New law: California bars, nightclubs must provide date rape drug testing kits
On July 1, California will put into effect a new law that seeks to help protect bar and nightclub goers from getting unknowingly drugged. Some bar owners take issue with the law.
Last weekend for Golden Gate Fields amid 2 horse deaths
Golden Gate Fields is hosting its final horse races this weekend, and while animal rights advocates are pleased, they are upset about another horse death reported on Friday.
Hazmat response at Albany Target concludes; unconfirmed chemical causes odor
Albany city officials confirm a hazardous materials response at a Target store early Friday evening has concluded.
63-year-old woman missing out of Albany found, CHP reports
The California Highway Patrol found a previously missing senior.
Suspect ID'ed in domestic violence shooting at Albany Toyota dealership that orphaned boy
The Albany and Berkeley Police Departments identified the suspect and provided more details on the recent shooting stemming from domestic violence that resulted in the deaths of a woman and her son's father.
Deadly shooting at Bay Area Toyota dealership orphans 7-year-old boy
A Bay Area family says their relative, 24-year-old Alona Gallon, was killed by the father of her 7-year-old son on Thursday in Albany.
Deadly shooting of Toyota employee was act of domestic violence, authorities say
An investigation us now underway by several agencies after gunfire rang out at a Toyota dealership in Albany where authorities say a man shot and killed a woman who worked at the service center and was then shot and killed by Berkeley police.
Woman, suspect dead after shootout with police at Albany car center
The Alameda County Sheriff's Department says a daylight shooting Thursday morning at a Toyota dealership and service center in Albany on Thursday was an act of domestic violence, where the woman and male suspect are both dead.
2 East Bay teens chosen as Alameda County poet laureates
Brian Guan of Dublin is the youth poet laureate of Alameda County and Sunwoo (Sunny) Eom of Albany is the county's youth poet vice-laureate.
Racehorse dies after injury at Santa Rosa racetrack
A horse named I'll Do it For You died after an injury at the Sonoma County racetrack, according to a government site that tracks equine fatalities.
Faithful rally to place cross back on Albany hill in church-and-state debate
A small group of people held a rally to support an effort to return a large cross to a hilltop in Albany.
Golden Gate Fields to end racing at the end of the year
Animal activists are applauding the decision by the owners of Golden Gate Fields to close it's thoroughbred horse racing track in the East Bay at the end of the year. The track has been in operation since 1941. Eight race horses have died at Golden Gate Fields since January of 2023.
Albany Twin movie theater closes after 88 years
For more than 80 years, people in Albany could catch a movie at the Albany Twin on Solano Avenue. But the beloved East Bay theater held its last screening Thursday night.
Video: 4 women dined and dashed on $200 tab, Albany restaurant says
The owners of 938 Crawfish in Albany shared surveillance video showing the women entering the restaurant, sit down, have a meal and then leave without paying. The tab was more than $200.
Oakland 'Jeopardy' winner Amy Schneider hosting literary trivia night
Oakland's Jeopardy champion Amy Schneider is hosting the Bay Area Book Festival's first literary pub trivia night at The Ivy Room in Albany.
Woman arrested on suspicion of arson after 2 Albany Hill fires
Police arrested a 31-year-old woman on suspicion of arson after two fires broke out Sunday in Albany Hill.
Albany residents evacuate when fires erupt
The fires were just blocks away from each other, one near the Pierce Street Park and the other in Albany Hills.
Parents express frustration over lack of transparency after teen sexually battered on way to school
A 14-year-old girl was the victim of a sexual battery as she walked to school in Albany.
Student assaulted while walking to Cornell Elementary School in Albany, police investigating
Students in the Albany Unified School District are being told to walk in groups after a student at Cornell Elementary School was allegedly assaulted near campus.
Historic site of Albany Bowl could be replaced with housing: report
The historic Albany Bowl site could be replaced with housing.