Email: (See my email address at the bottom of the Albany Patch or Berkeley Patch homepage.)
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.
The Albany police log for May 17 includes a DUI arrest, juveniles arrested for drugs, Albany pool vandalism, and a bad check and a suspicious circumstance at Target.
Barbara Oliver of Berkeley, called a "a bright star in the galaxy of Bay Area theater" by the Museum of Performance & Design, died May 20 at her Berkeley home at age 85. She was key to starting the Aurora Theatre Company.
The Albany police log for May 15-16 includes a stolen car, two arrests for alleged theft at Target, two arrests for alleged possession of drug paraphernalia, a woman who couldn't pay for her meal and squirrels checking on a dead companion.
Here's a list of what's closed and what's not in Berkeley on the Memorial Day holiday, Monday, May 27.
Here's a list of what's closed and what's not in Albany on the Memorial Day holiday, Monday, May 27.
The BART board agreed Thursday night to a five-month trial of allowing bikes on BART at any time, including commute hours, on uncrowded trains. The experiment runs from July 1 to Dec. 1.
The BART board agreed Thursday night to a five-month trial of allowing bikes on BART at any time, including commute hours, on uncrowded trains. The experiment runs from July 1 to Dec. 1.
While we in the news media try to make our summaries of commencement speeches capture what's important, they never present the complete picture. Here Gov. Jerry Brown offers the text of his remarks Monday at UC Berkeley.
Patch.com partner Zillow.com provides updates for new homes for sale in Albany.
Patch.com partner Zillow.com provides updates for new homes for sale in Berkeley.
The Boy Scouts national leadership voted Thursday to accept openly gay members but not leaders. An Alameda den mother active in urging equal rights for gays welcomed the move but called for more action.
The Boy Scouts national leadership voted Thursday to accept openly gay members but not leaders. An Alameda den mother active in urging equal rights for gays welcomed the move but called for more action.
The Albany police log for May 13-14 includes a man aiming a possibly fake gun at people near Albany Middle School, another case of a man exposing himself, and an off-leash pit bull mix chasing people at waterfront park.
A year-long exhibition of eight large steel sculptures by 80-year-old artist Mark di Suvero, who attended UC Berkeley, was opened to the public at Crissy Field in San Francisco Wednesday.
The Berkeley City Council agreed to a range of proposed city fee increases, such as doubling dog license fees and imposing a new fee on those who sell homemade cookies and other foods.
In its first night meeting since 2001, the BART board of directors Thursday will consider a staff recommendation to allow bikes on BART during commute hours as well as non-commute hours.
In its first night meeting since 2001, the BART board of directors Thursday will consider a staff recommendation to allow bikes on BART during commute hours as well as non-commute hours.
