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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 National Weather Service warns of "very slippery roadways" this morning as the first significant rain of the season spreads through the region. More rain is predicted through Wednesday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Petaluma received 1 inch of rainfall overnight
The National Weather Service says rain is likely to spread across the Bay Area today, Monday, with more possible through Wednesday.
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.
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.
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.
The risk of injury, or of getting wet, by taking the steeply sloped wilderness shortcut across Cerrito Creek from El Cerrito Plaza to Stannage Avenue in Albany is now greatly reduced, thanks to 18 sturdy steps installed by Troop 24 of the Boy Scouts.
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."
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."
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."
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."
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."
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."
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.
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."
A study by a UC Berkeley professor and two associates found that women who turn on the feminine charm in negotiations are more successful. Sorry, men, but males who flirt didn't see any gains, the researchers found.
