Karla joined Patch in mid-2010 as a Boston-area regional editor, making the leap into hyperlocal news after years of focus on the national and international news fronts at The Christian Science Monitor, CNN and CNN International -- doing online news since 1998. She has lived in a neighborhood she loves, Jamaica Plain, for more than 20 years, with a stint in lovely Atlanta sandwiched in the middle. Beyond the news, she is, among other things, a (fair-weather) biker, a rabid Celtic music fan and an unabashed church nerd.
Olympian gymnast Aly Raisman, disappointed at dropping of boys' gymnastics official competitions in Massachusetts, tweets: "There is absolutely no such thing as a 'girl sport.' Is she right?
Disappointed at dropping of boys high school gymnastics competitions in Massachusetts, Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Aly Raisman tweets about her disgust.
Disappointed at dropping of boys high school gymnastics competitions in Massachusetts, Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Aly Raisman tweets about her disgust.
Olympian gymnast Aly Raisman, disappointed at dropping of boys' gymnastics official competitions in Massachusetts, tweets: "There is absolutely no such thing as a 'girl sport.' Is she right?
Olympian gymnast Aly Raisman, disappointed at dropping of boys' gymnastics official competitions in Massachusetts, tweets: "There is absolutely no such thing as a 'girl sport.' Is she right?
Olympian gymnast Aly Raisman, disappointed at dropping of boys' gymnastics official competitions in Massachusetts, tweets: "There is absolutely no such thing as a 'girl sport.' Is she right?
Olympian gymnast Aly Raisman, disappointed at dropping of boys' gymnastics official competitions in Massachusetts, tweets: "There is absolutely no such thing as a 'girl sport.' Is she right?
Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.