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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.
The El Cerrito City Council unanimously agreed Tuesday night to award a $130,000 contract to install curb bulb-outs and flashing lights on two Arlington Blvd. crosswalks near Madera Elementary School for student safety.
El Cerrito bills for curbside pick-up of trash, green waste and recycling materials will increase under new rates approved by the City Council Tuesday night. The council also applauded the LEED Platinum rating for the Recycling Center.
Helping out with the El Cerrito and Richmond firefighters' annual toy drive is one of the most popular activities of the year for the El Cerrito High School Interact Club, one of school's main student service organizations.
Zaki Kabob House in Albany tonight, Tuesday, will hold a candlelight vigil for those killed in the school massacre in Newtown, CT, and other victims of gun violence across the nation, including Asama Ayyad, 20, of the family that runs Zaki.
Dealing with a child's desires for certain presents during the holidays isn't easy. But helping them understand the marketing manipulation that increases the cravings can foster deep rewards, says Christine Carter of UC Berkeley.
You can help provide services for homeless adults and children by being a volunteer driver and counter for the 2013 Contra Costa County homeless count.
If you'd like to help Contra Costa County provide services for homeless adults and children, the county's Health Services Homeless Program wants you. Volunteer drivers and counters are sought for the 2013 homeless count.
Dealing with kids' insistent desires for certain presents during the holidays isn't easy, but helping children understand the marketing manipulation that increases the cravings can foster deep rewards, says Christine Carter of UC Berkeley.
The El Cerrito City Council agenda tonight, Tuesday, includes a proposed $130,000 for bulb-outs and flashing lights for two crosswalks on Arlington Boulevard near Madera School for students who walk to the hillside school.
Friday's massacre of 20 first-graders and six adults by a heavily armed gunman in Newtown, Conn., has revived the debate over gun control. We'd like to hear from readers if you think more controls are needed and, if so, what kind.
Deluged by a tsunami of criticism and ridicule of its new logo, the University of California announced Friday that it is suspending use of the symbol, which features a thick blue "U" and an emerging/disappearing "C."
In a dramatic reminder to riders to be alert, BART on Friday announced the posting of surveillance video showing a thief snatching an unsuspecting patron's cellphone at the Oakland 12th Street station and fleeing up the escalator.
Friday's massacre of 20 first-graders and six adults by a heavily armed gunman in Newtown, Conn., has revived the debate over gun control. We'd like to hear from readers if you think more controls are needed and, if so, what kind.
Following the Connecticut school massacre, a joint message from California's schools chief and top homeland security advisor urges school superintendents to review security measures and to remind staff and parents to be alert and prepared.
Deluged by a tsunami of criticism and ridicule of its new logo, the University of California announced Friday that it is suspending use of the symbol, which features a thick blue "U" and an emerging/disappearing "C."
On the City Council agenda Tuesday night are rate increases effective Jan. 1 for the curbside pick-up service for garbage, green waste and recycling. The contractor, East Bay Sanitary, hasn't had an increase in two years, city staff says.
Following the Connecticut school massacre, a joint message from California's schools chief and top homeland security advisor urges school superintendents to review security measures and to remind staff and parents to be alert and prepared.
Following the Connecticut school massacre, a joint message from California's schools chief and top homeland security advisor urges school superintendents to review security measures and to remind staff and parents to be alert and prepared.
Following the Connecticut school massacre, a joint message from California's schools chief and top homeland security advisor urges school superintendents to review security measures and to remind staff and parents to be alert and prepared.
