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.
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.
Police tells WBZ-TV that suspected Boston Marathon bomber's UMass friends could have prevented the death of MIT officer and Wilmington native Sean Collier.
Watertown police tells WBZ-TV that suspected Boston Marathon bomber's UMass friends could have prevented the death of an MIT officer.
Watertown police tells WBZ-TV that suspected Boston Marathon bomber's UMass friends could have prevented the death of an MIT officer.
One Lexington resident woke up one day this week to find a surprise in her backyard.
Hirshberg recently answered some questions for Patch about his career -- and about what seem to be the biggest problems in his field today.
But they did not win immunity from being eliminated this week.
But they did not win immunity from being eliminated this week.
But they did not win immunity from being eliminated this week.
A fundraiser/retirement celebration was thrown Sunday night to mark the departure of Germaine Lawrence CEO David Hirshberg.
Newton Fire Department confirms one fatality in a fire that was knocked down almost as soon as the alarm was called in.
Watertown homeowner tells the *real* story of how he found a body in his boat.
