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  • Berkeley, CA

Email: (See my email address at the bottom of the Albany Patch or Berkeley Patch homepage.)

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.

Posting Activity

Scarsdale, NY|News|

Peanut Butter Recall Expands To More Brands

The recall of products containing peanut butter and other nut butters sold by many retailers under many labels has more than doubled to 240 products, with the FDA reporting a "fast-moving outbreak" of salmonella-induced sickness in 19 states.

Peanut Butter Recall Expands To More Brands
Yorktown-Somers, NY|News|

Peanut Butter Recall Expands to More Brands

The recall of products containing peanut butter and other nut butters sold by many retailers under many labels has more than doubled to 240 products, with the FDA reporting a "fast-moving outbreak" of salmonella-induced sickness in 19 states.

Peanut Butter Recall Expands to More Brands
Berkeley|News|

Nutty Research at Cal: Investing Tips from Squirrels?

A UC Berkeley study of the nut-hiding habits of campus squirrels may offer lessons for human investing, such as diversification and how to remember where you put your savings, campus officials say.

Bedford-Katonah, NY|News|

Peanut Butter Recall Expands to More Brands

The recall of products containing peanut butter and other nut butters sold by many retailers under many labels has more than doubled to 240 products, with the FDA reporting a "fast-moving outbreak" of salmonella-induced sickness in 19 states.

Peanut Butter Recall Expands to More Brands
Darien, CT|News|

Peanut Butter Recall Expands to More Brands

The recall of products containing peanut butter and other nut butters sold by many retailers under many labels has more than doubled to 240 products, with the FDA reporting a "fast-moving outbreak" of salmonella-induced sickness in 19 states.

Peanut Butter Recall Expands to More Brands