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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.
At least one person was seriously injured Sunday night when two residents of the Albany Bulb were assaulted by several suspects, police said. Both victims were transported to a hospital.
BART's largest labor union yesterday provided the final approval needed to end the transit agency's long and rancorous contract dispute.
BART's largest labor union yesterday provided the final approval needed to end the transit agency's long and rancorous contract dispute.
Three westbound lanes of Interstate 80 in Albany were blocked more than an hour this morning by a four-vehicle pile-up in which one car burst into flames, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Plus, the Albany Bulb library fire was among the top Patch stories around the greater Bay Area on Monday.
Plus, the Albany Bulb library fire was among the top Patch stories around the greater Bay Area on Monday.
The City of Albany announced today that three more Albany Bulb residents have been provided housing under the city's "Transition Plan" to remove the longstanding encampments on the Bulb.
Darnell Williams, who's accused of fatally shooting 22-year-old Anthony Medearis in Berkeley and 8-year-old Alaysha Carradine in Oakland, was ordered to stand trial today, following his preliminary hearing in Alameda County Superior Court.
Nine people, a business and a cat displaced by a fire on Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley Friday were still unable to return today, a Berkeley fire official said.
A man was assaulted and robbed in People's Park Saturday afternoon by two other men who pointed a semiautomatic handgun at his face, according to campus police. The robbers escaped.
A renowned scholar of stereotypes, Stanford education dean Claude Steele, has been chosen as the next UC Berkeley executive vice chancellor and provost with responsibilities for academic affairs, faculty hiring and retention of students.
A renowned scholar of stereotypes, Stanford education dean Claude Steele, has been chosen as the next UC Berkeley executive vice chancellor and provost with responsibilities for academic affairs, faculty hiring and retention of students.
The strong winds combined with dry conditions prompted the National Weather Service today to issue a "red flag warning" of critical fire danger in the East Bay Hills, the Diablo Ridge and North Bay Mountains.
The strong winds combined with dry conditions prompted the National Weather Service today to issue a "red flag warning" of critical fire danger in the East Bay Hills, the Diablo Ridge and North Bay Mountains.
The small "library" at the Albany Bulb was destroyed by a fire of unknown origin about 6 a.m. Sunday.
A man was assaulted and robbed in People's Park Saturday afternoon by two other men who pointed a semiautomatic handgun at his face, according to campus police. The robbers escaped.
A Berkeley man has pleaded guilty, along with an Oakland accomplice, to an armed bank robbery in which he left behind a robbery note with hi
Plus, a slow recovery for a man beaten after confronting noisy revelers was among the top Patch stories around the greater Bay Area this weekend.
Plus, a slow recovery for a man beaten after confronting noisy revelers was among the top Patch stories around the greater Bay Area this weekend.
Patch is trying to find out if Montero's restaurant and nightclub, which has been shuttered for many weeks, will reopen. The owner is reported to be planning to resume operations, but so far we haven't been able to confirm any plans.
