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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.
A book checked out from the Albany Middle School library in 1981 has finally been returned, somewhat overdue. It arrived in an envelope with no return address, and the last name on the check-out slip is hard to decipher.
Chez Panisse, the acclaimed Berkeley restaurant started by Alice Waters in 1971, will reopen June 21 with a fundraiser for the Edible Schoolyard. It has been closed since March 8 because of a fire.
Chez Panisse, the acclaimed Berkeley restaurant started by Alice Waters in 1971, will reopen June 21 with a fundraiser for the Edible Schoolyard. It has been closed since March 8 because of a fire.
The community meeting on budget priorities by the school board of the Albany Unified School District has been rescheduled from May 28 to June 4.
The Albany police log for May 18-19 includes a car stolen on Curtis, two non-injury accidents, an altercation between a male juvenile and female juvenile, attempted theft at Target, and a dog injured by another dog at the beach.
For the Memorial Day holiday, we thought Bekeley readers might be interested in the background of the city's Veterans Memorial Building, a city landmark, at 1931 Center Street.
For the Memorial Day holiday, we thought Albany readers might be interested in the background of the city's Veterans' Memorial Building in Memorial Park.
After camping overnight and holding workshops Sunday, Occupy the Farm activists voluntarily departed from the UC Berkeley lot in Albany that they have occupied for the past three weekends.
After camping overnight and holding workshops Sunday, Occupy the Farm activists voluntarily departed from the UC Berkeley lot in Albany that they have occupied for the past three weekends.
Between barbecues and beach outings, it's sometimes easy to forget that this holiday is designed to honor the 1.8 million Americans who have died in our nation's wars.
Between barbecues and beach outings, it's sometimes easy to forget that this holiday is designed to honor the 1.8 million Americans who have died in our nation's wars.
Albany High runner Clara MacLeod broke three school records – in the 1600 and 3200 meters – on Friday and Saturday at the North Coast Section track championships, and junior Suzanne Becker also set a new record in the 800 meters.
Occupy the Farm activists moved back into a UC Berkeley lot in Albany late Saturday afternoon for the third weekend occupation in a row. A campus spokesman warned UC will soon need to "secure our property rights."
Occupy the Farm activists moved back into a UC Berkeley lot in Albany late Saturday afternoon for the third weekend occupation in a row. A campus spokesman warned UC will soon need to "secure our property rights."
