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.
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How Measure R would change Albany's business license tax
More than 70% of retail and service businesses would pay less under the new system, officials say.
Albany infrastructure snapshot: Sidewalks, paving, streetlights
Albany has repaired thousands of square feet of sidewalk this year.
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.
Crews respond to West Berkeley vegetation fire
Berkeley police closed West Frontage Road between Gilman Street and University Avenue.