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!
Calling for tougher state gun control legislation at a news conference in Oakland Monday were two Democratic members of the state Assembly from the East Bay: Rob Bonta, whose district includes Alameda, and Nancy Skinner.
William Meredith is a wide receiver for Central College in Iowa, which hasn't had a losing season since 1960.
The driver of a Dodge Ram pickup hit several parked cars on Fernside Boulevard and nearby streets late Monday afternoon. Police say the driver has been cited for several misdemeanor violations and given a court date.
Albert Gilbert III now oversees general and financial operations for the Family Service Agency of San Francisco.
Incidents highlighted here were recorded in the Alameda Police Department log from Sept. 5 to Sept. 8. Information was supplied by the police and does not indicate any convictions.
A second hearing is scheduled for Sept. 25.
Nefarious happenings in Piedmont during the past week.
A highlight from the Piedmont Police Department log.
Local residents will elect three people to the council in February, 2014.
Alameda USD worked with local law enforcement to devise a safety plan for an ‘active-shooter event.’
Compare the ‘Best By’ date, production code and UPC for the recalled dog food to bags you have at home.
Incidents highlighted here were recorded in the Alameda Police Department log from Sept. 1 to Sept. 4. Information was supplied by the police and does not indicate any convictions.
Compare the ‘Best By’ date, production code and UPC for the recalled dog food to bags you have at home.
Traces of the mineral springs that attracted 19th century visitors to Piedmont are still evident in Piedmont Park.
The Piedmont High library is being named the Ambassador Christopher Stevens Memorial Library in honor of Stevens, a 1978 PHS graduate killed in Libya last year.
The Piedmont Planning Commission meets Monday, Sept. 9. A public hearing on the city's pedestrian-bicycle plan is on the agenda.
As a guide to major issues covered in the draft EIR, we've included a summary provided by city staff. See "Details" in the article below.
The Piedmont Planning Commission will hold a public hearing Monday on a long list of proposed updates, revisions and state-mandated changes to the city's zoning regulations.
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