Email: (See my email address at the bottom of the Albany Patch or Berkeley Patch homepage.)
Phone: 510-435-4127
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.
A 20-year veteran BART police officer was fatally shot by accident by a fellow officer during a probation search in Dublin Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. It was the first death of a BART officer in the line of duty, BART said.
After hearing conflicting views, the Albany City Council on Tuesday night unanimously agreed to a one-year extension of the contract with the Berkeley Food and Housing Project to offer assistance to the homeless at Albany Bulb and elsewhere.
The new driverless BART train for the soon-to-be-completed Oakland airport connector line had its public debut Tuesday. Trains will depart the Oakland Coliseum station every four minutes, BART said.
Albany police logs for Jan. 11-12 include two cases of battery – one at the Albany Bulb and one that may have involved an arrest in the vicinity of Club Mallard – plus an auto burglary, loud music complaints and a man harassing movie-goers.
A 20-year veteran BART police officer was fatally shot by accident by a fellow officer during a probation search in Dublin Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. It was the first death of a BART officer in the line of duty, BART said.
A 20-year veteran BART police officer was fatally shot by accident by a fellow officer during a probation search in Dublin Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. It was the first death of a BART officer in the line of duty, BART said.
Legislation mandating time limits for processing rape kits, which evidence in rapes, was announced by state Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) in Oakland today.
Legislation mandating time limits for processing rape kits, which evidence in rapes, was announced by state Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) in Oakland today.
Legislation mandating time limits for processing rape kits, which evidence in rapes, was announced today by state Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), whose district includes Albany.
Legislation mandating time limits for processing rape kits, which evidence in rapes, was announced by state Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) in Oakland today.
Claremont Avenue in the East Bay hills will be closed most of the day today, Tuesday, because of a brush fire, according to Oakland police.
UC Berkeley saw applications swell again for the upcoming year, leading all UC campuses except UCLA in the number of would-be students. More than 90,000 sought admission to Cal for the 2013-14 school year.
UC Berkeley saw applications swell again for the upcoming year, leading all UC campuses except UCLA in the number of would-be students. More than 90,000 sought admission to Cal for the 2013-14 school year.
UC Berkeley saw applications swell again for the upcoming year, leading all UC campuses except UCLA in the number of would-be students. More than 90,000 sought admission to Cal for the 2013-14 school year.
UC Berkeley saw applications swell again for the upcoming year, leading all UC campuses except UCLA in the number of would-be students. More than 90,000 sought admission to Cal for the 2013-14 school year.
Homelessness, housing and the Albany Bulb are all part of the Albany City Council's menu of issues to deal with Tuesday night.
The legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. was commemorated across the Bay Area today with a "freedom train," marches, programs, breakfasts and other events. Today is a federal holiday in honor of the slain civil rights leader.
The legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. was commemorated across the Bay Area today with a "freedom train," marches, programs, breakfasts and other events. Today is a federal holiday in honor of the slain civil rights leader.
The legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. was commemorated across the Bay Area today with a "freedom train," marches, programs, breakfasts and other events. Today is a federal holiday in honor of the slain civil rights leader.
The legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. was commemorated across the Bay Area today with a "freedom train," marches, programs, breakfasts and other events. Today is a federal holiday in honor of the slain civil rights leader.