Emilie Raguso (The Berkeley Scanner, Albany Patch, Berkeleyside) will oversee Albany Scanner as publisher with help from a community advisory group, the Albany News Project, which will support the site through fundraising and volunteerism.
Burglars hit 3 Solano Avenue shops over the weekend
At Mr. Dewie's, thieves smashed a window and stole a bolted-down safe. Berkeley shops were also targeted.
Golden Gate Fields deal bars environmental tests before sale
A big vote this week comes amid questions about whether Trust for Public Land has been a good partner.
Golden Gate Fields: 2 ballot measures would offset losses
Measures P and Q would offset about $700,000 in annual losses if Golden Gate Fields becomes tax exempt, leaving roughly $383,000 to address.
Update: Albany man arrested on sex crime, gun charges
A Scanner reader saw "a dozen police, some with long guns," on Talbot Avenue at about 6:30 a.m.
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