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  • Berkeley, CA

Email: (See my email address at the bottom of the Albany Patch or Berkeley Patch homepage.)

Phone: 510-435-4127

Now in my fourth year with Patch.com, I'm the editor of and Albany Patch and Berkeley Patch.

I worked many years as a staff writer and editor at the San Francisco Chronicle until April of 2009, when I switched to freelancing. I then wrote for the Los Angeles Times and other publications, and I also took on editing assignments for UC Berkeley and the United Nations.

Being an East Bay reporter for Patch brings my career full circle in the East Bay. My first bylines appeared in the East Bay Review of the Performing Arts. I next worked as a reporter and editor at the Daily Californian while studying at UC Berkeley, where I obtained a master's in journalism. I was a reporter at the Contra Costa Independent, Berkeley Gazette and San Francisco Examiner before moving to the Chronicle, where I worked several years in the Berkeley bureau and in the main East Bay bureau in Oakland.

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Alameda, CA|News|

Drought: 17 Communities Could Run Out of Water in 2-4 Months

A state official said Tuesday that 17 communities across the state, including some in the Bay Area, could run dry in 2-4 months, according to the Contra Costa Times. The warning comes as Bay Area water agencies consider water-use restrictions.

Drought: 17 Communities Could Run Out of Water in 2-4 Months
Albany, CA|News|

Drought: 17 Communities Could Run Out of Water in 2-4 Months

A state official said Tuesday that 17 communities across the state, including some in the Bay Area, could run dry in 2-4 months, according to the Contra Costa Times. The warning comes as Bay Area water agencies consider water-use restrictions.

Drought: 17 Communities Could Run Out of Water in 2-4 Months
Berkeley|News|

Drought: 17 Communities Could Run Out of Water in 2-4 Months

A state official said Tuesday that 17 communities across the state, including some in the Bay Area, could run dry in 2-4 months, according to the Contra Costa Times. The warning comes as Bay Area water agencies consider water-use restrictions.

Drought: 17 Communities Could Run Out of Water in 2-4 Months
Berkeley|News|

Assault, Robbery Near UC Berkeley

An 18-year-old male sustained minor injuries when he was struck and robbed near UC Berkeley dorms early Sunday morning.

Berkeley|News|

UC Student Sexually Assaulted at University Village

UC Berkeley police said a 40-year-old man allegedly invited a Cal student to a bar and then sexually assaulted her in an apartment at University Village in Albany this past weekend.

UC Student Sexually Assaulted at University Village