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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.
The second of two suspicious packages reported in Berkeley Monday led to shelter or evacuate advisories for two major UC Berkeley buildings and closed the busy Telegraph/Bancroft intersection. The campus bomb squad found it was a harmless suitcase.
A suspicious package that arrived in the mail at a Berkeley restaurant and led to a large section of the downtown area being sealed off for nearly four hours this afternoon turned out to be just coffee, authorities said.
A suspicious package that arrived in the mail at a Berkeley restaurant and led to a large section of the downtown area being sealed off for nearly four hours Monday afternoon turned out to be just coffee, authorities said.
The outdoor pool at the Albany Aquatic Center is closed indefinitely because of mechanical issues, the center said.
UC Berkeley scientists have developed the design and software for a fire-spotting satellite called FUEGO that they say could bring a quantum leap in the ability to detect small fires before they erupt into large conflagrations.
The Albany police log for Oct. 18 includes nine offices burglarized with doors smashed on Solano, a stolen vehicle, an assault on the Taco Bell manager, an arrest for petty theft at Target, two men trying to steal a bike and a large group ejected.
The UC Berkeley football team ranked dead last in graduation rates among the 72 major football teams in the U.S., according to latest NCAA rankings. Cal officials said improving academic performance is a top priority of new head coach Sonny Dykes.
Power outages are being reported in several parts of the Bay Area tonight, Sunday, as strong, blustery winds buffet the region. The National Weather Service forecast calls for the windy conditions to continue through early Monday.
Power outages are being reported in several parts of the Bay Area tonight, Sunday, as strong, blustery winds buffet the region. The National Weather Service forecast calls for the windy conditions to continue through early Monday.
A recommendation to demolish MacGregor High School in Albany and replace it with portables is on the agenda of a special meeting Tuesday of the school board of the Albany Unified School District.
When an estimated 500 people spelled "Fukushima Is Here" at Ocean Beach in San Francisco, the critical aerial shot that would show the protest to the world turned out be a very near miss, says the human mural's conductor, Brad Newsham of Oakland.
When an estimated 500 people spelled "Fukushima Is Here" at Ocean Beach in San Francisco, the critical aerial shot that would show the protest to the world turned out be a very near miss, says the human mural's conductor, Brad Newsham of Oakland.
A restaurant worker who'd just gotten off work was robbed of his car, cell phone and wallet by an armed man Friday evening on Ramona Avenue, about half a block from Solano Avenue in Albany, police said.
In a rare carjacking in Albany, a restaurant worker who'd just gotten off work was robbed of his car, cell phone and wallet by an armed man Friday evening on Ramona Avenue, about half a block from Solano Avenue, police said.
Six people were arrested during daylight hours in Albany Friday, including five teens in connection with two late-morning incidents on the BART path next to Albany Middle School. Four of the teens were captured only after police chases and searches.
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Patrick Leach, who lived on the Albany Bulb, died at age 46 at the Bulb on Oct. 17, 2013. The cause was congestive heart failure, according to friends, who knew him also by his skateboarding name, "Penske" or "Penske 43."
The Albany police logs for Oct. 16-17 include a hit-and-run with damage, a laptop taken from an unlocked vehicle, check fraud, a DUI arrest apparently connected to an accident, a driver texting and a seriously injured kitten at Albany Bulb.
The City of Albany's planned removal of illegal encampments on the Albany Bulb and clean-up of the property does not include removal of the well-known sculptures made largely from driftwood and other found materials, a city spokeswoman said.
