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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.
One sure-fire way to boost the enjoyment of dark chocolate is a scientific study suggesting that it's good for your health – or specifically in this case, good for your eyes.
The Albany City Council agenda for Monday, July 15, includes whether to hire Stockton Deputy Fire Chief Lance Calkins as the next Albany Fire Chief. Calkins emerged as the top candidate in a recruitment process, according to a staff report.
The Albany police log for July 4-5 includes complaints of loud music and illegal fireworks on the Fourth of July, an altercation at Albany Bowl, a man thrashing on the ground at the BART path, harassment and theft at Albany Bulb and three arrests.
The Albany City Council will hold a public hearing on proposed increases in city fees and fines at its regular meeting Monday night.
A man fleeing pursuing officers after allegedly trying to pass a forged check at the Bank of America on Telegraph Avenue was arrested by Berkeley police after he was tripped by a passer-by, police said.
A yellow fence cropped up on one side of part the elevated BART tracks in Albany, shown in this photo taken July 12, 2013. We asked BART why and were told it's temporary for some work on the track.
You'd think that holding a chicken is simple. And it is – if you do it properly. This brief video shows chicken-holding expert Linnea Due giving a recent demonstration in Albany with Billy, a 7-year-old Blue Sumatra, a breed close to its ancestors.
Four reputed gang members were sentenced to life in prison without parole today, Friday, for the 2009 fatal shooting of a Berkeley man near Allston Way and 10th Street and the deaths of two others in a resulting car chase and crash in Oakland.
Two females were killed and a male injured in a shooting and possible stabbing at a San Francisco South-of-Market jewelry store on Brannan Street this afternoon, Friday. A blood-covered suspect fired a police and then surrendered, police said.
Two females were killed and a male injured in a shooting and possible stabbing at a San Francisco South-of-Market jewelry store on Brannan Street this afternoon, Friday. A blood-covered suspect fired a police and then surrendered, police said.
A third victim of last Saturday's Asiana jetliner crash at SFO – another girl – died this morning, and a San Francisco police official said one of the two girls killed the day of the crash had been run over by a fire truck.
A third victim of last Saturday's Asiana jetliner crash at SFO – another girl – died this morning, and a San Francisco police official said one of the two girls killed the day of the crash had been run over by a fire truck.
Backers of Prop 8, the state ban on same-sex marriage, asked the state Supreme Court today, Friday, to adopt a narrow interpretation of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case and to allow the state ban to stand.
Backers of Prop 8, the state ban on same-sex marriage, asked the state Supreme Court today, Friday, to adopt a narrow interpretation of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case and to allow the state ban to stand.
Fast-acting Berkeley police this afternoon, Friday, arrested a woman who allegedly stole a tip jar a few minutes earlier from a business in the 1500 block of Shattuck Avenue, police said.
The U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, has been named as the next University of California President, UC officials announced today, Friday. She'll be the first woman to hold the job in the university's 145-year history.
The U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, has been named as the next University of California President, UC officials announced today, Friday. She'll be the first woman to hold the job in the university's 145-year history.
The Piedmont police log from July 5 through noon of July 8 includes a van, bike and cell phone stolen in different incidents, a dog bite, a bag of bullets and shotgun shells found in hedges, a bike found in bushes and credit cards found on a wall.
Letters have been sent to 4,500 patients from three East Bay hospitals – Alta Bates Summit, Sutter Delta and Eden – informing them of a possible security breach of personal information, including Social Security numbers, birth dates and addresses.
Letters have been sent to 4,500 patients from three East Bay hospitals – Alta Bates Summit, Sutter Delta and Eden – informing them of a possible security breach of personal information, including Social Security numbers, birth dates and addresses.
