I've been a writer as long as I can remember -- in my secret hiding places as a kid growing up in Woodstock, Vt. Professionally, I've worked for decades as a reporter and editor for a number of California publications, including the North County Times (which was folded into the Union-Tribune group in San Diego County), Del Norte Triplicate and Times Standard on the Redwood Coast, Tahoe Daily Tribune and most recently with the online community news site Lake Tahoe News on the South Shore.
I've written in many beats, with some travel involved. My travels have taken me to cover U.S. sprinter Michael Johnson delivering the Olympic torch to Stonehenge at sunrise on its way to London for the 2010 Summer Games. Eight years before, my press coverage granted me my own running leg of the Olympic torch in South Lake Tahoe on its way to the Winter Games in Salt Lake City.
San Mateo County Sheriff's deputies were investigating vehicle burglaries near where one was in program on Sand Hill Road Wednesday: SMC.
Samuel Price, who was selected on the Palo Alto's Cal Ave garage project, has found a unique art form by transforming paper into a piece.
Share your photos with Patch, and your work could be featured. Take Janet O'Brien's majestic shot of a deer off Sierra Road.
A large collective of eco-conscious activist groups descend on San Jose City Hall for the Silicon Valley Youth Climate Strike.
The specialty craft coffee roasting company based in Santa Cruz opened in June with plans to expand offerings in the Silicon Valley.
People stay home. This slumber party is staged in Redwood City is set exclusively for stuffed animals to assert their own independence.
Emergency personnel arrived to the Jefferson Drive scene where the man made a possible attempt to take his own life, police said.
The Oct. 14 date has been set for the 24k SF Bay Area Kaiser union members to hit the picket lines, even as talks resume next week.
PG&E stopped the leak on Saratoga Sunnyvale Road near Spring Blossom Court when a construction crew struck it while digging.
The District Attorney is calling on artistic Santa Clara County high school students to compete to best illustrate the mantra by Nov. 8.
The Los Gatos-Saratoga high school students will compete in the finals scheduled for next spring.
GS Warriors superstar guard Steph Curry expressed concern about the commute from the East Bay since the team moved from Oakland to SF.
With the Cardinal taking on the Oregon Ducks at 4 p.m., the transit agency will expand pre- and post-game service.
A new facility to replace the Hillview Community Center, 196 multi-family housing units on El Camino Real are 2 investments in the city.
The LEED-certified complex on Discovery Way represents the social media giants fourth Bay Area campus and second location in Sunnyvale.
Based in San Carlos, the former 10-year Apple executive and CASA volunteer plans to connect foster youth with Silicon Valley role models.
The outlet stores have just the answer for fall fashion trends at prices that will give you more reasons to fall in love with this town.
The officer lost control of the vehicle on a wet El Camino Real and hit the man before crashing into the center divider near James Ave.
The man sustained life-threatening injuries when his car hit a tree, forcing rescue crews to send him to a trauma center via helicopter.
The academy that shows the inner workings of the police department starts up Sept. 30 and runs through Oct. 23.
