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Albany Today, Aug. 13

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Now, today's news.

The Albany Democratic Club is preparing to weigh in on the city's fall election, with an upcoming forum focused on the contenders for open City Council and school board seats.

Introducing The Culture Circuit, our new weekly guide from veteran Bay Area arts writer Andrew Gilbert. This week: Bobby McFerrin at The Freight, Buck Owens-inspired twang at the Ivy Room, genealogy in Albany, jazz stories, DJs at Down Home Music.

In other news

From our sister site The Berkeley Scanner: Berkeley residents felt this morning's quake in East Oakland. How about you?

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In case you missed it

We updated our description of Measure P (street paving and storm drains), in Wednesday's measures roundup, to make it clear it would apply to all parcels in the city — but only if a parcel of at least 500,000 square feet is sold, leased or transferred to make it tax exempt. Don't miss the updated description.

And thank you for the election questions you've been sending. We're tracking them all and looking forward to digging into them in the coming months.

Keep your ideas and feedback coming!