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  1. A Few Words from a David Grefrath, who is currently in jail for farmingRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday | Indybay.org

    On Saturday, May 11th, over a hundred people gathered at the Gill Tract in Albany with the intention of using publicly-owned university land to grow vegetables for a 2nd year in a row.

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  2. Police Raid Volunteer Farm, arrest 4, & illegally abuse UC Berkeley studentRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday | Indybay.org

    ... without a trial. Last Saturday, a group of gardeners entered a stretch of university-owned farmland in Albany, California. They began to plant vegetables in an unused portion of the space. This farmland is known as The Gill Tract. It was sold to the ...

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  3. In Short: May 16-22, 2013Read the original story

    Wednesday | Charleston Gazette

    The India Center will hold a free Heritage Fair from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, showcasing India's culture, food, arts and crafts.

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  4. New Patch Mobile App is Coming SoonRead the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday May 14 | Patch.com

    ... big issues, or even find a lost cat - all in just a few clicks. Our current app already allows you to get news about Albany, but our new version also will let you post events, start a blog, share photos and videos and connect with other people in ...

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  5. Albany: Farmers replant at Occupy site after morning arrestsRead the original story

    Monday May 13 | Inside Bay Area

    ... plowed under earlier in the day after UC Berkeley police arrested four protesters. At the same time, a group of Albany residents opposed to the Occupy group brought a contingent of their own to the parcel along San Pablo Avenue. "We want a grocery ...

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  6. Occupy Offshoots Return to Highlight Student Tuition Hikes, Food SovereigntyRead the original story

    Tuesday May 14 | The Nation

    ... of society. At the time, OTF activists had moved onto the Gill Tract, a patch of land along the San Pablo Avenue in Albany, California. The location was chosen because Gill Tract contains the last acres of Class One soil left in the urbanised East ...

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  7. Evicted Occupiers Move Back to UC Lot BrieflyRead the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday May 14 | Patch.com

    The urban-farming advocates from Occupy the Farm who were rousted Monday morning from their two-day-old camp at a UC-owned lot next to University Village in Albany returned for a short period Monday evening in defiance of UC Berkeley's no-trespass orders.

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  8. Swarm of Police Arrest Former Worker at RacetrackRead the original story

    Tuesday May 14 | Patch.com

    A half-hour standoff between a man in a pickup with what appeared to be a real gun and a swarm of Albany and Berkeley police officers with guns drawn at Golden Gate Fields ended Saturday morning without shots fired and with the arrest of the suspect, police said.

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  9. Police Calls: Aggressive Panhandlers, More Stealing, Very Drunk Man ArrestedRead the original story

    Tuesday May 14 | Patch.com

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

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  10. Essay Honor for Albany 5th Grader from Ocean View SchoolRead the original story

    Tuesday May 14 | Patch.com

    ... The students with the top 10 winning entries hail from schools all over the Bay Area, from San Francisco to Albany to Richmond to Larkspur. The top 10 winning fifth-graders this year will be presented with award certificates, and the top three will ...

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  11. 'Occupy the Farm' protesters promise to return to tract of landRead the original story w/Photo

    Monday May 13 | KTVU Oakland

    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.

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  12. Occupy the Farm Goes RePlants the Gill Tract!~Read the original story

    Monday May 13 | Indybay.org

    Occupy the Farm has gathered at the Gill Tract in Albany, CA, and walked back on to the land to replant uprooted seedlings and put some new plant starts into the ground.

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  13. 'Occupy the Farm' to reconvene after removal from Gill TractRead the original story w/Photo

    Monday May 13 | KTVU Oakland

    " Occupy The Farm" returned to the tract of land in Albany owned by the University of California at Berkeley Monday night to discuss the group's next move after it was removed and thousands of plants that were planted by the group were plowed Monday morning, a group organizer said.

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  14. Four Arrests, A Tractor Sit-In, and A Destroyed FarmRead the original story

    Monday May 13 | Indybay.org

    Four people are arrested today attempting to plant and then defend a community farm in Albany, CA on a piece of land owned and planned to be paved over and developed by the University of California at Berkeley.

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  15. Several activists arrested, as UC Berkeley ends brief Albany occupationRead the original story

    Monday May 13 | SFGate

    BERKELEYSIDE: The University of California Police Department arrested several people Monday in Albany after activists marched onto a plot of land near San Pablo Avenue over the weekend to occupy the parcel with the goal of turning it into an urban farm.

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  16. Police Raid UC Berkeley's Occupy the Farm SiteRead the original story

    Monday May 13 | Berkeley Daily Planet

    University of California at Berkeley officials plowed thousands of plants from a tract of land they own in Albany this morning that the "Occupy The Farm" encampment planted during the weekend, a group member said.

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  17. 4 arrested as police move in on UC landRead the original story

    Sunday May 12 | Davis Enterprise

    Four people are in custody following an early morning police raid Monday on protesters occupying land owned by the University of California in the San Francisco Bay area city of Albany.

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  18. Police Raid Removes Occupy the Farm Protesters from UC Tract in AlbanyRead the original story

    Monday May 13 | KQED

    The University of California Police Department arrested several people Monday morning in Albany after activists marched onto a plot of land adjacent to San Pablo Avenue over the weekend with the goal to occupy the parcel and turn it into an urban farm.

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  19. Police clear out protesters in AlbanyRead the original story

    Monday May 13 | SFGate

    Police have moved in on protesters who occupied land owned by the University of California in the San Francisco Bay area city of Albany.

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  20. UC Police Raid 'Occupy the Farm' ProtestRead the original story

    Monday May 13 | Patch.com

    One person was arrested this morning, Monday, when UC Berkeley police evicted the Occupy the Farm activists who had occupied a university-owned lot next to University Village in Albany.

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