Karla joined Patch in mid-2010 as a Boston-area regional editor, making the leap into hyperlocal news after years of focus on the national and international news fronts at The Christian Science Monitor, CNN and CNN International -- doing online news since 1998. She has lived in a neighborhood she loves, Jamaica Plain, for more than 20 years, with a stint in lovely Atlanta sandwiched in the middle. Beyond the news, she is, among other things, a (fair-weather) biker, a rabid Celtic music fan and an unabashed church nerd.
Our weekly compilation of some of the more, ahem, unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly compilation of some of the more, ahem, unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly compilation of some of the more, ahem, unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly compilation of some of the more, ahem, unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly compilation of some of the more, ahem, unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Convicted Wellesley doctor Dirk Greineder's case is back for review after a recent Supreme Court ruling on DNA testimony.
Our weekly compilation of some of the more, ahem, unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
First, New York. Now, Cambridge and possibly Brookline are mulling the idea of legally restricting the size of some sodas as a way to fight the obesity problem. What do you think?
Life sentences with no possibility for parole were found unconstitutional by the U.S. high court.
A weekly compilation of some of the more, ahem, unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Jerry Sandusky will probably spend the rest of his life in prison. Do you agree with the verdict? Vote in our poll.
A weekly compilation of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
A weekly compilation of some of the more, ahem, unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
A weekly compilation of some of the more, ahem, unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
A weekly compilation of some of the more, ahem, unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
A weekly compilation of some of the more, ahem, unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
'Pizza for People' is what The Flatbread Company is calling their Tuesday fundraiser.
A weekly compilation of some of the more, ahem, unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
A weekly compilation of some of the more, ahem, unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
A weekly compilation of some of the more, ahem, unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.