Albany News

The Heritage Tours and Setness Tours companies are planning the following trips: Heritage Tours: Mystery Trip on Wednesday; Albany Golden Gate Fields; Jackson: Main Street Theater: "A Tuna Christmas"; Sonora: Sierra Repertory Theater; and Columbia Fallon House Theater: Christmas My Way.

Monday was a good day for garbage. Representatives from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office, the California Air Resources Board and other state and local officials converged at the Altamont Landfill for thegrand opening of the world's largest plant that converts landfill gas to liquefied natural gas.

NUMBERED YEARS used to be the time that East Bay residents selected many of their representatives for school boards, city councils and other local offices.

Kendra Luck is a former photo journalist who left that profession eight years ago with the idea that "I want to do what makes me happy every day, and that's black-and-white photography and dogs." The Albany resident and former San Francisco Chronicle photographer is now self-employed and has two enterprises that allow her to indulge those passions.

At about 8:30 a.m. officers responded to a gas station on the corner of San Pablo and Marin avenues on reports that a person described as a black male adult, about 40 years old, thin build, wearing a black jacket and jeans had just stolen a wallet from a vehicle while the victim was pumping gas.

Tehama County CattleWoman member Beth Chaney is an active participant in the Wine & Roses luncheon &and fashion show at Rolling Hills Casino on Nov.

Halloween activities for toddlers through adults and even canines are being offered in West County.

Officers and maintenance crews responded to several reports of tree limbs down, clogged storm drains and flooding in various parts of Albany due to the heavy rain and winds.

The renovated Richmond Memorial Auditorium is showing its versatility. The facility celebrated the presidential inauguration in January, hosted dances for students and seniors, high school graduations and, earlier this month, a combination belly dancing and comic book convention.

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Project of the Month: Congratulations! You did it! September 2009 You did it! Thanks to everyone who participated in our September 2009 Project of the Month: Paint in a Surprising Place .

You probably knew Sam Hinton's voice without knowing his name. Our grade-school teachers played his records.

Shortly before midnight, officers responded to Kains Avenue on reports of loud yelling from a possible party at a residence that has had previous complaints regarding loud domestic disputes.

Berkeley will add 420 parking meters to city streets and increase its rate from $1.25 an hour to $1.50, following a unanimous City Council vote Tuesday night.

With neighboring Albany and San Pablo raising concerns that they did not have enough time to comment on the draft environmental report for the proposed Point Molate hotel-casino resort, Richmond is extending the public comment period by a month.

The shoreline that runs along Berkeley and two of its neighboring cities is among 10 Bay Area sites that are littered with a high volume of discarded plastic bags, a recent report found.

You are here: News & Events / Read the magazine story to find out more. ARS food technologist Artur Klamczynski and ARS plant physiologist Greg Glenn have developed a way to use corn, potato, or wheat starches as an eco-friendly alternative to petroleum for making rigid foam inserts for shipping cartons.

Kensington, California isn't hard to miss. Merely 1.1-square-miles in area, it's nestled between Albany, Berkeley, El Cerrito and Tilden Park.

Bay Area environmental organization Save the Bay Tuesday released its annual list of 10 spots along the San Francisco Bay shoreline where the highest number of plastic bags have been found.

The office of Supervisor John Gioia annually sponsors a volunteer event at Shimada Friendship Park at Marina Bay in Richmond as part of the California Coastal Cleanup Day and treats those who come to lend a hand for the shoreline to a barbecue lunch.