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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 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.
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.
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.
So many people showed up for the El Cerrito Historical Society tour of the city's former "sites of vice" that the sidewalk couldn't hold them. (Warning to sensitive souls: This article contains an eye-witness account of a street murd
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.
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.
Shortly before he died last year, financier/philanthropist Warren Hellman talked to the Oral History project at UC Berkeley, which released this video Friday of him describing the origin of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, now playing in SF.
Contra Costa County's Health Services Director, Dr. William Walker, describes the benefits of the new West County Health Center, opening Tuesday. His letter follows one from a reader who raised concerns about the new facility.
Shortly before he died last year, financier/philanthropist Warren Hellman talked to the Oral History project at UC Berkeley, which released this video Friday of him describing the origin of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, now playing in SF.
Shortly before he died last year, financier/philanthropist Warren Hellman talked to the Oral History project at UC Berkeley, which released this video Friday of him describing the origin of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, now playing in SF.
Shortly before he died last year, financier/philanthropist Warren Hellman talked to the Oral History project at UC Berkeley, which released this video Friday of him describing the origin of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, now playing in SF.
Shortly before he died last year, financier/philanthropist Warren Hellman talked to the Oral History project at UC Berkeley, which just released this "fascinating and funny" video of him describing the origin of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass F
Shortly before he died last year, financier/philanthropist Warren Hellman talked to the Oral History project at UC Berkeley, which released this video Friday of him describing the origin of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, now playing in SF.
El Cerrito High School principal David Luongo will give a "State of the School" talk Monday night on a "Vision for Academic Excellence." The event takes place at 7 p.m. in the school library.
Health officials confirmed Friday that a 34-year-old Contra Costa County man died from rabies contracted months earlier from an infected bat in undisclosed part of south county. It was the county's first rabies death in nearly 20 years.
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.
Extra trains will be in service as sporting events, Fleet Week and concerts may make traveling tough in the Bay Area.
Extra trains will be in service as sporting events, Fleet Week and concerts may make traveling tough in the Bay Area.
El Cerrito's head librarian since 2003, Laura Martinengo, has been named librarian of the Kensington Library, while a former Kensington head librarian, Liz Ruhland, is now El Cerrito's new librarian.
El Cerrito poet Tess Taylor was recognized with a proclamation by the El Cerrito City Council Tuesday. Taylor, who moved back to El Cerrito after 17 years away, recently received national recognition as an NPR "NewsPoet."
