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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.
Calling all young artists (and would-be artists) at Marin Elementary School. The school urges its K-5 students to submit pencil or pen drawings for the cover of this year's school directory. Deadline is Sept. 25.
The number 13 proved unlucky for the Saint Mary's College High varsity football team Friday night when its 13 points were dwarfed by the 36 put on the scoreboard by the Miramonte High Matadors in Orinda.
The number 13 proved unlucky for the Saint Mary's College High varsity football team Friday night when its 13 points were dwarfed by the 36 put on the scoreboard by the Miramonte High Matadors in Orinda.
Albany High fans didn't have a lot to cheer about in the varsity team's 43-0 loss to St. Patrick-St. Vincent High Friday night, but the junior varsity game gladdened hometown hearts with a 21-0 Cougar victory.
The Berkeley High varsity football lost to the Monte Vista Mustangs Friday in a setback for the defending league champs. The Jackets got off to a good start in the season opener last weekend with an impressive 41-8 victory over Washington-SF.
The accompanying photos taken by Berkeley city staff of the city's fire-ravaged Tuolumne Camp in the Sierras capture the devastation and desolation left by the massive Rim Fire. They also record a surprise – three structures untouched by the inferno.
Burglars kicking in the door of home, a police dog nabbing a suspect and an alert neighbor were all part of the home burglary and police search drama that prompted the shutdown of Madera Elementary School Thursday morning.
Horses have a triple crown, so why not humans? A new 10-kilometer run/walk event in the East Bay – "Let's Go 510," starting and ending at Golden Gate Fields on the Albany-Berkeley border – will join races held on the Peninsula and Marin County.
Horse racing has a triple crown and now something like that is arriving in the Bay Area for humans with a new 10-kilometer run/walk event in the Berkeley, "Let's Go 510," joining races held in San Jose and San Rafael.
The "yellow fever mosquito," which also carries dengue fever, has been found in the Bay Area, and Alameda County health officials are conducting special monitoring in Albany, asking residents to report any sightings and especially captured ones.
UC Berkeley police say a man exposed himself and committed a lewd act in view of a 19-year-old female in a women's restroom in a campus dorm study center. The female reported the incident, and the man remains at large, police said.
The Albany police logs for Aug. 28-29 include five arrests, a Hertz vehicle that didn't come back, a pit bull that jumped into a vehicle containing children at Waterfront Park and a woman with a dog asking for money on the San Pablo/Buchanan median.
Berkeley officials who toured the city's fire-ravaged Tuolumne Camp in the Sierras this week found all the main buildings destroyed. It's too early to say the city's plans will be for the site, said city spokesman Matthai Chakko.
Whether you're looking to buy a home or just want to know the latest price tags on homes for sale in Albany, Patch has partnered with Zillow.com to bring you the most current listings every week.
Whether you're looking to buy a home or just want to know the latest price tags on homes for sale in Berkeley, Patch has partnered with Zillow.com to bring you the most current listings every week.
The annual Solano Stroll is expected to pack Solano Avenue in Albany and Berkeley with a quarter million people this coming Sunday, not to mention a parade, 26 blocks of booths, entertainment and food. New this year is a police motorcycle contest.
The annual Solano Stroll is expected to pack Solano Avenue in Berkeley and Albany with a quarter million people this coming Sunday, not to mention a parade, 26 blocks of booths, entertainment and food. New this year is a police motorcycle contest.
Madera Elementary School in El Cerrito was placed on lockdown this morning, Thursday, while police searched for suspects in a nearby home burglary. The lockdown was lifted after three suspects were caught hiding in backyards, police said.
The mammoth Rim Fire that destroyed Berkeley's Tuolumne Camp and has devoured 237,341 acres was started by a hunter's illegal fire that got out control, authorities announced today, Thursday.
The mammoth Rim Fire that destroyed Berkeley's Tuolumne Camp and has devoured 237,341 acres was started by a hunter's illegal fire that got out control, authorities announced today, Thursday.
