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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 report by an independent expert has found that BART police have made significant progress in adopting reforms since the fatal police shooting of unarmed passenger Oscar Grant at the Fruitvale station in 2009.
A report by an independent expert has found that BART police have made significant progress in adopting reforms since the fatal police shooting of unarmed passenger Oscar Grant at the Fruitvale station in 2009.
The National Weather service warns of freezing temperatures in the Bay Area tonight, Saturday, and Sunday night, both times until 9 a.m. the following morning.
The National Weather service warns of freezing temperatures in the Bay Area tonight, Saturday, and Sunday night, both times until 9 a.m. the following morning.
The Albany police logs for Nov. 29 include a laptop taken in a home burglary, a cooler full of food taken from a car, a woman screaming on Talbot, an oven fire on Ordway and a Spanish revolver turned in to police.
Members of the Cal Forestry Club cut and sell sustainably harvested Christmas trees on campus. This year's sale starts Tuesday, Dec. 10.
Members of the Cal Forestry Club cut and sell sustainably harvested Christmas trees on campus. This year's sale starts Tuesday, Dec. 10.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued this season's fifth Spare the Air Alert – for Sunday – meaning no fires in the fireplace or wood stoves.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued this season's fifth Spare the Air Alert – for Sunday – meaning no fires in the fireplace or wood stoves.
A group of students called the "CoveredBerkeley Brigade" are going to homes in Berkeley today to let residents know about new health insurance options under Covered California, the state program under the U.S. Affordable Care Act.
The 85-year-old UC Berkeley grad and former Berkeley teacher detained for more than a month by North Korea, Merrill Newman of Palo Alto, arrived back in the Bay Area today after being released.
The 85-year-old UC Berkeley grad and former Berkeley teacher detained for more than a month by North Korea, Merrill Newman of Palo Alto, arrived back in the Bay Area today after being released.
The Albany police logs for Nov. 25-26 include a man arrested after refusing to pay his Club Mallard tab, a dog named Kona missing after an auto accident and a man and a woman on separate days yelling and acting aggressively at Solano and San Pablo.
The full U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco overruled previous rulings today and said that Carol Sachs, a Berkeley woman whose legs were crushed by a train in Austria, can sue the Austrian state railroad in the United States.
Record lows were set or tied in the Bay Area this morning, Friday, and four deaths of homeless people in Santa Clara County were attributed to the cold. A freeze warning remains in the effect.
Record lows were set or tied in the Bay Area this morning, Friday, and four deaths of homeless people in Santa Clara County were attributed to the cold. A freeze warning remains in the effect.
Part of Berkeley's industrial zone would become commercial under a proposal before the City Council for a new Whole Foods Market on Gilman Street.
Albany police today are focusing on enforcing the laws against texting and using hand-held phones while driving, the police department said. It is part of a year-long program aimed at preventing deaths and injuries from distracted driving.
Here are tips to keep your exposed water pipes from freezing – or to unfreeze them – when temperatures drop tonight and through the weekend, courtesy of the East Bay's water agency, the East Bay Municipal Utility District.
The Saint Mary's College High School Panthers have battled their way to the finals for the championship of their division in the North Coast Section, one of the state's 10 regions. They play the Fortuna High School Huskies Saturday for the crown.
