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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.
Dave Weinstein of the El Cerrito Historical Society will lead a 1:30 p.m. walking tour Sunday of infamous sites from the city's bad old days: "When El Cerrito was a Mecca of Gambling and Vice." There will also be a talk at 3 p.m.
Laura Blum welcomes the potential benefits of the new West County Health Center but raises questions about its accessibility for clients of the old health center, fees, responsiveness to minority health needs and health plan inclusiveness.
Tykes on bikes, volleyball, street chess and tug-of-war were some of the highlights at Saturday's "Alberrito Streets" block party hosted by Albany and El Cerrito. We invite you to share your photographs of the event below.
About 200 people attended a meeting Monday on updates on the cause of the large Aug. 6 fire at the Chevron refinery in Richmond. Chevron representatives also responded to reports of a refinery pipe that bypassed monitoring systems.
This YouTube video may provide an efficacious cure for those suffering from the iPhone 5 release hangover.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched a criminal investigation of the Chevron refinery in Richmond for allegedly bypassing monitoring equipment in unreported flaring, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched a criminal investigation of the Chevron refinery in Richmond for allegedly bypassing monitoring equipment in unreported flaring, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
A community meeting is being planned to address the controversy over replacement of Kensington's old lantern-style streetlights on wood poles with generic "cobra head" lights on shiny steel poles.
In case anyone is suffering from a hangover from the hoopla for the iPhone 5 release, this YouTube video could prove an efficacious cure.
In case anyone is suffering from a hangover from all the hype surrounding the iPhone 5 release, this YouTube video could prove an efficacious cure.
In case anyone is suffering from a hangover from the hoopla for the iPhone 5 release, this YouTube video could prove that laughter is the best medicine for hype.
In case anyone is suffering from a hangover from the hoopla for the iPhone 5 release, this YouTube video could prove an efficacious cure.
In case anyone is suffering from a hangover from the hoopla for the iPhone 5 release, this YouTube video could prove an efficacious cure.
In case anyone is suffering from a hangover from the hoopla for the iPhone 5 release, this YouTube video could prove an efficacious cure.
In case anyone is suffering from a hangover from the hoopla for the iPhone 5 release, this YouTube video could prove an efficacious cure.
Tykes on bikes, volleyball, street chess and tug-of-war were some of the highlights at today's big "Alberrito Streets" block party hosted by El Cerrito and Albany. If you have photos you'd like to share with with readers, you can add
This letter to the editor from El Cerrito High student Kai Marshland urges support for the largest Carrotmob project so far – to buy enough coffee from Thanksgiving Coffee for the company to be able to transport coffee with wind power.
If you want to join El Cerrito's citywide garage sale on Oct. 13 and if you want your garage sale to appear on the official list and city advertising, you need to register by 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24.
Donald Hardison of El Cerrito – a prominent architect whose firm designed a large number of parks, homes and public buildings, including UC Berkeley's Student Union complex along with Zellerbach Hall, died at home on Sept. 17.
Diane Sydenham, the Albany woman accused of killing retired Kensington psychologist James Durkin, 81, with a steak knife to the heart, pleaded not guilty in court Thursday. She remains jailed on $2 million bail.
