You may have an income tax refund waiting for you. In Alameda County, the state has $440,000 in refunds seeking their owners.
The city’s Parks and Recreation Department has offered to run the classes.
In an effort to encourage holiday shoppers to take BART, the transit agency is sponsoring a holiday shopping sweepstakes with 10 "Shop and Ride Prize Packs." Each pack contains a $400 Visa gift card and a $40 Clipper card.
Here you'll find a rundown of the latest Complete Streets meeting, held Saturday, Dec. 9. A presentation of plan concepts will be held Wednesday Dec 12 from 7 – 8:30pm.
The next step is a community walk and design workshop on Saturday Dec 8, 9am – 2pm. It will be followed by a presentation of plan concepts Wednesday Dec 12 from 7 – 8:30pm.
The Board of Supervisors announced the apppointments of the new department heads this week.
Memorial Park dog issues, and a plan to resolve them, will be on Monday’s City Council meeting agenda.
With BART retrofitting done, crews should soon be opening the greenway south of Solano and starting work north of Solano.
Tips on how to prepare for the ban.
The repeal will allow the city to avoid calling a special election to put the agreement to a vote.
Schools and many government offices will be closed both on Thursday, Thanksgiving, and on Friday. BART will run a Sunday schedule on Thursday and extra long trains on the following day for Black Friday shoppers.
Randy Leptien will retire after more than 23 years of working for the city of Albany.
Streets in more than half of the Bay Area's cities and counties received ratings below "good" in the latest roads report card from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Road quality didn't seem to correspond to community afflue
The university has removed winter greens planted by Occupy the Farm.
The federal holiday is Monday, Nov. 12.
A batch of Fresh Express bagged spinach – sold by major supermarket chains and retailers with outlets in and near Albany – has been voluntarily recalled because of salmonella contamination fears.
Seven candidates ran for three spots on the Albany City Council.
Some Albany polling spots drew crowds, while others seemed to stay quiet on Election Day. What did you see at the polls?
California polls close at 8 p.m., but some precincts in swing states elsewhere close earlier.
Don't forget to vote! Find your poll location and ballot summary in Albany.
Albany resident Peggy McQuaid writes in support of Measure F.
A Nick Pilch flyer hit some Albany homes Saturday. What do you think of it?
A "BAT" door hanger for "Barnes, Abbott, Thomsen" hit some Albany homes Saturday. What do you think of it?
Will the new City Council be able to resolve Albany's cell-phone impasse? Resident David Sanger writes in.
The Albany City Council members answer city issues questions. Click "Keep me posted" below for an alert when we publish items about the election.
Albany City Council candidates talked about key local issues during an Albany High forum last week.
Albany received a Caltrans grant to develop a Complete Streets concept plan for San Pablo Avenue and Buchanan Street. It is currently seeking focus group participants.
In the week starting on Oct. 22, Albany Patch will publish responses to five questions on cycling and walking posed to Albany City Council Candidates.
Stay tuned this week as we share answers to your burning questions from Albany City Council candidates.
The El Cerrito City Council last week gave a green light to accepting fluorescent light bulbs and tubes, for a fee, from people who don't live in El Cerrito or one of the other West Contra Costa cities that already pay a solid waste fee.
Stay tuned this week as we share answers to your burning questions from City Council candidates. Click "Keep me posted" below for an alert when we publish items related to the November 2012 election.
If you have a question for the candidates, submit it in the comments section below and it could be asked during the televised Oct. 16 Town Hall Presidential Debate.
Part two of a look into a low-flying helicopter survey of Bay Area radiation conducted by the Federal Department of Homeland Security weeks ago.
Daniel Baer asks: "Where's the revenue for our city?" Albany Patch welcomes your letters and columns via email at albany@patch.com.