Albany News

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Schools Superintendent Marla Stephenson has announced she will retire after the 2013-14 school year.

Planning commissioners indicated June 12 that the proposed mixed use project at University Village is getting closer to approval, but a member of the development team reacted angrily to requests from the commission to further revise the plans, saying that anchor tenant Sprouts Farmer's Market had already compromised enough.

People ask me all the time what story I've written about is the most unforgettable.

A Peralta Street resident reported that she was gone over the weekend and she believes her ex-husband broke into her home looking for documents.

A whistle-blower releases details of top secret government operations to the press and unleashes a national debate on whether he is a hero or guilty of treason.

Some dates are so important countries name warships after them. Some dates are so significant political movements derive their names from them.

Recent announcements of state budget surpluses have led to the popping of corks across the deepest-blue parts of America, particularly here in California.

Joseph J. Gross, who served on the Berkeley School and was executive director of Neighborhood House of North Richmond, died on April 25. He was 72. Mostly recently a resident of Albany, he was born on April 3, 1941 in Detroit, MI.

"Bagel Brunch: Local Human Services." Guest speaker is seniors expert Rob Tufel, director of adult services at Jewish Family and Children's Services of the East Bay.

It was 75 years ago, June 8, 1938, that City Manager Hollis Thompson described, "how the City of Berkeley has attained the enviable reputation of being one of the two best governed municipalities in America" to the Berkeley Rotary Club.

The Albany Unified School District has announced a pair of changes in the administration of its schools.

"Nobody understands it," said George Krebs, a reserve sergeant for the Albany Police Department.

The City Council voted in April to enter into a purchase agreement for the 31,000-square-foot property for $1.24 million.

SummerStage presented by AT&T is set to present a free show featuring The Zombies, Django Django, & More in Central Park this weekend.

Charles H. Fonda, a lifelong resident of St. Albans and a Vermonter through and through, passed away after a brief illness at the age of 95 on June 1, 2013.

March 27, 1900, was a red-letter day for Salinas. European royalty was coming to town, not to visit but to help fix supper.

The Summer 2013 season of the San Francisco Opera will provide Music Director Nicola Luisotti the opportunity to complete his performance of the trilogy of operas composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for librettos by Lorenzo Da Ponte.

Joseph J. Gross, who served on the Berkeley School and was executive director of Neighborhood House of North Richmond, died on April 25.

Ballroom dancer Tony Dovolani, who was born in Kosovo, visited the Albanian Festival years ago with his parents when he lived in Stamford, Conn.