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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.
News from the El Cerrito Arts and Culture Commission: the first of the long-awaited abstract copper sculptures on San Pablo Avenue streetlight poles is expected next month, and a city arts day is planned for Oct. 26.
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 today. She remains jailed on $2 million bail.
The public is invited to an El Cerrito City Council special session Saturday where the council will discuss the city's vision and values, two of the four main elements of a new "Strategic Plan" that the city is crafting with a consulting
The El Cerrito City Council agreed to amend its resolution against Prop 32, a state measure on political spending, after Mayor Bill Jones said "rhetoric and rancor" in the proposed draft were not proper for council pronouncements.
After seven members of the public spoke in favor of the item and none opposed, the El Cerrito City Council unanimously approved a resolution asking local merchants not to sell d-Con and other rodenticides considered dangerous by the EPA.
An official end to the labor-management dispute at El Cerrito City Hall was reached Tuesday night when the City Council approved a new two-year pact with rank-and-file city employees that includes cost-cutting concessions from workers.
Following protests by city workers earlier this year, the El Cerrito City Council will consider a new contract that includes increased pension costs for employees and another year of no pay increase followed by 3.25 pay boost the following year.
The El Cerrito police blotter for Sept. 10-13 lists the armed robbery of person who responded to Craigslist ad to buy a car, two shoplifting arrests, three cars stolen and the recovery of four stolen cars and a stolen motorcycle.
On the El Cerrito City Council agenda Tuesday night is a resolution opposing state Proposition 32 as "an unbalanced, unfair attack on unions and workers under the guise of 'stopping special interests.'"
The El Cerrito City Council Tuesday night will consider a measure asking local businesses to stop selling D-Con and other rat and mouse poisons identified by the EPA as posing dangers to children, pets and animals that feed on rodents.
The El Cerrito City Council Tuesday night will consider whether to endorse two ballot measures for West Contra Costa schools: extension of the current parcel tax for academics and a new construction bond measure.
If you're wondering why new orange cones, fences and workers are blocking off yet more areas of the El Cerrito Plaza BART station, the reason is a repaving project for the bus zones, expected to last into early October.
In El Cerrito Saturday, the annual California Coastal Cleanup Day meant dedicated volunteers willing to get mud on their shoes – not to mention ankles, knees and thighs – in ridding Cerrito Creek of trash and thornless blackberry.
Contra Costa County health officials have reported a second case of West Nile virus in humans for this year, an East County female described as "recovering."
About 2,600 PG&E customers lost power for more than an hour this morning because of equipment failure, PG&E said.
Contra Costa County health officials have reported a second case of West Nile virus in humans for this year, an East County female described as "recovering."
Items in the September issue of the El Cerrito Historical Society newsletter include an upcoming vice tour by David Weinstein and appeals for old photos and documents. "Worker bees" also are being sought.
Contra Costa County health officials have reported a second case of West Nile virus in humans for this year, an East County female described as "recovering."
El Cerrito police today issued a community notice reminding residents that it's illegal to park a vehicle on the street more than 72 hours straight and to park a trailer, RV or motor home on the street more than an hour from 2-6 a.m.
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