I've been a reporter and editor since 1991, mostly in the Bay Area, where I've written news and feature stories about numerous issues and towns.
Before I came to Patch I was features editor for the Oakland Tribune and online breaking news editor for InsideBayArea.com, where I launched an experimental website about local bands called bandsofthebay.com. I've also worked as a reporter, copy editor and page designer for daily papers in Oregon and Nebraska.
I'm a native of Omaha, Neb., where I come from a long line of newspaper men and women. I have a bachelor's degree in journalism from San Francisco State University, where my claim to fame is writing the lead story in the college paper about the Loma Prieta earthquake, which I incidentally sat through while conducting an interview in our student newsroom.
I live in Pleasanton with my two great kids and lots o' animals. My idea of happiness is to be climbing hills in remote East Bay Regional Park spaces.
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Man stabbed the dog after it attacked his dog during a walk Thursday night.
The two men, both 20, died in a collision on Marsh Creek Road Friday night.
Come downtown for an evening of free music.
Collision was on Marsh Creek Road near Russelmann Park Road.
Pleasanton kicked off the downtown Friday night summer concert series with a packed house on the lawn of Lions Wayside Park.
Kibrom Bairu's Twitter account talked of guns and money.
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Nursing student from San Mateo went missing for months until her body was found near Pleasanton. Her former friend, a Union City resident, was charged in her murder.
Did you get any cool photos in the eerie light of the solar eclipse Sunday night? Share them by clicking the green button.
Did you get any cool photos in the eerie light of the solar eclipse Sunday night? Share them by clicking the green button.
Did you get any cool photos in the eerie light of the solar eclipse Sunday night? Share them by clicking the green button.
As usual, visitors from abroad proved fastest at the annual San Francisco road race, but congrats to all the other finishers from around the Bay Area.
Did you get any cool photos in the eerie light of the solar eclipse Sunday night? Share them by clicking the green button.
Did you get any cool photos in the eerie light of the solar eclipse Sunday night? Share them by clicking the green button.
Did you get any cool photos in the eerie light of the solar eclipse Sunday night? Share them by clicking the green button.
As usual, visitors from abroad proved fastest at the annual San Francisco road race, but congrats to all the other finishers from around the Bay Area.
As usual, visitors from abroad proved fastest at the annual San Francisco road race, but congrats to all the other finishers from around the Bay Area.
As usual, visitors from abroad proved fastest at the annual San Francisco road race, but congrats to all the other finishers from around the Bay Area.