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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.
Three Oakland males in their late teens were arrested on multiple charges after a tip-jar robbery at the the Caffe Med on Telegraph Avenue in which an employee was kicked and injured, police said Wednesday. A gun was recovered.
Several vehicles were sprayed with diesel fuel and a block of busy Hearst Avenue in Berkeley was closed Wednesday afternoon after a tanker sprang a leak next to UC Berkeley's Energy Biosciences Building.
A "Solidarity Camp-Out" was held tonight, Wednesday, by people opposed to the City of Albany's plan to remove the people living in makeshift shelters on Albany Bulb.
A widely visible two-acre brush fire at the Berkeley waterfront late this afternoon, Wednesday, may have been caused by a homeless encampment, authorities said. About 30 firefighters snuffed it out in about 45 minutes with no injuries.
A widely visible two-acre brush fire at the Berkeley waterfront late this afternoon, Wednesday, may have been caused by a homeless encampment, authorities said. About 30 firefighters snuffed it out in about 45 minutes with no injuries.
The Albany police logs for Sept. 23-24 include a $400 shoplifting loss at Safeway, two screaming men, a stolen vehicle, fraudulent use of Royal Cafe's checking account, a stolen cell phone and a backpack found with pot inside.
Kris Perry and Sandy Stier, who are Albany school parents and Berkeley residents, are being honored by the Berkeley City Council tonight, Tuesday, for their leading role in the court battle against Proposition 8, the state ban on same-sex marriage.
Berkeley couple Kris Perry and Sandy Stier are being honored by the Berkeley City Council tonight, Tuesday, for their leading role in the court battle to overturn Proposition 8, the state ban on same-sex marriage.
Two men and a woman have been charged with murder in connection with the Sept. 8 killing of a Berkeley man and the July 17 killing of an Oakland girl. The girl's slaying was linked to a another Berkeley homicide on July 17, police said.
A public workshop will be held tonight, Oct. 1, on the City of Albany's tardy Housing Element. Faced with a serious threat of being sued, Albany is working to move forward in winning state approval of the required housing plan for the city.
A leading UC Berkeley professor and researcher in childhood leukemia and environmental health, Patricia Buffler, died Thursday night of a stroke in her office, the campus said Monday. She was 75.
The Albany police logs for Sept. 21-22 include a man arrested for camping at Albany Hill, a drunk/disorderly arrest of a man who tried to enter a residence, an arrest at BevMo, a stolen truck, kids playing in traffic and a dog-on-a-lawn dispute.
There were 12,582 federal employees in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties last year.
There were 12,582 federal employees in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties last year.
There were 12,582 federal employees in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties last year.
There were 12,582 federal employees in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties last year.
Three events in Albany this week concern Albany Bulb controversies: a camp-put to protest eviction of people living there, Waterfront Committee consideration of the Bulb art, and a city-sponsored Services Fair to help Bulb residents relocate.
The new "Beauty Revealed" exhibit at the UC Berkeley Art Museum asserts that the "beautiful women" paintings of the Qing Dynasty in China do not portray high-class ladies as previously assumed. The figures are actually courtesans, the exhibit says.
Police are seeking the public's help in locating two males shown on a home surveillance video breaking into an El Cerrito home about 11 a.m. Tuesday. The video, posted on YouTube by the homeowner, accompanies this article.
The third "Alberrito Streets" big block party hosted by Albany and El Cerrito closed parts of Key Route Boulevard and Ashbury Avenue for three hours Sunday for bikes, scooters, games, art, chess, hula hooping, tightrope walking, music, food and more.
