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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 Happy Produce market on Solano Avenue in Albany is back in business, having reopened Friday under new ownership after being closed for 14 months. Owner Maria Valencia said she's been heeding customer requests for items to stock.
The percent of Cal students from out of state, who pay a substantially higher tuition, continues to grow, with incoming non-resident freshmen this year totaling about 30 percent, matching last year's infusion, a UC official said.
The percent of Cal students from out of state, who pay a substantially higher tuition, continues to grow, with incoming non-resident freshmen this year totaling about 30 percent, matching last year's infusion, a UC official said.
A 20-year-old Albany man was arrested early this morning, Tuesday, on suspicion of attempted rape after allegedly assaulting a woman on the sidewalk on Talbot Avenue, according to Albany police.
A 62-year-old construction worker was killed on the job at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in Berkeley today, Tuesday, when he was hit by a truck, according to police and news reports.
Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates's appeal to block the sale of the city's historic Post Office was dismissed today, Tuesday, by the Postal Regulatory Commission. The commission chair nevertheless criticized the Postal Service's handling of the issue.
Berkeley officials said they still don't know the full extent of the destruction to the city's 91-year Tuolumne Camp that burned Sunday in the huge "Rim Fire," but acknowledged that it could be extensive and not easily rebuilt anytime soon.
Here's what you need to know about the Bay Bridge closure, biking on the new span and what will happen to the old bridge and its good luck troll.
Here's what you need to know about the Bay Bridge closure, biking on the new span and what will happen to the old bridge and its good luck troll.
At a news conference today, Monday, the new chancellor at UC Berkeley, Nicholas Dirks, abjured the possibility of privatization for the public university, despite the long-term reduction of state support and increasing reliance on private funding.
At a news conference Monday, the new chancellor at UC Berkeley, Nicholas Dirks, abjured the possibility of privatization for the public university, despite the long-term reduction of state support and increasing reliance on private funding.
Berkeley's 91-year-old Tuolumne Family Camp in the Sierras burned today, Sunday, in the enormous "Rim Fire" that continues to consume tens of thousands of acres, the U.S. Forest Service said tonight.
The world's largest scientific society, the American Chemical Society, has named the U.S. Department of Agriculture research center in Albany as a "National Landmark" for its pioneering role in isolating and reproducing food flavors.
The occupants of two stolen cars heading south on College Avenue in Berkeley Saturday night suddenly jumped out, leaving the motors running, as a Berkeley police car happened to be approaching. Two were captured in a large manhunt.
If you want to go across San Francisco Bay anytime between this Wednesday night, Aug. 28, and the following Tuesday morning, Sept. 3, you'll have to find some other way besides the Bay Bridge. It'll be closed.
If you want to go across San Francisco Bay anytime between this Wednesday night, Aug. 28, and the following Tuesday morning, Sept. 3, you'll have to find some other way besides the Bay Bridge. It'll be closed.
Albany High School's start time is moving to 8 a.m., 20 minutes later than before, for a one-year experiment. It may decide to start even later in the future, in line with research showing later start times better match teen sleep cycles.
Berkeley police say a pedestrian was the victim of an armed robbery shortly before 8 p.m. last night, Saturday, in south Berkeley.
The Albany police logs for Aug. 17-18 include complaints about noise from several sources: a church, people drinking in a hot tub, a dog and a group outdoors near 2 a.m. Also reported was a rolled-back odometer on a car from Craigslist.
At a forum for transit planners Thursday, Anthony Bruzzone of the Arup planning firm said traffic demand on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge could exceed capacity by 2035 or 2040.
