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 Occupy the Farm activists who moved into the UC-owned Gill Tract a year ago are calling for a "Land Occupation" on Saturday. UC Berkeley officials said they aim to guard against "an illegal occupation" and ensure public safety.
The Occupy the Farm activists who moved into the UC-owned Gill Tract a year ago are calling for a "Land Occupation" on Saturday. UC Berkeley officials said they aim to guard against "an illegal occupation" and ensure public safety.
The California Highway Patrol is asking that no memorial items be placed on the San Mateo Bridge to honor the five women who perished in the limo fire Saturday night. Such items are unsafe and could cause further harm, the CHP said.
Auto safety experts say information released so far in the deaths of five women in the San Mateo Bridge limousine fire raises key questions about why the victims were unable to escape.
Auto safey experts say information released so far in the deaths of five women in the San Mateo Bridge limousine fire raises key questions about why the victims were unable to escape.
Berkeley city staff is asking the City Council on May 7 to prohibit exposing neighbors to secondhand smoke in all multi-unit housing and to require all new leases in multi-unit housing to include a non-smoking clause.
Jared and Caleb Williams, age 12 and 10, decided in December to play clarinet and trumpet at Trader Joe's in El Cerrito Plaza to raise money for the Alameda County food bank. They raised $367 in three outings. Now they're trying it again Satur
Jared and Caleb Williams, age 12 and 10, decided in December to play clarinet and trumpet at Trader Joe's in El Cerrito Plaza to raise money for the food bank. They raised $367 in three outings. Now they're trying it again on Saturday, May 4.
In this video, the second of our two segments with Oakland District 1 City Councilman Dan Kalb on crime in Oakland, he discusses ways that residents can help address the issue and protect themselves.
In the wake of recent crime in Rockridge and surrounding areas, Oakland District 1 City Councilman Dan Kalb said he hopes to increase the police force, and he issued a special call for more trained civilian crime investigators.
A provisional agreement has been announced that would settle a lawsuit by Albany Strollers & Rollers and Carbon Neutral Albany challenging the Albany City Council's approval of UC Berkeley's development plan for University Village.
Piedmont police arrested a 19-year-old Oakland woman and four teen juveniles in a Ford Crown Victoria that police said had been stolen in Oakland. The woman began resisting in a patrol car and had to be placed under extra restraint, police said.
Among those joining the Friday Night Walks in high-crime areas of Oakland is Betsy King, who participates with other members of the Montclair Presbyterian Church in the recently relaunched effort to stem violence in the city.
With Whole Foods having pulled out of UC Berkeley's development plan for University Village in Albany, the campus has now proposed a Sprouts Farmers Market instead. A public unveiling of the proposal takes place May 8.
On the Berkeley City Council agenda for April 30 is a Peace & Justice Commission measure for Berkeley to ask the Alameda County District Attorney to prosecute George Bush and "co-conspirators" for murder of local residents.
Among those joining the Friday Night Walks in high-crime areas of Oakland is Betsy King of Piedmont, who participates with other members of the Montclair Presbyterian Church in the recently relaunched effort to stem violence in the city.
The Berkeley City Council agenda for April 30 includes an array of divestment proposals, including two items to stop investing in fossil fuels as well as an item to stop investments in tobacco companies and gun makers,
The long debated and much revised plan to replace the existing Safeway on Solano Avenue in Albany with a bigger Safeway and some third-party retail is no longer in Safeway's plans, according to a Safeway spokeswoman.
You may not find them on the market, but you can sample them Friday night when the Piedmont Center for Arts hosts its first "Judgment of Piedmont" – a tasting and competition featuring wines produced by Piedmonters.
