Joan has written for several local news organizations, including the Belmont City News and the Palo Alto Daily News, where she was advertorial editor and columnist for nine years. She is active in a variety of community service organizations: Peninsula Humane Society, Companions for the Soul, and Samaritan House. Joan is married to Eric, a wireless product specialist for Cisco; they have two sons in college, a loyal Labrador retriever and two curious cats.
Born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1959, I was raised in Columbus, OH, and attended Ohio University in Athens, where I received a bachelor's degree in journalism. I've been living in the Bay Area for 20 years and am an avid runner, tennis player and SF Giants freak.
It was an epic showdown between the crazy Cardinal and the amped-up Aggies in the Meadow of Twin Pines Park on Sunday. Who do you think won the 2013 Battle of the Bands?
The Columbus Day bocce ball tournament in Red Morton Park is the official kick-off to the Peninsula Italian American Social Club's week of festivities.
The Save the Music Festival is an annual fundraiser organized by School-Force, to raise funds for the Belmont-Redwood Shores School District.
Session 2 of Chocolate Fest 2013 is Saturday afternoon from 1:30 to 4 p.m., Session 3, from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5.
This year's theme is “A Healthy Me Is Drug Free!”
The city wants the gas line, which runs the length of San Carlos under Brittan Avenue, shut down for safety reasons.
The annual relay of fire apparatus makes its way up the Peninsula to raise funds and awareness for the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation.
Just as the musical acts get bigger and better each year, so do the offerings from Save the Music food vendors.
The fire more than doubled in size-- from 200 to 500 acres-- within an hour.
The fire more than doubled in size-- from 200 to 500 acres-- within an hour.
The fire more than doubled in size-- from 200 to 500 acres-- within an hour.
The crash occurred at about 8:00 a.m. Friday in North Fair Oaks.
Each week Patch will bring you Redwood City’s highest priced home sale. This week it was this Mediterranean-style estate in Emerald Hills.
The fire more than doubled in size-- from 200 to 500 acres-- within an hour.
The fire more than doubled in size-- from 200 to 500 acres-- within an hour.
Jimmy Cappels, a math teacher in San Mateo, basketball coach at Carlmont and Redwood Shores resident will moderate the forum.
The fire more than doubled in size-- from 200 to 500 acres-- within an hour.
From chocolate and music to book sales and bocce ball there's enough going on in and around Belmont this weekend to make you consider calling in sick on Monday.
