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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.
It’s easy to miss the small Albany outpost of Berkeley’s popular Local 123 coffee house. It sits inside an Airstream mobile-home trailer, half-hidden inside the garden patio of Flowerland on Solano Avenue.
It’s easy to miss the small Albany outpost of Berkeley’s popular Local 123 coffee house. It sits inside an Airstream mobile-home trailer, half-hidden inside the garden patio of Flowerland on Solano Avenue.
A motorist who crashed on Interstate 80 in Richmond early this morning and tried to cross the freeway was struck and killed by another vehicle, the CHP said. A woman also was fatally struck on I-80 in San Francisco this morning.
A motorist who crashed on Interstate 80 in Richmond early this morning and tried to cross the freeway was struck and killed by another vehicle, the CHP said. A woman also was fatally struck on I-80 in San Francisco this morning.
The Albany police logs for Nov. 16-17 include a caped man waving a sword or long knife at Albany Bulb, extremely dirty restrooms at Memorial Park, boots stolen from a front porch, grand theft on Kains and a continuously howling/barking dog.
Construction will start soon on the proposed outdoor "Westbrae Biergarten" at Gilman and Curtis streets in North Berkeley, one of the partners said this week.
Construction will start soon on the proposed outdoor "Westbrae Biergarten" at Gilman and Curtis streets in North Berkeley, one of the partners said this week.
If you’d like to try organic homemade recipes from Chile but don’t have the time or budget to fly there, you could drop by Restaurant Valparaiso on Solano Ave. for the fare that owners Pablo and Myrian Valenzuela enjoyed in their homeland.
If you’d like to try organic homemade recipes from Chile but don’t have the time or budget to fly there, you could drop by Restaurant Valparaiso on Solano Ave. for the fare that owners Pablo and Myrian Valenzuela enjoyed in their homeland.
It's not a Spare the Air day, but officials request that people refrain from using fireplaces and wood stoves on Thanksgiving Day.
It's not a Spare the Air day, but officials request that people refrain from using fireplaces and wood stoves on Thanksgiving Day.
A few East Bay residents name what they're thankful for in the accompanying video. We'd like to know what you give thanks for.
A few East Bay residents name what they're thankful for in the accompanying video. We'd like to know what you give thanks for.
The Albany police log for Nov. 15 includes three incidents of people sleeping on the sidewalk, a shaking/vibrating house, a loud explosion at Cougar Field, a dumpster fire at Albany High and thefts of a vehicle, bike, tools and Target items.
Here's a quick run-down of what public agencies and services in Berkeley are doing on Thanksgiving Day and the following day, aka Black Friday.
Some are calling it "Thanksgivukkah" – the first time since 1888 that Thanksgiving falls on the first full day of Hanukkah.
Those opposed to the impending eviction of Albany Bulb encampments are planning a "No Thanks Resistance Festival" for three days beginning on Thanksgiving. One person stayed at the Bulb's new temporary homeless shelter Tuesday night.
It's not a Spare the Air day, but officials request that people refrain from using fireplaces and wood stoves on Thanksgiving Day.
It's not a Spare the Air day, but officials request that people refrain from using fireplaces and wood stoves on Thanksgiving Day.
Here's a quick run-down of what public agencies and services in Berkeley are doing on Thanksgiving Day and the following day, aka Black Friday.
