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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.
Police arrested 210 people at a peaceful demonstration by more than 2,500 protesters at the Chevron refinery in Richmond today, Saturday, called one year after the refinery fire that sent a noxious plume over many miles in nearby communities.
Police arrested 210 people at a peaceful demonstration by more than 2,500 protesters at the Chevron refinery in Richmond today, Saturday, called one year after the refinery fire that sent a noxious plume over many miles in nearby communities.
The Albany police logs for July 26 include a stolen company van, the bus stop robbery earlier reported by Patch, a female followed by four men, an employee theft of $100 at Goodwill, a stolen bike and a mother's gun found in a sock.
A coyote was spotted in a residential neighborhood in El Cerrito, according the El Cerrito Trail Trekkers. Have you seen any in Albany?
The influential UC Berkeley sociologist of religion, Robert Bellah, died Tuesday from surgery complications, the campus announced. He was 86. He won acclaim for such books as "Habits of the Heart" and "Religion in Human Evolution."
A group of about 30 people who've been camped at the main Berkeley Post Office in protest of the U.S. Postal Service's plans to sell the historic building have been told they have to leave, officials said today, Friday.
The northbound lanes of Gayley Road in front of the UC Berkeley football stadium were closed for a short while this afternoon, Friday, after a southbound car swerved up and over the landscaped median and crashed into a parked scooter.
In a lawsuit filed today, Friday, over last summer's Chevron refinery fire, the City of Richmond accuses the oil giant of "years of neglect, lax oversight and corporate indifference to necessary safety inspection and repairs."
Berkeley's third homicide of the year occurred about 9:24 last night, Thursday, when a 24-year-old man was fatally shot in the 1800 block of San Pablo Avenue, near the Albatross Pub, police said.
The Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Berkeley was ranked in the second-best category of five tiers in the first-ever Consumer Reports rating of surgery safety at nearly 2,500 hospitals. Its rating on specific outcomes varied.
The Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Berkeley was ranked in the second-best of five tiers in the first-ever Consumer Reports rating of surgery safety at nearly 2,500 hospitals. Its ratings on specific outcomes varied.
Former Alameda County Superior Court Judge Paul Seeman, arrested last year in his chambers on suspicion of stealing an elderly Berkeley neighbor's life savings, pleaded no contest to two felonies today, Thursday, in exchange for five years probation.
The Albany police logs for July 22-23 include arrests of two El Sobrante residents on suspicion of home burglary, a Rottweiller attacking another dog at Albany Bulb, and thefts of two vehicles, a mink coat, two laptops and many other items.
With no sign of a likely settlement in the BART contract talks, Bay Area transit agencies are preparing for another BART strike Monday when the 30-day cooling-off period expires. BART would offer limited bus service from some stations.
With no sign of a likely settlement in the BART contract talks, Bay Area transit agencies are preparing for another BART strike Monday when the 30-day cooling-off period expires. BART would offer limited bus service from some stations.
The Albany police logs for July 20-21 list many vehicle-related offenses, including theft, burglary, hit and run, spray-painting, slashed tire and door lock pried out. Also teen solicitors, two people taking recycling and a drunk/disorderly arrest.
Einstein said nothing can exceed the speed of light. UC Berkeley researchers say (in effect), "Not so fast, Albert – we better check." Their new experiments hope to resolve conflict between the general theory of relativity and the Standard Model.
Einstein said nothing can exceed the speed of light. UC Berkeley researchers say (in effect), "Not so fast, Albert – we better check." Their new experiments hope to resolve conflict between the general theory of relativity and the Standard Model.
Some place in Berkeley features this celebration of the delights of chocolat. If you're first to tell us in the comments where it can be seen, you'll win a Patch prize.
An elderly Albany woman lost her Louis Vuitton bag in a strong-arm robbery while waiting for a bus on the southwest corner of Solano and Sante Fe avenues in Albany on Friday morning, according to police.
