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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 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.
Is it really mid-winter? Sunday was the sixth day in a row that saw temperatures reach record highs for the day in the greater Bay Area.
Is it really mid-winter? Sunday was the sixth day in a row that saw temperatures reach record highs for the day in the greater Bay Area.
Two more flu-linked deaths were reported in Santa Clara County on Friday. Officials say this year's flu season is severe and hasn't peaked yet, and urge anyone who's not been vaccinated yet to get a flu shot.
Berkeley health officials urge those who haven't gotten flu shots to get them. This year's outbreak is unusually severe, with 23 flu-related deaths reported in the Bay Area as of Friday.
Is it really mid-winter? Sunday was the sixth day in a row that saw temperatures reach record highs for the day in the greater Bay Area.
Is it really mid-winter? Sunday was the sixth day in a row that saw temperatures reach record highs for the day in the greater Bay Area.
Albany High alum Lucas Yovanovich will be honored at an awards banquet Tuesday night as "Community College Pitcher of the Year" in Santa Clara County.
The Berkeley Martin Luther King, Jr. community breakfast, now in its third year, pays tribute to the life and work of the renowned civil rights leader. It's being held this year on Monday, Jan. 20, at HS Lordships.
Albany police logs for Jan. 10 include two non-injury accidents, a stolen cell phone, a neighbor upset over someone using her trash cans, juveniles smoking pot, a resident harassing a security guard and a person sleeping in the Target lot.
It's the second day in a row that expected unhealthy levels of air pollution have triggered a Spare the Air alert from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
It's the second day in a row that expected unhealthy levels of air pollution have triggered a Spare the Air alert from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
Albany police logs for Jan. 8-9 include a home burglary, two cases of ID theft, teens smoking something, embers left smoking at Albany Bulb, a parked motorcycle hit by a car, and rental cars not returned to Hertz.
About a dozen protestors staged a campout on Solano Avenue at the Albany and Berkeley border Friday night to oppose the eviction of those living on the Albany Bulb. It was their second campout protest on Solano.
About a dozen protestors staged a campout on Solano Avenue at the Albany and Berkeley border on Friday night to oppose the eviction of those living on the Albany Bulb. It was their second campout protest on Solano.
More high-temperature records were broken today in the greater Bay Area, marking the fourth day in a row that new highs were reached in multiple locations.
Plus, an official drought emergency and a mom and son jailed for tax fraud were among the top Patch stories around the greater Bay Area on Friday.
Plus, an official drought emergency and a mom and son jailed for tax fraud were among the top Patch stories around the greater Bay Area on Friday.
More high-temperature records were broken today in the greater Bay Area, marking the fourth day in a row that new highs were reached in multiple locations.
More high-temperature records were broken today in the greater Bay Area, marking the fourth day in a row that new highs were reached in multiple locations.