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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.
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.
El Cerrito police have issued two sets of safety tips for the holidays – one for safe driving and one for safe shopping.
A joint message from California's schools chief and top homeland security advisor urges school superintendents to review security measures.
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.
Dealing with kids' insistent desires for certain presents during the holidays can be trying. Christine Carter of UC-Berkeley has some tips for how to talk to them about it.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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."
Swamped 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."
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."
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."
Deluged by a tsunami of criticism 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."
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."
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."
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.
With a spotlight sweeping the front, live music from the 1930s and several patrons dressed in period fashion, the Cerrito Theater Thursday night celebrated its 75th birthday and the extraordinary community effort that brought it back to life in 2006.
