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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.
According to one popular belief, the reason we call today "Black Friday" is because it's the big shopping day when the ink in business ledgers turns from red to black. That's not the real origin, according to experts.
A halftime celebration will be held at the El Cerrito High football game tonight, Nov. 23, for Tyson Quink, who played football at ECHS and West Point and whose story was featured in national media after he lost both legs in the Afghan war.
The El Cerrito City Council meeting Tuesday featured big smiles and three award presentations: a four-plaque award for the city and three staffers, a city proclamation for Tehiyah Day School, and an award for the city's Recycling Center.
An Italian restaurant in Richmond, Salute E Vita Ristorante, will serve 600 free turkey dinners on Thanksgiving for the less fortunate, double the number served in its first year last year. The owner and manager were inspired by a hunger walk.
The El Cerrito City Council Tuesday night agreed to extend the city's long-standing garbage and recycling pick-up contract with East Bay Sanitary. The new agreement means a gain of about $125,000 yearly for the city, staff said.
Thanksgiving is not only bustling preparations and festive feasting but also an occasion to give thanks. As editor of El Cerrito Patch, I want to thank our readers for your support and contributions, and to invite you to name something you're than
You don't want to be one of the millions of Americans who get sick every year from food poisoning, right? Contra Costa County health officials remind those cooking — and eating — this Thanksgiving that cleanliness is the best defense.
This guest column by Dan Hutson of Salesian High School in Richmond welcomes the record high preseason rankings for the school basketball team and briefly describes the players, coach, and daunting challenges this year.
The El Cerrito City Council voted 3-1 Tuesday night to tighten rules of conduct at the Recycling Center. Some patrons have been reaching or climbing into bins and taking valuable recycled materials that the city sells as an income source.
Did you know that being on the El Cerrito High Speech and Debate team can not only improve public speaking skills but also be a lot of fun? We thank the school paper El Cabellero and student Elia Chuaqui for her article about the team.
El Cerrito city staff recommends that the City Council tonight, Tuesday, revise and extend the city's long-standing garbage and green waste hauling contract with East Bay Sanitary. New rates are not part of the proposed agreement.
Berkeley received an "at risk" grade in the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's most recent report on road conditions.
Streets in more than half of the Bay Area's cities and counties received ratings below "good" in the latest roads report card from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Road quality didn't seem to correspond to community afflue
Streets in more than half of the Bay Area's cities and counties received ratings below "good" in the latest roads report card from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Road quality didn't seem to correspond to community afflue
An El Cerrito staff report says "common sense" rules for Recycling Center patrons aren't working. Staff asks the City Council to approve "enforceable rules" limiting time spent at the facility and requiring a permit to salvage
Streets in more than half of the Bay Area's cities and counties received ratings below "good" in the latest roads report card from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Road quality didn't seem to correspond to community afflue
Streets in more than half of the Bay Area's cities and counties received ratings below "good" in the latest roads report card from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Road quality didn't seem to correspond to community afflue
AAA forecasts that road travel during the Thanksgiving holidays in the Bay Area and the state will rise slightly over last year, while SFO expects a record passenger load. Travel by boat, train or other means is expected to jump by 11 percent.
El Cerrito police officers and firefighters were among the emergency response personnel who offered materials and advice to the public Saturday at an Emergency Preparedness Expo in Richmond. Chevron provided free disaster kits.
The family of Berkeley resident Peter Cukor, who was murdered in February with a flower pot outside his home in after a call to police for assistance, filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging that Berkeley police were negligent.
