• Dixie Jordan, Patch Staff Verified Patch Staff Badge

  • Piedmont, CA

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!

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Shims Wedged into New Bay Bridge as Temporary Crutch

The new eastern span of the Bay Bridge was shimmed up this past weekend with temporary steel plates so that it can be ready for its scheduled Sept. 3 debut, bridge authorities said Monday.

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Rescued Puppy Finds Home in Berkeley – With Rescuers

No owner has stepped forward, so the large black puppy found swimming in the middle of San Francisco Bay a week ago and brought home by a Berkeley man in his inflatable commute boat seems to have found a new home – with the man's family.

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Pleas for Help Heard in 911 Calls During Limo Fire

Earlier today (Monday) authorities announced that the fire was caused by a mechanical problem and that no criminal charges would be filed in connection with the fire.

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Pleas for Help Heard in 911 Calls During Limo Fire
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Joseph Naso Trial Delayed Again Because of Writing on Truck

Joseph Naso, who lived with his family in Piedmont in the 1970s and whose sons attended Piedmont schools, was scheduled to continue his closing argument in his murder trial today (Monday). He could face the death penalty if convicted.

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