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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.
A woman tells how she and another motorist rushed to the aid of a man whose leg had just been severed by an Amtrak train in Berkeley on Monday morning. Their quick action in applying the woman's belt as a tourniquet apparently saved his life.
The Albany police logs for Sept. 30 - Oct. 1 include two men and a woman arrested at Target on check fraud, a stolen vehicle on Pierce, a man who took items from Safeway, two drug arrests, and two trees that disappeared.
The Contra Costa County coroner's office has identified the man killed in a solo-vehicle accident on the Central Avenue exit of Interstate 80 on Wednesday as Manuel Garcia, 50, of San Jose.
A 57-year-old woman was robbed after being struck – possibly with a gun – near the intersection of Oxford Street and Berkeley Way next to the UC Berkeley campus this morning, Thursday, according to campus police.
The Little Farm in the Tilden Nature Area – whose cows, pigs, goats, sheep and chickens draw many families and fascinated kids – will close beginning Oct. 15, 2013 for an extended period for a major sewer construction project.
Uber-active Albany resident Caryl O'Keefe was honored at the Albany City Council meeting Monday night when Mayor Peggy Thomsen presented her with the Über Albany Local Cup for winning the annual Albany Local Week contest.
President Barack Obama today, Wednesday, nominated Janet Yellen, a UC Berkeley professor emeritus, to be the next Federal Reserve Board chief. If confirmed by the Senate, she would be the first woman to head the nation's central bank.
Police at the University of California at Berkeley on Wednesday issued a photo and description of a man they say is likely the person seen prowling campus buildings and who may be responsible for thefts. Anyone who sees him is asked to tell police.
A bystander who applied a tourniquet may have saved the life of a man who lost his leg after being hit by a train at the Gilman Street crossing in Berkeley on Monday, a fire department spokesman said.
A bystander who applied a tourniquet may have saved the life of a man who lost his leg after being hit by a train at the Gilman Street crossing in Berkeley on Monday, a fire department spokesman said.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a public health alert on some raw chicken products produced by Foster Farms in California. Foster Farms says no recall is in effect and the the products are safe if properly cooked and handled.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a public health alert on some raw chicken products produced by Foster Farms in California. Foster Farms says no recall is in effect and the the products are safe if properly cooked and handled.
The Little Farm in the Tilden Nature Area – whose cows, pigs, goats, sheep and chickens draw many families and fascinated kids – will close beginning Oct. 15, 2013 for an extended period for a major sewer construction project.
The City of Albany reports that 22 homeless people have shown "some interest" in housing as a result of the outreach by the Berkeley Food & Housing Project to help relocate the 60 or so people living in makeshift shelters on the Albany Bulb.
A one-alarm fire forced the evacuation of a four-unit building on Carrison Street in Berkeley early this morning, fire officials said. The fire was reported at 12:21 and brought under control 21 minutes later. There were no injuries.
The City of Albany on Tuesday said it is seeking a temporary housing shelter and taking other steps as part of a comprehensive $500,000 plan to relocate people living on the Albany Bulb and make the Bulb part of McLaughlin Eastshore State Park.
The Little Farm in the Tilden Nature Area – whose cows, pigs, goats, sheep and chickens draw many families and fascinated kids – will close beginning Oct. 15, 2013 for an extended period for a major sewer construction project.
The Albany Planning & Zoning Commission on Wednesday considers an application from the Albany Taproom to stay open until 1 a.m. seven nights a week and to have live music with moderate amplification until 11 p.m.
"This really is an emergency situation," the president of the Bay Area Council said today, Tuesday, as he called on businesses to make contingency plans for a possible BART strike beginning on Friday.
"This really is an emergency situation," the president of the Bay Area Council said today, Tuesday, as he called on businesses to make contingency plans for a possible BART strike beginning on Friday.