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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.
You may have an income tax refund waiting for you. In Contra Costa County, the state tax board wants to return more than $254,000. In Alameda County, the state has $440,000 in refunds seeking their owners.
El Cerrito's most famous seasonal decoration – the annual Shadi holiday display that covers an expanse of hillside with a small-scale Biblical town – will go up Dec. 15 with a number of changes from recent years past.
In an effort to encourage holiday shoppers to take BART, the transit agency is sponsoring a holiday shopping sweepstakes with 10 "Shop and Ride Prize Packs" containing a $400 Visa gift card and a $40 Clipper card.
In an effort to encourage holiday shoppers to take BART, the transit agency is sponsoring a holiday shopping sweepstakes with 10 "Shop and Ride Prize Packs." Each pack contains a $400 Visa gift card and a $40 Clipper card.
In an effort to encourage holiday shoppers to take BART, the transit agency is sponsoring a holiday shopping sweepstakes with 10 "Shop and Ride Prize Packs." Each pack contains a $400 Visa gift card and a $40 Clipper card.
El Cerrito's resurrected art deco landmark, the Cerrito Theater, is celebrating its 75th birthday. The debut of the city's first "motion picture palace" was on Christmas Day in 1937. A celebration is planned for this Thursday, Dec. 1
In an effort to encourage holiday shoppers to take BART, the transit agency is sponsoring a holiday shopping sweepstakes with 10 "Shop and Ride Prize Packs." Each pack contains a $400 Visa gift card and a $40 Clipper card.
In an effort to encourage holiday shoppers to take BART, the transit agency is sponsoring a holiday shopping sweepstakes with 10 "Shop and Ride Prize Packs." Each pack contains a $400 Visa gift card and a $40 Clipper card.
In an effort to encourage holiday shoppers to take BART, the transit agency is sponsoring a holiday shopping sweepstakes with 10 "Shop and Ride Prize Packs." Each pack contains a $400 Visa gift card and a $40 Clipper card.
In an effort to encourage holiday shoppers to take BART, the transit agency is sponsoring a holiday shopping sweepstakes with 10 "Shop and Ride Prize Packs." Each pack contains a $400 Visa gift card and a $40 Clipper card.
In an effort to encourage holiday shoppers to take BART, the transit agency is sponsoring a holiday shopping sweepstakes with 10 "Shop and Ride Prize Packs." Each pack contains a $400 Visa gift card and a $40 Clipper card.
In an effort to encourage holiday shoppers to take BART, the transit agency is sponsoring a holiday shopping sweepstakes with 10 "Shop and Ride Prize Packs." Each pack contains a $400 Visa gift card and a $40 Clipper card.
In an effort to encourage holiday shoppers to take BART, the transit agency is sponsoring a holiday shopping sweepstakes with 10 "Shop and Ride Prize Packs." Each pack contains a $400 Visa gift card and a $40 Clipper card.
A small grease fire caused the temporary closure for several hours of Denny's restaurant on San Pablo Avenue in El Cerrito Saturday night, a fire spokesman said. No one was injured and damage was minor, the spokesman said.
Final election results show that the two property tax measures for West Contra Costa County schools – Measures E and G – passed easily, though the margin of victory varied significantly by community.
Wreaths, banners, Christmas trees, Santa, a red sleigh full of poinsettias, and the Salvation Army – all can be seen in these photos from the environs of El Cerrito Plaza Saturday. Please feel welcome to add your holiday photos to this article's ga
In an effort to encourage holiday shoppers to take BART, the transit agency is sponsoring a holiday shopping sweepstakes with 10 "Shop and Ride Prize Packs." Each pack contains a $400 Visa gift card and a $40 Clipper card.
Wonder when and how the new Portola Middle School in El Cerrito will be built? West Contra Costa schools Superintendent Bruce Harter will discuss the construction timeline and plans at a community meeting this afternoon, Saturday.
The Alameda County Transportation Commission has called off the recount of votes in the Nov. 6 narrow defeat of Measure B1, a proposed one-cent sales tax boost for transportation. The move follows a partial recount this week.
In the largest of 20 grants nationwide to boost alternative fuel vehicles, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has received $1 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to help businesses and local governments transform their fleets.
