I started with Patch as the copy editor for 11 Patch sites: Alameda, Albany, Castro Valley, El Cerrito, Hercules, Newark, Piedmont, Pinole, San Leandro, San Lorenzo and Union City. Currently I am the local editor at Piedmont Patch and Alameda Patch. Questions? dixie.jordan@patch.com.
Before coming to Patch, I was the editor and publisher of Parents Press, a magazine for Bay Area parents, for more years than I like to remember. Before that, I was news editor at the Contra Costa Times and a reporter at various Northern California newspapers.
I am a fifth generation Californian who has lived in the East Bay most of my life and a graduate of UC Berkeley. For fun, I volunteer on archaeology digs, mostly in Ireland and the Southwest.
My brilliant and beautiful daughter, Jenny, a school psychologist, just married the charming Chris Davidson and they are living in Austin, Texas — too far way!
BART's two largest unions voted on a new contract Friday. One of them, SEIU Local 1021 announced results yesterday. The other, ATU Local 1555, is expected to release its voting results today.
The shooting occurred shortly after midnight.
Officials said the Alameda Alliance for Health did not meet an Oct. 31 deadline for clearing up a licensing issue.
BART's two largest unions ratified a new contract Friday promising a 15 percent raise, better safety conditions.
BART's two largest unions ratified a new contract Friday promising a 15 percent raise, better safety conditions.
Sometimes Halloween brings some nasty treats hurled at your car or home.
Although the theater is earthquake-safe, it badly needs modernization, school officials said.
Off the Grid brings a caravan of food trucks to South Shore Center every Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Here’s what’s playing in theaters around town this weekend.
Here’s what’s playing in theaters around town this weekend, plus showtimes.
Friends of Crown Beach and the Bay Chapter of the Sierra Club want to see the land used for park expansion, not new homes.
Children and their parents are invited to collect treats from participating merchants between 4 and 6 p.m. Live music, face painting, mask making and a costume contest, too!
The musical opens this weekend in Berkeley.
