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  • Berkeley, CA

Email: (See my email address at the bottom of the Albany Patch or Berkeley Patch homepage.)

Phone: 510-435-4127

Now in my fourth year with Patch.com, I'm the editor of and Albany Patch and Berkeley Patch.

I worked many years as a staff writer and editor at the San Francisco Chronicle until April of 2009, when I switched to freelancing. I then wrote for the Los Angeles Times and other publications, and I also took on editing assignments for UC Berkeley and the United Nations.

Being an East Bay reporter for Patch brings my career full circle in the East Bay. My first bylines appeared in the East Bay Review of the Performing Arts. I next worked as a reporter and editor at the Daily Californian while studying at UC Berkeley, where I obtained a master's in journalism. I was a reporter at the Contra Costa Independent, Berkeley Gazette and San Francisco Examiner before moving to the Chronicle, where I worked several years in the Berkeley bureau and in the main East Bay bureau in Oakland.

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Rockridge, CA|News|

More Heavy Rain Expected This Weekend

The National Weather Service forecast continuing rain this weekend, with "heavy" rainfall Sunday. It also issued a "hazardous weather outlook" warning of mudslides of water-saturated ground in steep terrain.

More Heavy Rain Expected This Weekend
Piedmont, CA|News|

More Heavy Rain Expected This Weekend

The National Weather Service forecast continuing rain this weekend, with "heavy" rainfall Sunday. It also issued a "hazardous weather outlook" warning of mudslides of water-saturated ground in steep terrain.

More Heavy Rain Expected This Weekend
El Cerrito, CA|News|

An Analy View on the Gauchos-Analy Football Game

The post-game handshakes didn't happen after a notable amount of "trash-talking" in El Cerrito High's Nov. 23 victory over Analy High. But one Analy player made a special post-game effort to show consideration to the winning team.

An Analy View on the Gauchos-Analy Football Game
El Cerrito, CA|News|

More Heavy Rain Expected This Weekend

The National Weather Service forecast continuing rain this weekend, with "heavy" rainfall Sunday. It also issued a "hazardous weather outlook" warning of mudslides of water-saturated ground in steep terrain.

More Heavy Rain Expected This Weekend
Lamorinda, CA|News|

Cheap Inter-City Buses Coming to Bay Area

First-week tickets start at $1. The inter-city bus company Megabus is returning to California and Nevada with Bay Area stops in Oakland, San Francisco and San Jose. Double-decker buses feature free Wi-Fi, power outlets, tables and restrooms.

Cheap Inter-City Buses Coming to Bay Area