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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 Albany police logs for Sept. 28-29 include two stolen autos, a man arrested for having marijuana, several men fighting with nunchucks outside Montero's, kids setting off fireworks about 1:45 a.m. at Memorial Park and an unstable manhole cover.
A prostest "camp" of about two dozen or so people was set up tonight, Monday, on Solano Avenue in Albany to illustrate what the protesters said would be the result of the city's plan to remove the inhabitants of the Albany Bulb.
A prostest "camp" of about two dozen or so people was set up tonight, Monday, on Solano Avenue in Albany to illustrate what the protesters said would be the result of the city's plan to remove the inhabitants of the Albany Bulb.
This video shows police using a Taser on a fan who began fighting with officers and security personnel at an Oakland A's playoff game Saturday night.
This video shows police using a Taser on a fan who began fighting with officers and security personnel at an Oakland A's playoff game Saturday night.
A UC Berkeley professor of molecular and cell biology, Randy Schekman, is a co-winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries in cell transport systems, the Nobel committee announced today, Monday.
A UC Berkeley professor of molecular and cell biology, Randy Schekman, is a co-winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries in cell transport systems, the Nobel committee announced today, Monday.
A UC Berkeley professor of molecular and cell biology, Randy Schekman, is a co-winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries in cell transport systems, the Nobel committee announced today, Monday.
Did you feel it? An earthquake with tentative magnitude of 3.0 centered in Tilden Park northeast of the UC Berkeley campus struck at 9:26 p.m. tonight, Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Which do you prefer in a BART seat – soft, medium or firm? BART invites riders to try three versions of the proposed seats for the transit agency's planned "Fleet of the Future." Seat try-outs begin Monday and will rotate at various stations.
A correction issued Sunday by the UC Berkeley athletics department for the previous day's football game stats means that freshman quarterback Jared Goff now holds the school record for single-game passing distance – 504 yards.
Revised UC Berkeley plans for a Sprouts Market, senior housing and other retail at University Village are the subject of a planning commission public hearing Wednesday. The City of Albany has new web page supporting the development.
Did you feel it? An earthquake with tentative magnitude of 3.0 centered in Tilden Park northeast of the UC Berkeley campus struck at 9:26 p.m. tonight, Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Did you feel it? An earthquake with tentative magnitude of 3.0 centered in Tilden Park northeast of the UC Berkeley campus struck at 9:26 p.m. tonight, Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Did you feel it? An earthquake with tentative magnitude of 3.0 centered in Tilden Park northeast of the UC Berkeley campus struck at 9:26 p.m. tonight, Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Which do you prefer in a BART seat – soft, medium or firm? BART invites riders to try three versions of the proposed seats for the transit agency's planned "Fleet of the Future." Seat try-outs begin Monday and will rotate at various stations.
Which do you prefer in a BART seat – soft, medium or firm? BART invites riders to try three versions of the proposed seats for the transit agency's planned "Fleet of the Future." Seat try-outs begin Monday and will rotate at various stations.
A major change for student testing in California was approved this past week when Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation to replace the traditional STAR test with computerized exams aligned with the new "Common Core Standards."
A major change for student testing in California was approved this past week when Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation to replace the traditional STAR test with computerized exams aligned with the new "Common Core Standards."
Saturday brought disappointment to Bears fans as UC Berkeley lost a home game 44-22 to the Washington State Cougars, though fans of passing got to see more than 1,000 yards of completed passes by the two quarterbacks combined.
