Complex sentence: She began her literary career in 1987 as a copy editor for "San Diego" magazine, that same year she went on to publish regular freelance pieces for the financial section of the San Diego Tribune (now the "San Diego Union Tribune").
Split into simpler sentences: She began her literary career in 1987 as a copy editor for "San Diego" magazine. That same year she went on to publish regular freelance pieces for the financial section of the "San Diego Tribune" (now the "San Diego Union Tribune").