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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.
The baby "race" at the Albany Fourth of July festival Thursday turned out to be a real cliffhanger – not over who would win but over whether any contestant would cross the finish line.
Two men who scammed an 89-year-old man out of $800 for a brake-repair job that they didn't do were arrested by Albany police on suspicion of financial elder abuse, burglary and obtaining money under false pretenses, police said.
Officials advise those planning to go to San Francisco Thursday for the Fourth of July fireworks and festivities or the America's Cup opening ceremonies to be prepared for transportation challenges.
Officials advise those planning to go to San Francisco Thursday for the Fourth of July fireworks and festivities or the America's Cup opening ceremonies to be prepared for transportation challenges.
It was on July 2, not July 4, that the Continental Congress declared independence from Great Britain, and John Adams predicted at the time that July 2 would be "celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival."
It was on July 2, not July 4, that the Continental Congress declared independence from Great Britain, and John Adams predicted at the time that July 2 would be "celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival."
Baby races, facial hair competition, watermelon-eating contest, free ice cream, classic car display, reptile show, the Lions Club pancake breakfast, human hamster balls – it must be the annual Albany 4th of July celebration in Memorial Park.
BART announced Tuesday night that trains are unlikely to be back in service on Wednesday, which would be the third day of a BART workers strike.
BART announced Tuesday night that trains are unlikely to be back in service on Wednesday, which would be the third day of a BART workers strike.
A tentative agreement Monday averted a strike by East Bay Regional Park District workers that could have closed swimming at Lake Anza and other activities in the district's network of parks on July 4 and 5, two of the parks' busiest days of the year.
A tentative agreement Monday averted a strike by East Bay Regional Park District workers that could have closed swimming at Lake Anza and other activities in the district's network of parks on July 4 and 5, two of the parks' busiest days of the year.
The Albany City Council on Monday voted to hire Patrick O'Keeffe, a veteran city administrator who has filled key roles in Emeryville and El Cerrito, to be the city's interim City Manager.
A man who had the word "Bear" on his jacket lapel and identified himself as a "BearWALK" escort to a female student waiting for an escort late at night walked the student home, asked to use her restroom and propositioned her, UC police said.
Here's a sample list of what your neighbors are saying in Patch blog posts in Albany, Berkeley, El Cerrito, Piedmont and Rockridge.
The Albany police log for June 12-13 includes a considerable amount of marijuana at Albany Middle School, a burglary at the Gold Center, an iPhone taken at the Middle School, lewd conduct at Masonic and Dartmouth and return of a hazardous pothole.
The decision to put a second campus of the Lawrence Berkeley Lab at the Richmond Field Station, announced with fanfare last year, has changed. A new campus is still planned in Richmond but with UC Berkeley joining as the lead partner.
The decision to put a second campus of the Lawrence Berkeley Lab at the Richmond Field Station, announced with fanfare last year, has changed. A new campus is still planned in Richmond but with UC Berkeley joining as the lead partner.
No matter how esoteric or confined your taste in music may be, it would be hard not to find something you'd like at one of the venues for the 10th annual Berkeley World Music Festival Saturday.
Two 21-year-old men were charged Wednesday with murder in the fatal shooting in broad daylight of Zontee Jones, 34, at San Pablo Avenue and Delaware Street in Berkeley in February.
The Albany police log for June 10-11 includes the arrest of an Albany student on suspicion of vehicle theft, a cell phone stolen at Albany High, a son breaking things at home after the Internet was unplugged, and a teen boy carrying an axe on Marin.
