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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.
Albany High volleyball fans found no joy in a Cougars' victory Wednesday night. The Albany Cougars lost to the Campolindo High Cougars in a close, hard-fought battle in the semifinal round of the North Coast Section championship playoffs.
A key approval vote for a major UC Berkeley development proposal – for a Sprouts Farmers Market and senior housing complex next to University Village in Albany – was postponed Wednesday by the Albany planning commission.
A key approval vote for a major UC Berkeley development proposal – for a Sprouts Farmers Market and senior housing complex next to University Village in Albany – was postponed Wednesday by the Albany planning commission.
Ales Unlimited, a specialty beer store in San Francisco, won approval from the Albany planning commission Wednesday night to open its second outlet on Solano Avenue. It would serve as a pub and a retail store for craft beers.
Ales Unlimited, a specialty beer store in San Francisco, won approval from the Albany planning commission Wednesday night to open its second outlet on Solano Avenue. It would serve as a pub and a retail store for craft beers.
The Albany police logs for Nov. 9-10 include four people arrested with more than two pounds of marijuana, four other people arrested on DUI, two cases of hit and run with damage and a costume coat stolen at the Albany Twin.
Two men took an Audi at gunpoint from a female victim on Portland Avenue in North Berkeley, about two blocks from the Albany border, on Nov. 7 and escaped in a high-speed police chase that included the Audi hitting another vehicle, police said.
Two men took an Audi at gunpoint from a female victim in the 1600 block of Portland Avenue in North Berkeley on Nov. 7 and escaped in a high-speed police chase that included the Audi hitting another vehicle, police said.
There are several places in Berkeley and nearby that sell organic, free-range or heritage turkeys.
There are several places near Albany that sell organic, free-range or heritage turkeys.
The BART contract agreement that ended the recent strike could unravel because of a contract provision on paid family leave that BART management says was mistakenly included.
The BART contract agreement that ended the recent strike could unravel because of a contract provision on paid family leave that BART management says was mistakenly included.
The windshield of a station wagon parked on Key Route Boulevard near Albany High was smashed this morning when a limb from one of the street's large conifers fell on it. Bystanders said the car belongs to a student at the school.
The BART contract agreement that ended the recent strike could unravel because of a contract provision on paid family leave that BART management says was mistakenly included.
The BART contract agreement that ended the recent strike could unravel because of a contract provision on paid family leave that BART management says was mistakenly included.
The Albany police log for Nov. 8 includes a report of a strong-arm robbery of two juveniles by two other juveniles behind Albany High, an iPhone stolen from Target and juveniles pouring alcohol into a Mountain Dew bottle on the BART path.
The Alameda County District Attorney's office has charged a 14-year-old boy with armed robbery for allegedly using a pellet gun to rob an 11-year-old boy of $5 as the younger boy walked to school in Oakland, police said today.
A major UC Berkeley commercial development proposal for a Sprouts Farmers Market and 175 units of senior housing next to University Village in Albany faces key votes by the planning commission Wednesday on the parcel map and design.
A major UC Berkeley commercial development proposal for a Sprouts Farmers Market and 175 units of senior housing next to University Village in Albany faces key votes by the planning commission Wednesday on the parcel map and design.
Two rock barricades intended to block vehicle access to the Albany Bulb were set up by protestors Monday night and removed by a backhoe under police supervision today, Tuesday, a protest representative said.
