Bay Area air officials have extended the ban on wood-burning for the seventh day in a row with yet another "Spare the Air" alert because of unhealthy levels of pollution in the air.
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It's still chilly and we still can't have fires in the fireplace in the Bay Area because the low temperatures are trapping unhealthy levels of pollution in the air, according to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
After nearly two hours of public comment, largely from opponents, a major UC Berkeley-sponsored plan for a Sprouts Farmers Market and senior housing in Albany won key approvals from the city's planning commission Wednesday night.
A public hearing and possible key vote by the Albany planning commission are scheduled Wednesday on a major UC Berkeley commercial development proposal for a Sprouts Farmers Market and 175 units of senior housing next to University Village in Albany.
Bay Area air officials say air pollution remains at unhealthy levels during the current cold snap and have banned wood burning for the third day in a row.
A City of Albany work crew that went to the Albany Bulb Monday morning to remove two campsites was confronted by protestors opposed to the city's planned eviction of Bulb encampments.
It may be the one of the worst cold snaps in the Bay Area in years, but air quality officials are banning wood fires again on Monday, the second day in a row, because of unhealthy air pollution levels.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued this season's fifth Spare the Air Alert – for Sunday – meaning no fires in the fireplace or wood stoves.
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Albany police issued curfew violation warnings to Albany Bulb campers Wednesday night, and the city announced that three Bulb residents have found alternative housing thanks to city-sponsored assistance efforts.
Here are tips to keep your exposed water pipes from freezing – or to unfreeze them – when temperatures drop tonight and through the weekend, courtesy of the East Bay's water agency, the East Bay Municipal Utility District.
An electrical short is the reason emergency brakes suddenly activated and stranded a BART train in the Berkeley hills tunnel for more than an hour this morning. Nine passengers were taken to hospitals after breathing brake dust.
Nine BART passengers were sent to hospitals this morning following the brake-malfunction breakdown of an airport-bound train that stopped between the Orinda and Rockridge stations.
The two largest BART unions filed suit against the transit agency Tuesday over a disputed contract clause that the BART board has rejected. BART responded that the clause was a mistake that shouldn't have been in the contract.
It's the fourth alert this week, triggered by a large volume of particulates in the air caused by relatively cool, windless weather.
Those opposed to the impending eviction of Albany Bulb encampments are planning a "No Thanks Resistance Festival" for three days beginning on Thanksgiving. One person stayed at the Bulb's new temporary homeless shelter Tuesday night.
It's not a Spare the Air day, but officials request that people refrain from using fireplaces and wood stoves on Thanksgiving Day.
Here's a quick run-down of what public agencies and services in Albany are doing on Thanksgiving Day and the following day, aka Black Friday.
BART will run longer trains on Wednesday – the heavy travel day before Thanksgiving – and the Black Friday shopping day as well as on Sunday, when travelers return home. Thanksgiving Day will see a Sunday schedule.
The temporary homeless shelter opened by the City of Albany for the people whom the city plans to evict from the Albany Bulb has been empty for three nights – ever since it opened on Friday.
A Spare the Air alert means it's illegal to burn wood, firelogs, pellets or other solid fuels in your fireplace, woodstove or other wood-burning device.
The City of Albany's new temporary homeless shelter for those whom the city plans to evict from the Albany Bulb didn't seem to be attracting clients when Patch paid a visit during the dinner hour tonight, the facility's opening night.
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The City of Albany's temporary homeless shelter for the people soon to be evicted from the illegal encampments on the Albany Bulb will open Friday at 5:30 p.m., the city announced. No word on when enforcement of the no-camping law begins.
A key approval vote for a major UC Berkeley development proposal – for a Sprouts Farmers Market and senior housing complex next to University Village in Albany – was postponed Wednesday by the Albany planning commission.
The BART contract agreement that ended the recent strike could unravel because of a contract provision on paid family leave that BART management says was mistakenly included.
A major UC Berkeley commercial development proposal for a Sprouts Farmers Market and 175 units of senior housing next to University Village in Albany faces key votes by the planning commission Wednesday on the parcel map and design.
Two rock barricades intended to block vehicle access to the Albany Bulb were set up by protestors Monday night and removed by a backhoe under police supervision today, Tuesday, a protest representative said.
The Albany City Council has selected the city's Assistant City Manager, Penelope Leach, who serves also as director of the Recreation & Community Services Department, as the new City Manager.
A federal judge this afternoon refused to block the City of Albany's plan to evict the longstanding homeless encampments on the Albany Bulb. The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer came in response to a suit filed Nov. 13.
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The illegal Albany Bulb encampments pose unacceptable health and safety risks, the City of Albany said in court papers Friday in response to a federal lawsuit that seeks to block the impending eviction of Bulb residents.
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A lawsuit filed in federal court against the City of Albany on Wednesday by 10 Albany Bulb residents and the nonprofit Albany Housing Advocates asks the court to block the city's imminent eviction of the longstanding encampments on the Bulb.
A recent report from Washington lays out damage done by last month’s government shutdown.
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