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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.
Berkeley is the only local government in California to boost its tobacco-control grade to an "A" in the latest annual ratings by the American Lung Association.
Some hope of small relief from the drought was raised Saturday with a forecast for a slight chance of rain in the Bay Area on Thursday.
Some hope of small relief from the drought was raised Saturday with a forecast for a slight chance of rain in the Bay Area on Thursday.
Some hope of small relief from the drought was raised Saturday with a forecast for a slight chance of rain in the Bay Area on Thursday.
Some hope of small relief from the drought was raised Saturday with a forecast for a slight chance of rain in the Bay Area on Thursday.
Some hope of small relief from the drought was raised Saturday with a forecast for a slight chance of rain in the Bay Area on Thursday.
Some hope of small relief from the drought was raised Saturday with a forecast for a slight chance of rain in the Bay Area on Thursday.
Some hope of small relief from the drought was raised Saturday with a forecast for a slight chance of rain in the Bay Area on Thursday.
Albany police logs for Jan. 13-14 include a stolen vehicle at Target, the theft of the contents of UPS packages on Taft, a 911 call about a cat on the Gill Tract, four people arrested on drug charges and mailbox vandalism.
Plus, a life sentence for a North Bay teen for attempted murder was among the top Patch stories around the greater Bay Area on Thursday.
This season's 30th Spare the Air alert – tying the all-time record for a single season in the Bay Area – has been issued for Saturday by air quality officials because of expected hazardous levels of air pollution.
This season's 30th Spare the Air alert – tying the all-time record for a single season in the Bay Area – has been issued for Saturday by air quality officials because of expected hazardous levels of air pollution.
Plus, a life sentence for a North Bay teen for attempted murder was among the top Patch stories around the greater Bay Area on Thursday.
This season's 30th Spare the Air alert – tying the all-time record for a single season in the Bay Area – has been issued for Saturday by air quality officials because of expected hazardous levels of air pollution.
This season's 30th Spare the Air alert – tying the all-time record for a single season in the Bay Area – has been issued for Saturday by air quality officials because of expected hazardous levels of air pollution.
Joblessness fell last month in the Bay Area, including Alameda County, and in California as a whole, according to state data released today.
Joblessness fell last month in the Bay Area, including Alameda County, and in California as a whole, according to state data released today.
The National Weather Service yesterday issued a Red Flag Warning of critical fire hazards in the East Bay hills and other high elevations around the Bay Area.
The National Weather Service yesterday issued a Red Flag Warning of critical fire hazards in the East Bay hills and other high elevations around the Bay Area.
The National Weather Service Thrusday issued a Red Flag Warning of critical fire hazards in the East Bay hills and other high elevations around the Bay Area