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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.
A $15,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the driver who fatally struck a pedestrian on University Avenue on July 15.
The captain of sailboat berthed in Berkeley was arrested Sunday night after he allegedly led the Coast Guard on a chase and, when stopped 2.5 miles outside the Golden Gate, lunged at and attacked a Coast Guard officer who boarded his boat.
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At their third annual "Safety Palooza" open house Sunday, Albany police demonstrated a auto break-in, offered a hands-on display of police gear, set up a mock jail, gave away prizes and offered tours of the department.
Can you guess where this familiar-looking silver bike rack can be found? It's a bit far from Albany. See the article for a hint.
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At the request of Albany City Councilwoman Marge Atkinson, the recent Planning & Zoning Commission approval of AT&T cell phone antennas on Sunny Side Cafe will be reviewed by the City Council.
Shots were fired from one car into another on San Pablo Avenue in El Cerrito yesterday, Saturday, police said. The shooter escaped, and the victims contacted a nearby ambulance but left without receiving treatment, police said.
Incoming UC Berkeley senior, Sadia Saifuddin, named the next UC student Regent, said she wants to strengthen financial aid. The first-ever Muslim student on the board, she also said she will seek to make the UC campuses more inclusive.
The Albany police logs for July 13-14 include a stolen vehicle, a bike taken on Solano, arrests for graffiti and DUI, pickpocketing in Athens, a fire on Albany Hill, a runaway grandson, a noisy party and trophies found on Cougar Field.
The Albany police logs for July 12 include two arrests, one for shoplifting and one for drug possession, plus calls reporting a fake City of Albany check, a missing wallet in a house where movers were working and an evacuated AC Transit bus.
To those who've seen work going on inside the former Happy Produce market and guessed a new produce market is coming, you're right. The new owner says she hopes to open in about two weeks under the same name, "Happy Produce."
A female summer student walking with a male student on the east side of the UC Berkeley campus Tuesday night when three robbers pulled her backpack off her and fled, UC police said. Two suspects were arrested and two are being sought.
The Albany police call log for July 10-11 includes an assault at Albany Bulb, guys following a resident home offering to fix her bumper, rude teens smoking pot at Cornell School, a woman using bad language at Metro PCS and rifling of recycling bins.
Sunday will see the Albany City Hall parking lot transformed into "Safety Palooza" – a kind of police mini-fair or open house for adults and kids to have hands-on fun while learning about how the city's police department does its job.
News sources have identified the man fatally shot on Derby Street in Berkeley Wednesday night at Jermaine Davis, 26, who was the intended target four years earlier when his brother was gunned down on a Berkeley street.
University of California Regents today, Thursday, confirmed an unusual choice for the next UC President, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, a non-academic and the first woman named to the job in UC's 145-year history.
University of California Regents today, Thursday, confirmed an unusual choice for the next UC President, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, a non-academic and the first woman named to the job in UC's 145-year history.
BART service has been restored between North Berkeley and Richmond this afternoon, Thursday, following a temporary shutdown due to a fire next to the tracks. Delays persist.
