I grew up in the rural green belt of London, England where I fell in love with literature and literary history. During my undergraduate degree at the University of Kent in Canterbury, and namely an exchange year abroad at UCLA, that love for literature transitioned into a passion for journalism and California sunshine. I moved to Los Angeles in 2007 to pursue an MA degree in journalism at USC and continue a freelance career in multimedia storytelling. And I have never looked back.
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My experience includes local, national and international reporting for news outlets such as the LA Weekly, Southern California Public Radio and the New Zealand Herald Tribune. My fascination with hyper-local journalism spawned a thesis about the future of the industry (titled, Can Grassroots Journalism Help Underserved Communities?) and, in 2008, led me to help found a hyper-local website covering South Los Angeles. I was managing editor until early 2011, when Patch became my next adventure.
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Now I live in Concord with my husband, reading, writing, exploring the Bay Area and continuing to drink my tea with milk.
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Beliefs:
1. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. - Plato.
2. Never discuss religion or politics at the dinner table.
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Politics: I am a registered Democrat with an open mind to all opinions and factual arguments. I believe that the mind should be a thoroughfare for all thoughts and not a select party.
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Religion: Non-denominational Christian, with an almost pantheistic love for the outdoors and a strong appreciation for being still (Psalm 46:10.)
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Local Hot-Button Issues: Social justice issues that affect quality of life or access to opportunities, including education, immigration, health care and social welfare.
Following dazzling results from the pilot year of extended day kindergarten, the Martinez School Board agreed to continue the program and seek means of expansion.
If you enjoy British pomp in full splendor and want to share the merriment over Friday's royal wedding, here are places to raise a pint in the East Bay.
Protesters from Friends of Moraga Canyon demonstrated at Crocker Park Friday while city officials staged an Earth Day/Arbor Day tree planting.
England takes the spotlight with a very Royal Wedding next week, but the celebrations start Saturday with St. George’s Day. Jump across the pond without leaving the East Bay.
A man unaffiliated with pro-Moraga Canyon protest group at Crocker Park shouts epithets to city officials, schoolchildren gathered for an Earth Day/Arbor Day ceremony.
The new exhibit at the Martinez Art Gallery opens this week, with an investigation into the greatest mystery of all.
England takes the spotlight with a very Royal Wedding next week, but the celebrations start Saturday with St. George’s Day. Jump across the pond without leaving the East Bay.
England takes the spotlight with a very Royal Wedding next week, but the celebrations start Saturday with St. George’s Day and continue in Walnut Creek through the following week. Jump across the pond without leaving the East Bay.
England takes the spotlight with a very Royal Wedding next week, but the celebrations start Saturday with St. George’s Day. Jump across the pond without leaving the East Bay.
Patch wants to hear from families who came forward in the out-of-district student amnesty in Albany, are currently on the waiting list to get into Albany schools, have experienced the transfer process or are attending without permission.
Patch wants to hear from families who came forward in the out-of-district student amnesty at AUSD, are currently on the waiting list to get into Albany schools, have experienced the transfer process or are attending illegally.
England takes the spotlight with a very Royal Wedding next week, but the celebrations start Saturday with St. George’s Day. Jump across the pond without leaving the East Bay.
Rule, Brittania, and raise a glass in the East Bay.
England takes the spotlight with a very Royal Wedding next week, but the celebrations start Saturday with St. George’s Day. Jump across the pond without leaving the East Bay.
England takes the spotlight with a very Royal Wedding next week, but the celebrations start Saturday with St. George’s Day. Jump across the pond without leaving the East Bay.
England takes the spotlight with a very Royal Wedding next week, but the celebrations start Saturday with St. George’s Day. Jump across the pond without leaving the East Bay.
England takes the spotlight with a very Royal Wedding next week, but the celebrations start Saturday with St. George’s Day. Jump across the pond without leaving the East Bay.
The City of Piedmont will celebrate Arbor Day with tree planting at Crocker Park on Friday at 12:30 p.m.
Serious accidents here also involved a higher percentage of fatalities and pedestrian involvement, but a lower rate of alcohol impairment.
See the PDFs below for more detailed data about collisions in Albany. The incidents in the story below all refer to serious injury or fatality collisions from 2000 to 2008.
