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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.

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BART Unions Ratify New Contracts

The two BART unions that staged short strikes in July and October over contract negotiations have approved the proposed new contracts, BART officials announced. The BART board is expected to vote on the agreement later this month.

BART Unions Ratify New Contracts
Albany, CA|News|

BART Unions Ratify New Contracts

The two BART unions that staged short strikes in July and October over contract negotiations have approved the proposed new contracts, BART officials announced. The BART board is expected to vote on the agreement later this month.

BART Unions Ratify New Contracts
Albany, CA|News|

Body Found at Waterfront Identified as Berkeley Man, 69

The man whose body was found in the water at the Berkeley shoreline Wednesday has been identified as a 69-year-old Berkeley resident, Jerald Jacob, who had been reported missing on Oct. 23, police said tonight, Friday.

Body Found at Waterfront Identified as Berkeley Man, 69
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Body Found at Waterfront Identified as Berkeley Man, 69

The man whose body was found in the water at the Berkeley shoreline Wednesday has been identified as a 69-year-old Berkeley resident, Jerald Jacob, who had been reported missing on Oct. 23, police said tonight, Friday.

Body Found at Waterfront Identified as Berkeley Man, 69
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Woman Robbed of Cell Phone near Cal Campus

A woman was robbed of her cell phone by two males on Wednesday evening a block north of the UC Berkeley campus, UC police said today, Friday.

Woman Robbed of Cell Phone near Cal Campus
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Latest Homes for Sale in Berkeley

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Latest Homes for Sale in Berkeley
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Steinbeck Debunker at Berkeley Library on Saturday

Bill Steigerwald, whose book "Dogging Steinbeck" challenges the veracity of John Steinbeck's non-fiction classic, "Travels With Charley," will speak at the Berkeley Library Saturday with Ethan Casey, author of "Home Free: An American Road Trip."

Steinbeck Debunker at Berkeley Library on Saturday
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Steinbeck Debunker at Berkeley Library on Saturday

Bill Steigerwald, whose book "Dogging Steinbeck" challenges the veracity of John Steinbeck's non-fiction classic, "Travels with Charley," will speak at the Berkeley Library Saturday with Ethan Casey, author of "Home Free: An American Road Trip."

Steinbeck Debunker at Berkeley Library on Saturday
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Latest Homes for Sale in Albany

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Latest Homes for Sale in Albany
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Ex-49er Bubba Paris Pleads Guilty to Not Paying Taxes

Former San Francisco 49ers star tackle and three-time Super Bowl champ Bubba Paris has pleaded guilty to not paying personal income taxes, the U.S. Attorney's office announced today, Thursday.

Ex-49er Bubba Paris Pleads Guilty to Not Paying Taxes