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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.
Two women have been charged with felony identity theft in connection with stolen mail and personal information of numerous individuals, including 15 Alta Bates Summit Medical Center breast cancer patients who had been victims of ID theft.
Two women have been charged with felony identity theft in connection with stolen mail and personal information of numerous individuals, including 15 Alta Bates Summit Medical Center breast cancer patients who had been victims of ID theft.
Starting her tenure with an active agenda, new UC President Janet Napolitano told UC Regents today that she intends to keep the current freeze on undergrad tuition, increase community college transfers and cut UC's energy use to zero by 2025.
Starting her tenure with an active agenda, new UC President Janet Napolitano told UC Regents today that she intends to keep the current freeze on undergrad tuition, increase community college transfers and cut UC's energy use to zero by 2025.
Starting her tenure with an active agenda, new UC President Janet Napolitano told UC Regents today that she intends to keep the current freeze on undergrad tuition, increase community college transfers and cut UC's energy use to zero by 2025.
Starting her tenure with an active agenda, new UC President Janet Napolitano told UC Regents today that she intends to keep the current freeze on undergrad tuition, increase community college transfers and cut UC's energy use to zero by 2025.
Starting her tenure with an active agenda, new UC President Janet Napolitano told UC Regents today that she intends to keep the current freeze on undergrad tuition, increase community college transfers and cut UC's energy use to zero by 2025.
Starting her tenure with an active agenda, new UC President Janet Napolitano told UC Regents today that she intends to keep the current freeze on undergrad tuition, increase community college transfers and cut UC's energy use to zero by 2025.
Was it hacked? The official Albany High School website was replaced this morning by a photo of a sparse crowd in the school gym and an exhortation to come support the girls' volleyball team in their playoff game tonight, Wednesday.
The person killed by a BART train at the El Cerrito del Norte station on Tuesday morning was a 16-year-old junior at El Cerrito High School, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
The person killed by a BART train at the El Cerrito del Norte station on Tuesday morning was a 16-year-old junior at El Cerrito High School, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
The Albany police logs for Nov. 2-3 include two robberies previously reported on Patch, a person and his dog bitten by another at the Albany Bulb, three drunk/disorderly arrests and multiple complaints about evening noise from Cornell School.
San Francisco-based Ales Unlimited wants to open an East Bay outlet for its large craft beer selection on Solano Avenue – in the space next to Fonda Restaurant. The Albany Planning & Zoning Commission will consider it Wednesday.
San Francisco-based Ales Unlimited wants to open an East Bay outlet for its large craft beer selection on Solano Avenue – in the space next to Fonda Restaurant. The Albany Planning & Zoning Commission will consider it Wednesday.
Diane Sydenham of Albany has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the fatal knifing last year of retired Kensington psychologist James Durkin in his residence. She's due back in court for a medical hearing on Jan. 17.
Diane Sydenham of Albany has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the fatal knifing last year of retired Kensington psychologist James Durkin in his residence. She's due back in court for a medical hearing on Jan. 17.
A 20-year-old female and 19-year-old male were robbed at gunpoint by two males on Bancroft Way next to the UC Berkeley campus Monday night, and the suspects were later surrounded and captured by a swarm of police in Albany.
A 20-year-old female and 19-year-old male were robbed at gunpoint by two males on Bancroft Way next to the UC Berkeley campus Monday night, and the suspects were later surrounded and captured by a swarm of police in Albany.
The El Cerrito del Norte BART station was closed for part of the morning today, Tuesday, following an apparent suicide. It was reopened by 8:15 a.m., and full service was restored with some residual delays.
The El Cerrito del Norte BART station was closed for part of the morning today, Tuesday, following an apparent suicide. It was reopened by 8:15 a.m., and full service was restored with some residual delays.