet another new record – fires and wood-burning are banned in the Bay Area because of air pollution trapped by cold temperatures.
Do you recognize this man? The serial bank robber has hit five banks, in multiple cites and counties from all over the Bay Area and northern California.
Do you recognize this man? The serial bank robber has hit five banks, in multiple cites and counties from all over the Bay Area and northern California.
BART fares will rise on Jan. 1 as part of previously approved, periodic increases to pay for new cars to replace the aging fleet as well as other improvements.
With cold temperatures still trapping pollution close to the ground, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has declared another Spare the Air alert for Monday, which means no fires or wood burning.
With cold temperatures still trapping pollution close to the ground, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has declared another Spare the Air alert for Monday, which means no fires or wood burning.
The Albany police logs for Dec. 6 include the theft of recycling cans on Stannage, someone defecating at the end of driveway of a law firm, a man acting suspiciously with a cell phone, a dispute at Metro PCS and noisy kids at night.
An elderly Albany man at El Cerrito Plaza was one of three elderly people approached in El Cerrito parking lots Friday and falsely accused of striking a woman with their cars, police said in a community warning about the scam.
Saint Mary's College High rolled over Fortuna High 49-12 at Humboldt State University Saturday, winning the high school football championship or their division in the large North Coast Section.
Saint Mary's College High rolled over Fortuna High 49-12 at Humboldt State University Saturday, winning the high school football championship or their division in the large North Coast Section.
The Albany police logs for Dec. 4-5 include a caller reporting his car being stolen, an aggressive solicitor who refused to leave, a warrant arrest following a report of two solicitors who fled when the resident approached the door and perilous ice.
Police from Berkeley, BART and Oakland are collaborating in response to a rash of possibly linked recent robberies in South Berkeley and North Oakland, with several near the Ashby BART station.
"It's the mystique," says Jim Harrison, one of the adults drawn to the elaborate Walnut Creek Model Railroad with its 1,900-square-foot village and 4,300 feet of train tracks.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has extended the ban on wood-burning for record eighth day in a row with yet another "Spare the Air" alert because of unhealthy levels of pollution in the air.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has extended the ban on wood-burning for record eighth day in a row with yet another "Spare the Air" alert because of unhealthy levels of pollution in the air.
A "pop-up" sing-along of holiday favorites packed a corner on Solano Avenue with a festive, candle-lit gathering of about 60 or so people Friday night. The "Songs on Solano" event was sponsored by the City of Albany.
A "pop-up" sing-along of holiday favorites packed a corner on Solano Avenue with a festive, candle-lit gathering of about 60 or so people Friday night. The "Songs on Solano" event was sponsored by the City of Albany.
Bay Area air officials have extended the ban on wood-burning for the seventh day in a row with yet another "Spare the Air" alert because of unhealthy levels of pollution in the air.
