Dave Colby has been with Patch since its early iterations, and has managed Patch sites in the Silicon Valley, the North Bay, the East Bay, San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties, and the Seattle area.
He now oversees sites specifically in Northern California.
Dave came to Patch after more than 30 years in the television news business, on the street as an award-winning photographer, then managing tv newsrooms in several states including Minnesota and California.
Rescue personnel reconfigured the sheriff's Henry-1 helicopter for a 100’ long-line rescue when a family is swept into the ocean on Friday.
Joseph Stamaria, a Milpitas resident, was arrested on suspicion of residential burglary, resisting arrest and being under the influence.
A 25-year-old eagle is back at the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo after flying away on Monday. A hawk disturbed her during a demonstration.
The man allegedly waited for ATM customers at the Napa Bank of America, then "shoulder-surfed" his way to grab $700 from a customer account.
Downtown San Jose fire Friday afternoon caused “considerable” damage to three Victorian-style homes.
Robert Roy Farmer, 24, entered the not guilty plea for alleged crimes against 10 cats last fall in San Jose's Cambrian Park neighborhood.
A 17-year-old at Buckingham High sent an email Thursday afternoon, saying he was "going to take his life and a bunch of people with him."
A middle-aged man beckoned a juvenile girl to get into his gold-colored car near 17th Avenue and Felt Street Thursday morning.
A gas leak was reported at 8:56 a.m. at the intersection of Paseo Del Rio and Quintas Lane. The gas line is now capped.
Madera area CHP officers were just a little surprised to find the one-horned mythical animal roaming the highway after a three hour chase.
Friday afternoon at 3:23 p.m., members of the Santa Cruz Police Department will gather at the Baker-Butler Memorial Garden to remember.
A blue Ford Explorer runs through a stop sign. Police chase the suspect, using a K9 and helicopter, but the man escapes near Snyder Ln.
A federal ruling on Wednesday allows winemakers in the Lafayette, Moraga and Orinda areas to more specifically designate their labels.
The professor emeritus paved the way for everything from complex chips to crash-proof computers, and trained 75 PhDs.
Lead exceeding the federal limit of 15 parts per billion was found in the water fountains in November at Healdsburg Elementary School.
The suspects took two bicycles, damaged a surveillance camera and forced a lock before escaping last Sunday.
In surveillance images of the Santa Cruz robbery, one of the suspects has a chrome revolver and is pointing it at an employee’s dog.
EBMUD released its latest list of water wasters in the East Bay areas it serves. Addresses in Lafayette, Orinda and Alamo are included.
After bothering some Girl Scouts, a man moves to a Palo Alto city parking lot, where he harasses a 17-year-old girl.
Police, and the school district, believe the assault on Monday was an isolated incident and there is no risk to students.
