I've been a reporter and editor since 1991, mostly in the Bay Area, where I've written news and feature stories about numerous issues and towns.
Before I came to Patch I was features editor for the Oakland Tribune and online breaking news editor for InsideBayArea.com, where I launched an experimental website about local bands called bandsofthebay.com. I've also worked as a reporter, copy editor and page designer for daily papers in Oregon and Nebraska.
I'm a native of Omaha, Neb., where I come from a long line of newspaper men and women. I have a bachelor's degree in journalism from San Francisco State University, where my claim to fame is writing the lead story in the college paper about the Loma Prieta earthquake, which I incidentally sat through while conducting an interview in our student newsroom.
I live in Pleasanton with my two great kids and lots o' animals. My idea of happiness is to be climbing hills in remote East Bay Regional Park spaces.
From brazen home burglars to rich kids on Instagram and a little girl with a puffin, we reveal the Top 20 S.F. Bay Area Patch headlines of 2013.
From brazen home burglars to rich kids on Instagram and a little girl with a puffin, we reveal the Top 20 S.F. Bay Area Patch headlines of 2013.
From brazen home burglars to rich kids on Instagram and a little girl with a puffin, we reveal the Top 20 S.F. Bay Area Patch headlines of 2013.
From brazen home burglars to rich kids on Instagram and a little girl with a puffin, we reveal the Top 20 S.F. Bay Area Patch headlines of 2013.
From brazen home burglars to rich kids on Instagram and a little girl with a puffin, we reveal the Top 20 S.F. Bay Area Patch headlines of 2013.
From brazen home burglars to rich kids on Instagram and a little girl with a puffin, we reveal the Top 20 S.F. Bay Area Patch headlines of 2013.
"We're not picking these days for the fun of it or anything, it completely has to do with the science behind air pollution," says spokesman
Last year was a "nose to the grindstone," one psychic says, but 2014 will be "perky."
Last year was a "nose to the grindstone," one psychic says, but 2014 will be "perky."
Last year was a "nose to the grindstone," one psychic says, but 2014 will be "perky."
Last year was a "nose to the grindstone," one psychic says, but 2014 will be "perky."
Last year was a "nose to the grindstone," one psychic says, but 2014 will be "perky."
Last year was a "nose to the grindstone," one psychic says, but 2014 will be "perky."
Last year was a "nose to the grindstone," one psychic says, but 2014 will be "perky."
From brazen home burglars to rich kids on Instagram and a little girl with a puffin, we reveal the Top 20 S.F. Bay Area Patch headlines of 2013.
From brazen home burglars to rich kids on Instagram and a little girl with a puffin, we reveal the Top 20 S.F. Bay Area Patch headlines of 2013.
Better start shopping now, most after-Christmas sales end Jan. 1.
Better start shopping now, most after-Christmas sales end Jan. 1.