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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.
Sculptures made of large, interlaced stainless steel rings are popping up on the UC Berkeley campus this summer, the handiwork of 1962 Cal grad Bruce Beasley, who won approval for a year-long exhibit of his "Rondo" series.
The Albany police log for July 2-3 includes two women arrested for allegedly stealing baby formula from Safeway, two stolen cars, a motorist yelling at a bicyclist for walking her bike across Marin and a young male's plea for help for a hummingbird.
The Berkeley police log for June 23 - July 6 includes two armed robberies, one of an individual at Spruce and Cedar and one of a store on University, theft of a laptop and a TV in two home burglaries, and storekeeper hit with a thrown rock.
Kamri is a beautiful, fluffy cat that was abandoned and found at a restaurant parking lot. Since March, she has been at the Berkeley Animal Shelter – which also serves Albany – and is looking for a new home.
This photograph of the opening day race of the America's Cup by Emeryville photographer Nick Sebastian offers a striking juxtaposition of forms and colors.
The Piedmont police log from noon July 1 through July 4 includes a residential burglary on Scenic Avenue, three hit and run cases reported in one day, three juveniles throwing ice on the Fourth of July and a bird stuck in a fence.
This photograph of the opening day race of the America's Cup by Emeryville photographer Nick Sebastian offers a striking juxtaposition of forms and colors.
Piedmont police arrested an Oakland woman for allegedly writing bad checks totaling more than $500 at Ace Hardware, police said.
A study of giant lizard fossils that sat untouched for many years in a drawer at UC Berkeley suggests that global warming could transform today's pet-sized lizards into creatures as big as Komodo dragons.
The Albany police log for June 30 - July 1 includes an arson car fire, an EBMUD truck hitting an occupied parked vehicle and not stopping, a wallet stolen at Target, and a dog attacked by another dog whose owner began to laugh and take photos.
A BART employee pleaded not guilty today, July 8, to charges of filing a false police report of being attacked by a patron. The claim came in the midst of heated talks over contract issues, including employee safety, BART management said.
A BART employee pleaded not guilty today, July 8, to charges of filing a false police report of being attacked by a patron. The claim came in the midst of heated talks over contract issues, including employee safety, BART management said.
The City of Berkeley and UC Berkeley have joined with 17 other public agencies to form the "nation’s largest collaborative procurement of renewable energy for public agencies." They plan solar panels on rooftops, fuel cells and solar thermal power.
The Albany police log for June 28-29 includes a shirtless shoplifter with a trench coat and fishing pole seen six times at Safeway, five arrests, an injury accident, vandalism of all the tires on a vehicle and theft of $1 and keys at the Albany pool.
The Albany police log for June 26-27 includes a woman kicking in the door of a residence and claiming to be the owner, two stolen autos, $25 found on the street, a man arrested after being found passed out on the BART path and four other arrests.
What better way to wish America a happy birthday on a warm summer day than to kiss good table manners goodbye and gobble down chunks of juicy watermelon as fast as you can? That's what some folks did Thursday in Albany.
A man and a woman, both 21, were robbed at gunpoint by two suspects in hoodies at Dwight Way and Warring Way in Berkeley early this morning, Friday, according to UC Berkeley police.
Authorities say Fourth of July fireworks may have been responsible for the fire deaths of a mother and father and critical injuries to their adult son at their Richmond home in the early morning hours of July 5, 2013.
Authorities say Fourth of July fireworks may have been responsible for the fire deaths of a mother and father and critical injuries to their adult son at their Richmond home in the early morning hours of July 5, 2013.
One of the most difficult things to do in Albany Thursday was to be bored at the annual Fourth of July celebration. The Diaper Derby alone was worth going for, not to mention the watermelon-eating contests and human hamster balls.
