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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.
UC Berkeley police are seeking two men who wore bandanas over their faces and robbed a pair of students at gunpoint early this morning, Tuesday, on steps of a building at the Clark Kerr housing complex.
Yeiner Garizabalo, 24, who performed with the Berkeley-based circus troupe ClownSnotBombs, has been ordered to stand trial for alleged assaults while cavorting naked and doing acrobatic moves at the Powell Street BART station in May.
If you're wondering when Berkeley youngsters will be summoned back to public school this year, the answer is Aug. 28, though Berkeley High has earlier registration days for each of its four grades.
Many cell phone users may automatically receive Amber Alerts accompanied by a high-pitched tone unless they opt out. The alerts appears as text messages. The system is managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Many cell phone users may automatically receive Amber Alerts accompanied by a high-pitched tone unless they opt out. The alerts appears as text messages. The system is managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Albany and the eight other cities in the East Bay Green Corridor have realized their three-year goal of developing a standardized permitting process for residential solar energy. A press conference on Tuesday, Aug. 6, will describe it.
Berkeley and the eight other cities in the East Bay Green Corridor have realized their three-year goal of developing a standardized permitting process for residential solar energy. They plan a press conference Tuesday, Aug. 6, to describe it.
Four days after a credit card theft in a home burglary, an Albany police detective who went to an El Sobrante store to view video of the stolen credit card being used spotted the suspect walking out the door, police said.
A female was taken to Alta Bates hospital Saturday night with an arm injury caused by a skateboard thrown at her by a passing skateboarder, according to a UC Berkeley police crime alert issued today, Monday.
The day after Gov. Jerry Brown blocked a possible BART strike for a week, AC Transit workers gave notice today, Monday, that they could go on strike at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, potentially stranding 100,000 East Bay riders.
The day after Gov. Jerry Brown blocked a possible BART strike for a week, AC Transit workers gave notice today, Monday, that they could go on strike at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, potentially stranding 100,000 East Bay riders.
The City of Albany announced today, Monday, that it will host a community celebration to honor retiring City Manager Beth Pollard on Aug. 29, "Beth Pollard Day." Those who wish to attend the $20 event are asked to RSVP by Aug. 22.
A female was taken to Alta Bates hospital Saturday night with an arm injury caused by a skateboard thrown at her by a passing skateboarder, according to a UC Berkeley police crime alert issued today, Monday.
Berkeley police on Monday released the identity of the man fatally shot Thursday night near the Albatross Pub on San Pablo Avenue. He was Berkeley resident Dustin Bynum, 24. The killing remains unsolved.
All westbound lanes of I-80 approaching the Bay Bridge have reopened this afternoon, Monday, nine hours after this morning's fire in a big rig that created a huge, daylong traffic backup on the freeway.
All westbound lanes of I-80 approaching the Bay Bridge have reopened this afternoon, Monday, nine hours after this morning's fire in a big rig that created a huge traffic backup on the freeway.
If you're wondering when Albany's youngsters will be summoned back to school this year, the answer is Aug. 27, though Albany High has earlier "new student orientation" and "opening" days.
One highlight of this week in Albany is Tuesday's National Night Out, the annual opportunity for residents to organize block parties and other get-togethers to share food, get to know each other better and strengthen neighborhoods against crime.
Among the many events in Berkeley this week: paper crane folding and reading of "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" at the library, National Night Out, a portrayal of famed film critic Pauline Kael, music of Galicia and a creative-spirit festival.
The Albany police logs for July 27-28 include money taken from a purse at the Albany Library, a purse taken during a class at the YMCA, liquor taken at Safeway by bicyclists, rose bushes vandalized, a hit and run, and a determined litterbug.
