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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.
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.
The Albany police log for Sept. 27 includes a DUI arrest of a driver in a car full of kids going 70 mph on Buchanan, three hit and run accidents with damage within four hours, problems at the Albany High Football game and a backpack taken from a car.
An overnight camp-out on Solano Avenue is planned for Monday night by opponents of the City of Albany's plan to clear the Albany Bulb of the people who've been living there in tents and makeshift shelters for several years.
A spokeswoman for the City of Albany said the city is withholding comment on a the affordable-housing lawsuit filed against it Wednesday, pending a City Council review of the suit in closed session this coming Monday.
Laid-off workers at the shut-down Pyramid Brewery accuse the company of retaliation for unionizing, KTVU reported. The company said the closure is to fix a quality issue. The adjoining Pyramid Alehouse and restaurant remain open.
Laid-off workers at the shut-down Pyramid Brewery accuse the company of retaliation for unionizing, KTVU reported. The company said the closure is to fix a quality issue. The adjoining Pyramid Alehouse and restaurant remain open.
The Albany police logs for Sept. 25-26 include a kick-in burglary on Washington, a stoned student with pot at Albany High, a student suspected of taking a large amount of money at Albany Middle School and car damage from kids throwing rocks.
PWP Landscape Architecture of Berkeley has again earned one of the top honors from the American Society of Landscape Architects. Last year it won for the National 9/11 Memorial, and now it has won for the Novartis Headquarters in Switzerland.
The 6th Albany Community Triathlon takes place Saturday and is designed for both experienced athletes and for beginners who'd like try their hand – and arms and legs – at a 400-meter swim, a 10-kilometer bike ride and a 3-kilometer run.
Smoke from fires near Suisun City and Benicia spread to Albany and its neighbors Friday afternoon, prompting a advisory from the Bay Area Air Quality Management for residents to remain indoors with windows and doors closed.
Smoke from fires near Suisun City and Benicia spread to Berkeley and its neighbors Friday afternoon, prompting a advisory from the Bay Area Air Quality Management for residents to remain indoors with windows and doors closed.
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Albany was sued Wednesday by Albany Housing Advocates, Albany Bulb resident Amber Whitson and homeless home-care aide Betty Stephenson for allegedly violating state law on providing for affordable housing.
A "Services Fair" with tables staffed by local service agencies was held in a Golden Gate Fields parking lot Thursday afternoon to offer assistance in finding alternative housing for people living on Albany Bulb.
A Berkeley celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day will feature Native American dancing, drumming, crafts and foods at Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park on Saturday, Oct. 5.
The 1971 film "Harold and Maude" by Hal Ashby will be screened free Friday night on the Crescent at the west entrance to the University of California at Berkeley campus.
El Cerrito police are increasing their patrols of residential neighborhoods following a surge in home burglaries and prowlers, including several this past weekend.
Police said they arrested a suspect in an El Cerrito home break-in that was captured on a surveillance video. The man was spotted by officers walking near police headquarters wearing the same clothes he was wearing in the video, police said.
Police said they arrested a suspect in an El Cerrito home break-in that was captured on a surveillance video. The man was spotted by officers walking near police headquarters wearing the same clothes he was wearing in the video, police said.