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.
Six teams, including the Belmont Redwood Shores 11/12-Year-Old All-Stars, will compete in the 2013 West Tournament starting Friday. Winner goes to the Little League World Series.
Silicon Valley Beer Week is a celebration of all the vibrant brewing and culinary traditions that the region has to offer.
There will be nine neighborhood gatherings throughout Belmont on Aug. 6 for National Night Out.
A recent survey says 67 percent of parents in America plan to spend more than $100 per child on back-to-school shopping this year.
Crowds gathered at Jamba Juice Wednesday morning as the Belmont Redwood Shores Little League All Stars headed out for the Western Regional Championship Tournament
Mitchell James Borden had three pending arrest warrants when Belmont police nabbed him in May for allegedly stealing tools.
The team will be departing for the Western Regional Championship in SoCal on Wednesday morning from Jamba Juice in Redwood Shores. Come out and cheer on the team!
Bill Metropulos shared his amazing collection of historic Belmont artifacts with the Belmont Historical Society on Sunday.
San Carlos Library meeting rooms are available to the community for San Carlos-based civic, educational and/or non-profit community groups or organizations.
“My walking is of two kinds: one straight on end to a definite goal at a round pace; one, objectless, loitering, and purely vagabond.” Charles Dickens, Shy Neighborhoods
A 10-15-foot trench will be dug down the center of Alameda de las Pulgas between Sharon and Arbor avenues next Monday.
Pitcher Sean Lee strikes out 16 in the one-hit championship game against Santa Cruz.
Each week Patch will bring you San Carlos's highest priced home sale. This week it was this home on Belle Avenue, which sold for $2.2 million.
There are four excursions coming up in August for San Carlos youth and teens ages 10-17.
Quiery Sexton has taught in the BRSSD for 39 years, including this past year as the district's first transitional kindergarten teacher at Nesbit.
