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  • Berkeley, CA

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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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Los Altos, CA|News|

Rain To Make 'Very Slippery Roadways'

The National Weather Service says rain is likely to spread across the Bay Area today, Monday, with more possible through Wednesday. The agency warned of "very slippery roadways" since it's the first significant rain of the season.

Rain To Make 'Very Slippery Roadways'
San Ramon, CA|News|

Rain's Back – 'Very Slippery Roadways' Warning

The National Weather Service says rain is likely to spread across the Bay Area today, Monday, with more possible through Wednesday. The agency warned of "very slippery roadways" since it's the first significant rain of the season.

Rain's Back – 'Very Slippery Roadways' Warning
Danville, CA|News|

Rain's Back – 'Very Slippery Roadways' Warning

The National Weather Service says rain is likely to spread across the Bay Area today, Monday, with more possible through Wednesday. The agency warned of "very slippery roadways" since it's the first significant rain of the season.

Rain's Back – 'Very Slippery Roadways' Warning
Healdsburg, CA|News|

Rain's Back – 'Very Slippery Roadways' Warning

The National Weather Service says rain is likely to spread across the Bay Area today, Monday, with more possible through Wednesday. The agency warned of "very slippery roadways" since it's the first significant rain of the season.

Rain's Back – 'Very Slippery Roadways' Warning
El Cerrito, CA|News|

Rain's Back – 'Very Slippery Roadways' Warning

The National Weather Service says rain is likely to spread across the Bay Area today, Monday, with more possible through Wednesday. The agency warned of "very slippery roadways" since it's the first significant rain of the season.

Rain's Back – 'Very Slippery Roadways' Warning
El Cerrito, CA|News|

Rotary Wine Tasting Fundraiser Packs Mira Vista

The third annual El Cerrito Rotary Club wine-tasting benefit – which raised funds for foster youth – appeared to have drawn the biggest turn-out yet. Raffle prizes included dinners at Chez Panisse in Berkeley and Michelin-star Commis in Oakland.

Rotary Wine Tasting Fundraiser Packs Mira Vista
El Cerrito, CA|News|

Letter: Plea for Measure G from PTA Leaders

PTA and parent leaders in schools in the Kensington and El Cerrito area have issued a plea for support for Measure G on the Nov. 6 ballot. The measure would continue the existing parcel tax for academic programs in West Contra Costa schools.

Letter: Plea for Measure G from PTA Leaders
Novato, CA|News|

Toppled Trombonist, Cal Runner Talk 30 Years After 'The Play'

A Stanford trombonist and Cal football player – two people virtually immortalized by the famous, chaotic, astonishing end of the 1982 Big Game – talked 30 years later to the Daily Cal about their peculiar fame and roles in the "The Play."

Toppled Trombonist, Cal Runner Talk 30 Years After 'The Play'
Berkeley|News|

Toppled Trombonist, Cal Runner Talk 30 Years After 'The Play'

A Stanford trombonist and Cal football player – two people virtually immortalized by the chaotic, scrambled, astonishing end of the 1982 Big Game – talked 30 years later to the Daily Cal about their peculiar fame and roles in the "The Play."

Toppled Trombonist, Cal Runner Talk 30 Years After 'The Play'
El Cerrito, CA|News|

Man, 22, Gets 32 Years for Richmond High Gang Rape

Following a guilty plea that spared the victim from having to confront her attacker in court, Manuel Ortega was sentenced to 32 years Friday for the brutal gang rape of a 16-year-old girl in 2009. Five other defendants are due in court Oct. 26.

Man, 22, Gets 32 Years for Richmond High Gang Rape