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Phone: 510-435-4127

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.

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Albany, CA|News|

July 4 Travelers to SF Urged to Plan Ahead

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.

July 4 Travelers to SF Urged to Plan Ahead
Berkeley|News|

July 4 Travelers to SF Urged to Plan Ahead

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.

July 4 Travelers to SF Urged to Plan Ahead
Berkeley|News|

Does America Celebrate the Wrong Birthday? How about July 2nd?

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."

Does America Celebrate the Wrong Birthday? How about July 2nd?
Albany, CA|News|

July 4 Strike Averted at Tilden, Other East Bay Regional Parks

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.

July 4 Strike Averted at Tilden, Other East Bay Regional Parks
Berkeley|News|

July 4 Strike Averted at Tilden, Other East Bay Regional Parks

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.

July 4 Strike Averted at Tilden, Other East Bay Regional Parks
Berkeley|News|

UC Cops Seek Man Posing as Campus Safety Escort

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.

UC Cops Seek Man Posing as Campus Safety Escort
Berkeley|News|

Shake-up in Berkeley Lab Satellite Campus Plan

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.

Shake-up in Berkeley Lab Satellite Campus Plan
Albany, CA|News|

Shake-up in Berkeley Lab Satellite Campus Plan

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.

Shake-up in Berkeley Lab Satellite Campus Plan
Berkeley|News|

Berkeley Tunes Up for World Music Festival Saturday

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.

Berkeley Tunes Up for World Music Festival Saturday
Berkeley|News|

2 Charged in Daytime Berkeley Murder

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.

2 Charged in Daytime Berkeley Murder
Albany, CA|News|

Police Calls: Albany Student Arrested in Alleged Auto Theft

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.

Police Calls: Albany Student Arrested in Alleged Auto Theft