Albany News

Officers arrested a 46-year-old Oakland man for disorderly conduct when he was found intoxicated and sleeping on the lawn of an apartment on the 1100 block of Washington Avenue.

Nevada's economy has declined more than that of any other state since January 2007 and could get even worse as the national economic downturn worsens, a report indicates.

Two years after a contentious city council race, many Albany residents were hoping this year's election would be more low-key. No such luck.

Along with a wide variety of items, there will be coffee and doughnuts for $1 and a special Filipino lunch for $5 starting at 11 a.m. - Chris Treadway San Pablo Cultural & Heritage Day returns: A full lineup of ...

Thieves broke into a silver 2001 Toyota Corolla parked near Thousand Oaks and Pomona Avenue by smashing the rear window and stole items out of a white 2004 Ford F-250 parked on the 700 block of Evelyn Avenue.

The crisis on Wall Street is having a direct impact on retirement plans and 401ks.

Sunday, Sept. 14 was a bittersweet day on Solano Avenue. It was sweet because the annual Solano Stroll was as great as ever.

The International Coastal Cleanup on Saturday is a chance to join volunteers at area shoreline sites as part of the largest volunteer event of its kind in the world.

Ellen Toomey is running this November for the City Council of the small East Bay community of Albany , which is surrounded by Berkeley to the south and east, and El Cerrito and Richmond to the north.

At about 7 p.m. a resident on the 800 block of Ramona Avenue reported seeing a youth doing graffiti on garbage cans in the neighborhood.

Albany Police are searching for a suspect who robbed a woman at gunpoint at her Albany home last week.

A short little grass known as purple false brome, may speed discoveries about switchgrass, its famous cousin and energy-crop hopeful.

Thousands of people stroll down Solano Avenue during the Solano Stroll in Berkeley Calif., Sunday September 14, 2008.

There has never been an RSVP needed to attend the Solano Stroll, but organizers expect about 300,000 people - a number greater than the combined population of surrounding cities Berkeley, Albany, El Cerrito, ...

Three of the four former tree sitters who came down from their redwood tree perch at UC Berkeley on Tuesday and were immediately hauled off to jail will stay there until their supporters can post bail.

Albany is in for a weekend of fun later this month, with the Centennial Celebration fast approaching on Sept.

One of the major steps to the creation of a national park in Richmond came a decade ago, when the World War II ship Red Oak Victory was brought back to its birthplace at the former Kaiser shipyards.

There are currently seven Iranians holding elective office in North America-five in California and one each in Ontario and Texas .

A woman reported that her son's yellow mountain bike had been stolen while parked at Marin School on the 1000 block of Santa Fe during the day.

DON'T LOOK NOW, but El Cerrito has a stroll of its own - a definite scene with art, entertainment and food that has grown rapidly and has new venues eager to participate.