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!
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.
This season's influenza strain is affecting children and young adults as well as other ages. Those most at risk are are the elderly, pregnant women, infants and people with other health conditions.
Authorities say one of the men left his fingerprints on a note at the bank.
This season's influenza strain is affecting children and young adults as well as other ages. Those most at risk are are the elderly, pregnant women, infants and people with other health conditions.
This season's influenza strain is affecting children and young adults as well as other ages. Those most at risk are are the elderly, pregnant women, infants and people with other health conditions.
This season's influenza strain is affecting children and young adults as well as other ages. Those most at risk are are the elderly, pregnant women, infants and people with other health conditions.
Anyone with information about the man or the truck shown in the attached photos is asked to contact the Oakland Police Department.
Some lucky auto and bike owners got their stolen rides back the same day.
Here’s what’s playing in theaters around town this weekend.
Here’s what’s playing in theaters around town this weekend, plus showtimes.
Cash-Welch, 48, was also a choreographer and a dancer who had performed with Whitney Houston.
Health officials urge local residents to get a flu vaccination if they haven't done so already.
Health officials urge local residents to get a flu vaccination if they haven't done so already.
Health officials urge local residents to get a flu vaccination if they haven't done so already.
Health officials urge local residents to get a flu vaccination if they haven't done so already.