San Pablo News

Occupy the Farm supporters returned to the UC Berkeley-owned Gill Tract on Saturday morning to re-occupy the urban farmland where activists want to grow food for surrounding communities.

It's no secret that the Bay Area is heaven for cyclists. But you don't have to be an expert - or spend hundreds of dollars on gear - to enjoy a leisurely, scenic ride.

Protesters with "Occupy the Farm" plan to return to the Gill Tract in Albany again on Saturday, even after UC Berkeley Police evicted the group early Monday.

A proposal to extend BART north to Hercules is challenging this city to re-examine how it wants to evolve from an automobile-dependent suburb into its New Urbanist, pedestrian- and transit-friendly vision.

A racetrack landowner challenged a regional park district's plan to condemn part of the property for construction of a bayside trail, asserting that the park district was required under eminent domain law and the California Environmental Quality Act to complete environmental review first.

The following information was obtained from the Albany Police Department 's daily incident log and its arrest reports.

The crop-planting occupation of a University of California tract in Albany by Occupy the Farm activists continued without interference into its second day Sunday afternoon.

A tract of farmland owned by the University of California, Berkeley in Albany is once again being taken over by a group of "Occupy the Farm" activists Saturday, police and members of the group say.

The latest plans for a grocery store and senior housing on land owned by the University of California will need some tweaks to satisfy the city's zoning guidelines, the Planning and Zoning Commission told developers May 8. The plans were considered for well over three hours, with the public comment portion taking one hour and 40 minutes.

The following information was obtained from the Albany Police Department 's daily incident log and its arrest reports.

At 6:50 a.m., a woman heard footsteps behind her in the 1700 block of Alcatraz Avenue.

Activist group Occupy the Farm has announced plans to hold a demonstration on Saturday on the land known as the Gill Tract to protest the University of California's development plans on nearby property.

The U.S. attorney for the northern district of California defended her lawsuits against landlords of medical marijuana outlets one day after this city's largest provider revealed its landlord is being targeted in a drug asset forfeiture suit.

Here is the text of a letter by Richmond Planning and Building Services Director Richard Mitchell, who also sits on the Hercules Planning Commission, to Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia, advocating a northward extension of BART from downtown Richmond instead of El Cerrito Del Norte BART Director Zakhary Mallett is proposing to commission a ... (more)

"Ocupy the Farm" activists plan a "short-form occupation" of the Gill Tract on Saturday, May 11, according to their website .

The following information was obtained from the Albany Police Department 's daily incident log and its arrest reports.

Mineral County District Attorney Sean Rowe told KRNV-TV http://tinyurl.com/c5ytwlr) that a resident in Hawthorne found the two inmates in a shed and called authorities Thursday night.

An injury accident involving a motorcycle on Interstate Highway 80 eastbound near Carlson Boulevard was reported at 6:23 p.m. today, Thursday, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Mark Canepa is a homegrown artist and the San Pablo Avenue gallery space where he displays his work represents what many artistically oriented residents would like to see more of in the city.

The Party Warehouse on San Pablo has been vacant since January 2011. What would you like to see here? The owner actually requested that I hold off on writing about this space a couple of months ago since they were in negotiations with a national chain for this spot.