Much of my journalism background is in sports. I started in high school, working for the Vallejo Times-Herald and BeniciaNews.com. I went on to major in journalism at Cal State Long Beach and was a freelance reporter for Torrance Daily Breeze. My senior year, I was the sports editor of the university newspaper, the Daily Forty-Niner.
After school, I worked as a sports reporter for the Daily Republic in Fairfield, CA. I started my own soccer Web site in 2009, IntelligentSoccer.com. I started freelancing for Patch in March 2010, covering news and sports for a variety of Patch sites and wrote columns for Benicia Patch.
Starting in November 2011, I was hired by Patch to be its local editor in Clayton. Then, a year later, I switched cities and I'm now the local editor in San Ramon.
Other than journalism, news and sports, I'm also an avid movie watcher and have no trouble digesting television (oh, how I miss "The Wire"). I also love traveling (this is starting to sound like Match.com profile).
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Politics
I'm a registered Democrat, but, as a journalist, I carefully go through individual issues to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the arguments.
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Rupf served as Sheriff from 1992 through January 2011.
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Maggie and Jessica Steffens will be bring gold medals back to Danville, after the U.S. beat Spain 8-5 in the gold medal match on Thursday.
Maggie and Jessica Steffens will bring gold medals back to Danville, after the U.S. beat Spain 8-5 in the gold medal match on Thursday.
The San Ramon Valley Unified School District is asking voters to approve a $260 million bond, not including interest, that will be used to upgrade facilities.
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Maggie Steffens led all U.S. women's water polo players with four goals in the Americans 11-9 victory over Australia on Tuesday.
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A Twitter squabble over someone's girlfriend led to about half dozen teenagers fighting in the streets of Alamo Saturday night, according to police.
A Twitter squabble over someone's girlfriend led to a half-dozen teenagers fighting in the streets of Alamo Saturday night, according to police.
Maggie Steffens scored once to help the United States beat Italy 9-6 on Sunday to advance to Olympic Games women's water polo semifinals.
