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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.
The El Cerrito Police Blotter for Nov. 13-15 includes a man arrested for allegedly beating a woman and two children in a Lincoln Town Car, four auto burglaries, and three shoplifting cases with a foot chase and a CVS employee assaulted.
A 19-year-old San Pablo man Friday became the second defendant to plead guilty in the brutal gang rape of a 16-year-old Richmond High girl in 2009. He's expected to receive a 27-year prison sentence. Four other defendants are due in court Dec. 13.
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
Facing a significant jump in expected ridership by 2025, BART staff presented a blueprint for the future that projects more frequent transbay service, express trains, faster speeds, more timed transfers and trains that split to go separate ways.
UC Berkeley responded to a report of a mountain lion sighting at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on Thursday but did not see the animal or any traces of its being there, police said today, Friday.
UC Berkeley responded to a report of a mountain lion sighting at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on Thursday but did see the animal or any traces of its being there, police said Friday.
To deal with a significant jump in expected ridership by 2025, BART is plans express trains, faster speeds, more timed transfers and trains that split to go separate ways.
BART announced that seismic safety and track maintenance work will cause weekend delays in train service in four areas, including the Transbay Tube, for the rest of this year.
Facing a significant jump in expected ridership by 2025, BART staff presented a blueprint for the future Thursday that projects more frequent transbay service, express trains, faster speeds, more timed transfers and trains that split to go separate ways
Facing a significant jump in expected ridership by 2025, BART staff presented a blueprint for the future Thursday that projects more frequent transbay service, express trains, faster speeds, more timed transfers and trains that split to go separate ways
Facing a significant jump in expected ridership by 2025, BART staff presented a blueprint for the future Thursday that projects more frequent transbay service, express trains, faster speeds, more timed transfers and trains that split to go separate ways
Toyota is recalling 670,000 Prius cars from the model years 2004-2009 because of steering column problems. Some of the vehicles also need their water pumps replaced. You can check with your dealer to see if your vehicle is affected.
A BART blueprint plan released Thursday predicts faster and extended service, and trains that 'un-couple' towards to the Berryessa Station.
Facing a significant jump in expected ridership by 2025, BART staff presented a blueprint for the future Thursday that projects more frequent transbay service, express trains, faster speeds, more timed transfers and trains that split to go separate ways
Facing a significant jump in expected ridership by 2025, BART staff presented a blueprint for the future Thursday that projects more frequent transbay service, express trains, faster speeds, more timed transfers and trains that split to go separate ways
Facing a significant jump in expected ridership by 2025, BART staff presented a blueprint for the future Thursday that projects more frequent transbay service, express trains, faster speeds, more timed transfers and trains that split to go separate ways
El Cerrito's refurbished streets have been heralded again by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission as an example of a local community's willingness to pay extra to repair and improve substandard roadways.
The nation's top library honor has been award to the Contra Costa County library system.
The nation's top library honor has been award to the Contra Costa County library system.
A group of UC students said they will hold a "sleep-out" tonight in San Francisco, where the UC regents are meeting for three days, to protest proposed increases in student fees.
