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If you see Danny Ho standing next to your car on Solano Avenue, you might be getting a $42 fine.

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IN ANOTHER sign that domestic flights could soon be taking off and landing at RAAF Base Richmond, Labor's spokesperson for Macquarie, Susan Templeman, confirmed the federal government will begin assessing the base for limited civil operations.

Carson McCuller's THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING opens in Hayward on June 7 at the Douglas Morrisson Theatre .A It's an opportunity to see a seldom produced theatre classic.

If you'd like a taste of police training - such as instruction in police bike patrol, firearms or vehicle operation - you might get a chance at the new " Citizen Police Academy " in El Cerrito.

When my brother, Bob Kerr, was murdered in 2003 , my life was turned upside down.

Few local clothing stores can match the longevity of Foley & Bonny , the retailer of quality men's and women's clothing in El Cerrito Plaza.

SeeA all the background on Occupy the Farm A on Albany Patch.] The City Council voted on three items Monday night related to the future of urban farming in Albany.

Whether your interests were piqued by Occupy the Farm or simply the smell of summer soil, your community gardening urges have a few-legal-options in Albany, home to several shared plots.

SeeA all the background on Occupy the Farm A on Albany Patch.] On May 15, James Mink wrote on Albany Patch about the frustration of trying - across thousands of comments on multiple threads - "to put an issue to bed successfully." To help address that need, below is a FAQ to enable PATCH'ers to find substantiated facts easily.

Few local clothing stores can match the longevity of Foley and Bonny, the retailer of quality men's and women's clothing in El Cerrito Plaza.

Come and Speak Out at the Berkeley City Council. They will decide on these Police Agreements on May 22 at 8pm Old City Hall, Berkeley Two Berkeley Police Department agreements, which violate our constitutional rights to privacy, free speech, assembly and equal treatment, will be up for renewal May 22.

Some of metal sculptor Justin Gray's tools at his work space in Oakland, Calif. on Wednesday, May 16, 2012.

Albany Patch welcomes guest columns and letters to the editor.A Email albany@patch.com with your contribution.] Dear Council members, Because I will be unable to attend the City Council meeting next Monday, May 21 due to a prior commitment, I wanted to write to you with my thoughts regarding proposed Resolution No.

Raj Patel is a British-born American academic, journalist, activist, writer -- and now a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley's Center for African Studies.

After 24 years in business, the Solano Copy Center at 1185 Solano Ave. in Albany will shut its doors Thursday.

Officers issued a warning to a group of four male juveniles who were skateboarding on the roof of Ocean View School on Jackson Street at about 2:20 p.m. MORE DANGEROUS ACTIVITY -- At about 5:30 p.m. officers contacted four 10-year-old boys on Madison Street who were jumping back and forth from the roof of their house and a neighbor's house and ... (more)

FollowA Albany Patch on Twitter A for updates. More information is available viaA #occupythefarm A on Twitter.

Editor's Note: The Gill Tract, a 10-acre plot of Class-1 agricultural land located in the City of Albany and owned by UC Berkeley, was occupied by dozens of food security activists on Earth Day who immediately went to work to transform the uncultivated plot into an organic food-producing urban farm.

National Medal of Science winner Bruce N. Ames, PhD, led a team of scientists at the Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute's Nutrition & Metabolism Center to develop the CHORI bar, a low-calorie fruit based vitamin and mineral nutrition bar that is designed to help restore optimal nutritional balance in those with poor eating habits and to ... (more)