Week in Review: Albany Bulb, Crimes, Pot Brownies at AHS

The five posts below are most read articles, blog posts or board listings published on Albany Patch during this past week. Click on the headline to see the posts.

1. Council Moves Ahead on Transferring Albany Bulb to State, Park District Control

The Albany City Council on Monday pushed ahead with the city's goal of transferring responsibility for the Albany Bulb to the East Bay Regional Park District to operate as part of McLaughlin Eastshore State Park.

2. The Albany City Council Pulls a Fast One on the Homeless

"On the Waterfront Blog" post by Gordon McCarter about the city's Homeless Task Force and the City Council's May 6 vote on addressing people living in improvised shelters at Albany Bulb.

3. Police Calls: Home Burglaries, Transient Trouble, Olfactory Assault

The Albany police log that included two home burglaries, an altercation involving a transient at Curtis and Solano, dog and cat attacks, lawn lights uprooted, a father's old firearm, two non-injury accidents and two arrests.

4. Police Calls: Thieves Clean Out Safeway Register, Youths with Logs on School Roof

The Albany police log that included two men who swiped all the cash from a Safeway cash register, an iPhone stolen at the Albany Aquatic Center, 6-7 juveniles on the roof of Ocean View School with logs and a Waterfront vandalism arrest.

5. Pot Brownies at AHS: 1 Student Sickened, 1 Cited

Paramedics were summoned to Albany High School on Tuesday to tend to a female student believed to have been made ill by marijuana brownies, and another student was cited for being in possession of pot brownies, according to authorities.

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