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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.
Sixteen people suffering from heat-related illness were transported to hospitals this morning, Saturday, from an outdoor graduation ceremony at Heritage High School in Brentwood in Contra Costa County, according to the local fire department.
Sixteen people suffering from heat-related illness were transported to hospitals this morning, Saturday, from an outdoor graduation ceremony at Heritage High School in Brentwood in Contra Costa County, according to the local fire department.
This Sunday, June 9, is the kick-off festival for "Sundays on Telegraph" – a weekly closure of three blocks of Berkeley's famous street every Sunday for the duration of the summer.
Berkeley temperatures are expected to reach the upper 70s Saturday, but if you go over the East Hills or into the North Bay, watch out for readings possibly up to 110 degrees, hotter than Friday's mercury jumps, the National Weather Service said.
Albany temperatures are expected to remain comfortable Saturday, but if you go over the East Bay Hills or into the North Bay, watch out for readings possibly up to 110 degrees, hotter than Friday's mercury jumps, the National Weather Service said.
An El Cerrito Police motorcycle sergeant tackled a robbery suspect in the parking lot of Al's Big Burger Friday afternoon after a police chase at Albany Hill, police said. Stolen was a bicycle whose owner was struck several times in the head.
The true identity of "Mr. Jones" in the iconic Counting Crows song is revealed along with other tidbits in a Huffington Post interview with lead singer Adam Duritz, who grew up in Berkeley, graduated from Head-Royce School and attended UC Berkeley.
An eighth grader at Ecole Bilingue school in Berkeley, Brianna Bourne, won third place honors in the middle-school history paper category in the 2013 California History Day contest.
The Berkeley Police crime blotter for May 26 to June 1 includes an armed robbery of of woman's wallet and cell phone, robbery of a woman's jewelry, a stolen Honda, a laptop stolen from a car, and a computer and jewelry stolen from a home.
The Albany police log for May 28-29 includes six burglaries of vehicles, a late-night arrest of a bicyclist, an hour-long verbal/physical dust-up between two females, vandalism to the door of Solano Ave. florist and a man yelling at store customers.
A long battle over a Berkeley marijuana collective, Greenleaf Wellness Group on Dwight Way, came to a head Tuesday night when the City Council voted 8-1 to order it closed.
Berkeley Police Officer Stephanie Cole has been named as a "MADD California Hero" for extraordinary service in the efforts to stop drunk driving.
Albany Police Officer Chris Beck has been named as a "MADD California Hero" for extraordinary service in the efforts to stop drunk driving.
ABC7 reports that the cause of the limo fire that killed five women on the San Mateo Bridge on May 4 was mechanical failure – ruptured air springs in the back of the overloaded vehicle – that eventually led to the fire.
ABC7 reports that the cause of the limo fire that killed five women on the San Mateo Bridge on May 4 was mechanical failure – ruptured air springs in the back of the overloaded vehicle – that eventually led to the fire.
The Albany police log for May 27-28 includes two home burglaries, an altercation involving a transient at Curtis and Solano, dog and cat attacks, lawn lights uprooted, a father's old firearm, two non-injury accidents and two arrests.
An Alameda County Superior Court judge has rejected a lawsuit filed in August, Larsen v. City of Albany, challenging Albany's approval of the environmental impact report for UC Berkeley's development plans at University Village in Albany.
An Alameda County Superior Court judge has rejected a lawsuit filed in August, Larsen v. City of Albany, challenging Albany's approval of the environmental impact report for UC Berkeley's development plans at University Village in Albany.
A 50-year-old man from San Francisco drove his car into a lagoon at Aquatic Park in Berkeley Tuesday night and tried to swim away after he got into a argument, smashed his car into a gas station and fled from the CHP, authorities said.
