I started with Patch as the copy editor for 11 Patch sites: Alameda, Albany, Castro Valley, El Cerrito, Hercules, Newark, Piedmont, Pinole, San Leandro, San Lorenzo and Union City. Currently I am the local editor at Piedmont Patch and Alameda Patch. Questions? dixie.jordan@patch.com.
Before coming to Patch, I was the editor and publisher of Parents Press, a magazine for Bay Area parents, for more years than I like to remember. Before that, I was news editor at the Contra Costa Times and a reporter at various Northern California newspapers.
I am a fifth generation Californian who has lived in the East Bay most of my life and a graduate of UC Berkeley. For fun, I volunteer on archaeology digs, mostly in Ireland and the Southwest.
My brilliant and beautiful daughter, Jenny, a school psychologist, just married the charming Chris Davidson and they are living in Austin, Texas — too far way!
The Raiderette, identified only as Lucy T., said "someone has to stand up for all of the women of the NFL who work so hard for the fans and the teams." One report says she is a 27-year-old Alameda resident.
More than 70 survivors made it off the Spanish galleon.
More than 70 survivors made it off the Spanish galleon.
New legislation has the potential to nearly double the number of arrests in rape cases, said Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner, co-author of the bill with Assemblyman Rob Bonta and other lawmakers.
New legislation has the potential to nearly double the number of arrests in rape cases, said Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner, co-author of the bill with Assemblyman Rob Bonta and other lawmakers.
The elevated, driverless trains are scheduled to begin service this autumn. The trip is expected to take 9 minutes.
The elevated, driverless trains are scheduled to begin service this autumn. The trip is expected to take 9 minutes.
The weekend police log also included a DUI arrest and an auto break-in.
Paul Benoit, the top choice to replace retiring City Administrator Geoffrey Grote, is the city manager of Astoria, Oregon, and a former assistant city manager in Alameda.
The robbery took place before dawn on Sunday, Jan. 19
A BART police officer was fatally shot by accident by a fellow officer during a probation search in Dublin this afternoon, authorities said.
A BART police officer was fatally shot by accident by a fellow officer during a probation search in Dublin this afternoon, authorities said.
Plus lots of stolen cars, and shots fired at a Caroline Street apartment.
Services are scheduled Jan. 26 for Jill Fritschi Reese, a Piedmont resident who was reported missing Jan. 14 and found deceased in San Francisco the following day.
You're invited to stop by the Lakeshore Avenue studio on Saturday to learn about its classes and enjoy some freebies.
