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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.
A group of PTA and parent organization leaders in Kensington and El Cerrito urge a yes vote on both state tax propositions designed to increase state revenue – 30 and 38.
Memorial services for Cathy Qiu, the Albany High School student whose body was found on the San Mateo County shoreline, will be held on Saturday, Nov. 3, at 2 p.m. at Sunset View Cemetery, 101 Colusa Ave., in El Cerrito.
Kensington resident Jan Behrsin offers this guest column as an "open letter" to the Kensington's governing board, saying his attempts to obtain information on the board's authorization of legal expenses have been thwarted.
Cerrito Vista Park's baseball turf was a different "field of dreams" Wednesday when the City of El Cerrito held its Halloween dog parade and costume contest. A haunted house and indoor carnival rounded out the annual city event.
Nonpartisan summaries of the state ballot measures, plus comprehensive lists of supporters and opponents, can be found on a website from the Next 10 organization and government experts at UC Berkeley and UC San Diego.
In the latest letter to the editor on the heated election campaign for Kensington's governing board, resident Lisa Caronna says incumbent Cathie Kosel spreads falsehoods to distract voters from a poor voting record.
With a million people expected to throng to San Francisco today, Wednesday, for the Giants' World Series victory parade, BART will be running all its available trains on a rush hour schedule, the transit agency said. Arrive early and expect huge cr
To help insure a safe Halloween, El Cerrito police have provided safety tips for parents, treat-or-treaters, homeowners and motorists. They also are offering reflective treat-or-treat bags at the city's Halloween event today, Wednesday.
Nonpartisan summaries of state ballot measures, plus comprehensive lists of supporters and opponents, can be found on a website from the Next 10 organization and government experts at UC Berkeley and UC San Diego.
Nonpartisan summaries of the state ballot measures, plus comprehensive lists of supporters and opponents, can be found on a website from the Next 10 organization and government experts at UC Berkeley and UC San Diego.
Department of Homeland Security officials said Monday that plainclothes federal agents seized about 1,200 counterfeit Giants t-shirts in the past week in San Francisco. Also seized were unlicensed hats and knit caps.
Department of Homeland Security officials said Monday that plainclothes federal agents have seized about 1,200 counterfeit Giants t-shirts in the past week in San Francisco. Also seized were unlicensed hats and knit caps.
The couple who found Albany High School senior Cathy Qiu’s body washed ashore at San Gregorio State Beach last week wrote a letter to Qiu's family and friends and to Patch readers following the story.
As the most bewitched day of the year looms closer, this haunting photo of a murky, mist-shrouded scene taken late Monday morning makes Kensington look like a perfect place for werewolves and vampires to lurk.
The PTSA at El Cerrito High is asking for donations of used tennis balls, binders and empty inkjet and toner cartridges. Thousands of tennis balls are wanted to put on the legs of desks and chairs.
In an effort to spare kids from excess calories and cavities, at least two dental offices in El Cerrito are offering to buy back Halloween candy for a dollar a pound. If you know of any other candy buy-back offers, please let us know in the comments.
Steven Grover and his BikeLink electronic bicycle lockers from Berkeley-based eLock Technologies, now widely used at BART stations and elsewhere, have been honored with an "Award of Merit" from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
Steven Grover's BikeLink electronic bicycle lockers that began at the El Cerrito Plaza BART station and are now widely used have been honored with an "Award of Merit" from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
A 13-year-old female student at Portola Middle School was arrested last week for alleged battery on a male student, who was taken to a local hospital after he fell and struck his head, police said. He did not suffer serious injury, police said.
Nonpartisan summaries of the state ballot measures, plus comprehensive lists of supporters and opponents, can be found on a website from the Next 10 organization and government experts at UC Berkeley and UC San Diego.