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.
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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.
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.
Berkeley softball field named in honor of Jane Hammond
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 field the “Jane Hammond Field.”
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.
53 trees come down on UC Berkeley land as grocery store, senior living project kicks off
UC Berkeley has begun the process of removing dozens of trees from its University Village property in Albany as work begins on a vacant lot slated for development that has been the site of numerous protests in recent years.
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.
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.
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.
Occupy the Farm: ‘We’ll keep coming back’
Despite arrests Monday and the destruction by UC Berkeley of seedlings they had planted in rows over the weekend, Occupy the Farm activists returned to Albany.
Contest: Name that nosh [02.18.13]
Think you know food in the East Bay? Prove it by naming the restaurant and dish in the comments section.
