A threat, made to a St. Mary’s student by a teenager at another school, is being investigated by Albany police.
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Posted inOpinion
Opinion: Albany mayor is wrong in saying the city dealt properly with its homeless
While Mayor McQuaid says Albany housed many of those evicted from the Bulb, the encampment on Gilman and elsewhere shows that is untrue.
Posted inOpinion
Opinion: Albany is actually a ‘positive model’ for helping the homeless
The mayor of Albany has written an open letter to Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín after some recent public remarks he made about homelessness.
Posted inCity
Albany to become Berkeley’s 9th council district
Berkeley’s new council district map once Albany is incorporated Berkeley’s new council district map once Albany is incorporated By Paul Kamen Update, April 2: This was indeed an April Fools’ Day story. We hope you enjoyed! Original post, April 1: In an early morning press conference hosted jointly by the Berkeley and Albany city councils, it was […]
Posted inNosh
UC Gill Tract Farm blooms amidst controversy
Volunteers at the UC Berkeley Gill Tract Community farm in Albany have harvested 17,000 pounds of produce in the last year alone.
Posted inCommunity
Berkeley softball field named in honor of Jane Hammond
ABGSL community members in front of Berkeley City Hall on Tuesday June 23, 2015, after the vote to name the Jane Hammond softball field went through. Photo: ABGSL A once-nameless field in Berkeley will now honor one woman’s achievement in a local softball league, with the approval last week by the City Council to name the Codornices Park […]
Posted inNosh
University Village, Sprouts get (final) green light
The new development at UC Berkeley’s University Village has been given final legal approval, after an appeal by Occupy the Farm was rejected last week.
Posted inHousing & Development, Schools
53 trees come down on UC Berkeley land as grocery store, senior living project kicks off
Activists said they planned to meet in Albany on Thursday night to discuss next steps, after UC Berkeley cut down trees at University Village to prepare for a development project. Photo: Ed Fields UC Berkeley has begun the process of removing dozens of trees from its University Village property in Albany as work begins on a […]
Posted inNosh
Cherished Zaki restaurant is at a crossroads
The Ayyad family, owners of the much-loved Zaki Kabob House, are looking to the community in the hope they can hang on to their Albany building.
Posted inNosh
Judge denies lawsuit to halt grocery plans
Earlier this week, a Superior Court judge in Oakland rejected a lawsuit related to a proposed mixed-use development project in Albany.
Posted inNosh
Cal plows again, after weekend occupation
For the third time in less than a week, Cal staff plowed up crops planted in Albany by a group of activists working to turn a lot slated for development into a farm.
Posted inNosh
Lawsuit to stop grocery store tentatively denied
A Superior Court judge in Oakland has tentatively denied a lawsuit to block a mixed-use project including a grocery store in Albany, but his final decision remains pending.
