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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.
Albany police are seeking any witnesses to a yellow pickup with blue writing on the side that was seen driving around Albany High and Albany Middle School Wednesday morning. The driver tried to make contact with a girl, 13, near the high school.
Albany police released descriptions of two men in hoodies wanted in connection with Monday afternoon's holdup of Max's Liquors in Albany. A co-owner suffered a bleeding cut from being hit in the head with a gun.
UC graduate student Jose Lumbreras, 25, has been sentenced to six years in prison for the alcohol-fueled crash that fatally injured his girlfriend, former University Village resident Milanca Alicia Lopez and her son Xavier Chevez.
This article contains a profile by the Albany High School Cougar of Assistant Principal Susan Charlip, who's leaving after 30 years with the school district, and a goodbye message from Charlip.
A male victim was robbed of his cell phone by a trio with guns on Channing Way near fraternity row at UC Berkeley on Monday night, UC police said.
One thing many of us thank Dad for on Father's Day is what he taught us, right? We asked a few random people in Berkeley to tell us – in one sentence – what their fathers taught them. This short video captured a wide range of paternal advice.
One thing many people thank Dad for on Father's Day is what he taught us. We asked a few random people in Albany, including Woody Guthrie's son, to tell us – in one sentence – what their fathers taught them. We got a wide range of paternal advice.
Aya Nakano, a recent college grad driving home Wednesday night after playing basketball at UC Berkeley, was fatally shot in a confrontation with two men who rear-ended his his car in Oakland, police said. It was the night before his 23rd birthday.
The Albany police log for June 3-4 includes a marijuana brownie that made an Albany High student ill, an Albany Middle School student with pot, an arrest for forgery at Target, stolen trash cans, burglaries, ID thefts and a woman with purloined mail.
Berkeley police Wednesday released a description of the suspect in the child molestation at the Berkeley Marina Tuesday – dark complexioned under 30 years old with blonde hair with a green streak, wearing a green shirt, jeans and black sneakers.
Berkeley police Wednesday released a description of the suspect in the child molestation at the Berkeley Marina Tuesday – dark complexioned under 30 years old with blonde hair with a green streak, wearing a green shirt, jeans and black sneakers.
A 56-year-old male transient was found dead on the sidewalk next to CVS Pharmacy in North Berkeley on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
A 56-year-old transient man was found dead on the sidewalk next to CVS Pharmacy in North Berkeley on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
Damage from Tuesday morning's fire to the residential Nash Hotel in downtown Berkeley was estimated to be $200,000, a Fire Department spokesman said Wednesday. The hotel remained off-limits on Wednesday.
The East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) board of directors voted Tuesday to hike water rates 19 percent over the next two years for Albany, Berkeley and the other communities served by East Bay MUD.
You can celebrate (or embarrass) your high school grad by posting congratulatory announcements, and photos if you wish, on Albany Patch. See the quick how-to video.
The Albany Unified School District said in a news release Tuesday night that Superintendent Marla Stephenson has announced her retirement. She intends to leave at the end of the next school year, the district said.
The Albany Unified School District said in a news release Tuesday night that Superintendent Marla Stephenson has announced her retirement. She intends to leave at the end of the next school year, the district said.
Following an intensive manhunt, police Tuesday night were still searching for a man suspected of molesting a young child in a restroom at the Berkeley Marina Tuesday afternoon, according to Berkeley police.
BART on Tuesday asked for a state mediator to help with stalled negotiations with two unions whose contracts expire at the end of this month.
