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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.
Burglars stole wedding rings, cash and an iPad from a Walnut Creek fire station on Sunday as firefighters were away battling the large Morgan Fire on Mount Diablo, according to a fire official.
Saul Landau, a prolific, award-winning documentary filmmaker and critic of U.S. foreign policy, died Monday night at his Alameda home from bladder cancer. Much of his work focused on Latin America.
Saul Landau, a prolific, award-winning documentary filmmaker and critic of U.S. foreign policy, died Monday night at his Alameda home from bladder cancer. Much of his work focused on Latin America.
The University of San Francisco this morning offered condolences and prayers following the death of USF Professor Andrew Goodwin, a Berkeley resident who died from injuries in an early morning fire at his apartment building on Oregon Street.
A 56-year-old University of San Francisco professor, Andrew Goodwin, died from injuries he received in fire at his apartment building on Oregon Street in Berkeley early this morning, Tuesday, authorities said.
Calling for tougher state gun control legislation at a news conference in Oakland today, Monday, were two Democratic members of the state Assembly from the East Bay: Nancy Skinner, whose district includes Berkeley, and Rob Bonta.
Calling for tougher state gun control legislation at a news conference in Oakland today, Monday, were two Democratic members of the state Assembly from the East Bay: Nancy Skinner, whose district includes Albany, and Rob Bonta.
The rock anthem of motorcyclists, "Born to be Wild," played a short while over the speakers at Thousand Oaks Elementary School in Berkeley Sunday as motorcycle officers from 11 agencies competed on an obstacle course.
The rock anthem of motorcyclists, "Born to be Wild," played a short while over the speakers at Thousand Oaks Elementary School in Berkeley Sunday as motorcycle officers from 11 agencies competed on an obstacle course.
A van crashed into Zarri's Delicatessen on Solano Avenue in Albany about 2:30 p.m. today, Monday, smashing the storefront and a sidewalk table and chairs where a customer had been sitting only seconds before. No serious injuries were reported.
A van crashed into Zarri's Delicatessen on Solano Avenue in Albany about 2:30 p.m. today, Monday, smashing the storefront and a sidewalk table and chairs where a customer had been sitting only seconds before. No serious injuries were reported.
The Albany police logs for Aug. 31 - Sept. 1 include a person bitten by a dog, two stolen vehicles, a confrontation with panhandlers that led to an arrest, a piercing noise at University Village and a sea lion in distress at Albany Bulb.
A man was shot and killed near 8th and Page Streets in Berkeley about 5:43 p.m. today, Sunday, according to Berkeley police. The man's name was not released. It was the city's fourth homicide this year.
The Berkeley City Council agenda for Tuesday night includes a proposal for the City of Berkeley to adopt its own GMO food labeling requirement. A statewide measure, Proposition 37, was narrowly defeated in November.
For thousands of people today, Sunday, the place to be was the 39th Annual Solano Avenue Stroll – the East Bay's biggest street festival – with its 26 blocks of information booths, food vendors, crafts, music and even a police motorcycle competition.
For thousands of people today, Sunday, the place to be was the 39th Annual Solano Avenue Stroll – the East Bay's biggest street festival – with its 26 blocks of information booths, food vendors, crafts, music and even a police motorcycle competition.
The Albany police log for Aug. 30 includes a man bathing naked in the creek nexet to Albany Hill and then bumming cigarets in a jockstrap, two complaints about barking dogs, a shoe theft at Target and a mysteriously started dishwasher.
Two men are wanted for an armed robbery about 12:50 p.m. Wednesday in El Cerrito – at least the third armed robbery in the city within a week. The city was roiled also by Thursday's lockdown of Madera School during a search for smash-in burglars.
An Oakland man who returned home "very drunk" early this morning, Saturday, didn't know he'd been shot, police said. His parents realized he had gunshot wounds and took him to the hospital.
The Berkeley City Council agenda for Tuesday night includes a proclamation honoring 12-year-old resident Zeke Gerwein who rode 1,851 miles by bike from the Mexico border to Seattle to raise funds for climate work by the Sierra Club.
