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Charles Burress (Editor) May 24, 2013 at 11:55 am
The occupation "stockman" was listed on the police arrest record. I'm guessing it's…Read More someone who works stocking goods in a warehouse or storage area. I assume he's one of the men reported behind the bush since both incidents occurred in close proximity in time and location, though the arrest comes from the arrest log and the two-men-behind-the-bush report comes from the call log. Neither explicitly ties one to the other.
Gordon McCarter May 24, 2013 at 01:13 am
What the heck is a stockman and what was he doing here from Oakland? Is he related to the two men…Read More behind a bush?
Dover May 22, 2013 at 10:53 am
“Awhile” is an adverb. It modifies a verb and means “for a short time”: He…Read More chatted awhile and then left. “Awhile” should not be used as the object of a preposition, so constructions like “for awhile” or “in awhile” are wrong."
http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/25/awhile-and-a-while/
Stewart Gooderman May 23, 2013 at 09:49 am
This is another grandly stupid idea that the BART Board has put forward. Let's look at the facts:…Read More
1) Do bicyclists adhere to the rule of no bikes on escalators? NO
2) Do bicyclists adhere to the rule of no bikes in the first car? NO
3) Do bicyclists adhere to the rule of no bikes on "no bike" train runs? NO
4) Do bicyclists adhere to the rule of no bikes on crowded cars? NO
5) Do bicyclists adhere to the rule of no bikes blocking exits? NO
6) Do bicyclists adhere to the rule of no bikes blocking seats for seniors and handicapped? NO
So who thinks bicyclists are going to adhere to "no bikes in the first three cars?" They can't even figure out about the entrances
to the *first* car are even when moving their bikes from the front of the train!
BART: put passengers first, vehicles second!
Albany Denizen May 23, 2013 at 09:05 am
OK as long as the bike riders don't plop themselves down on the seats reserved for seniors, as I…Read More all-too-often see, especially on crowded trains.
Alan Eckert May 23, 2013 at 09:18 am
This is a huge loss for the city, but I bet an even better gain for Beth. Congratulations!
Lisa Schliff May 25, 2013 at 08:23 am
That's the exact spot where I was accosted for my purse about 6 years ago. We need to post warnings…Read More about this section of the BART path.
Ricardø May 24, 2013 at 05:30 pm
Leave it to the Ooga-Booga's; they have a troubled history of violence and needs to be addressed,
Francesco Papalia May 23, 2013 at 08:50 am
Peter is referring to the "No on OTF" group of Albany residents. Last Saturday we were…Read More heard and broadcast on KTVU - here's the report:
http://www.ktvu.com/videos/news/albany-occupy-the-farm-protests-at-gill-tract/v3Pk3/
We welcome more Albany voices to join our chorus of reason. Meet at Monroe & San Pablo at 5 pm - any amount of time you can spend is appreciated. Hope to see you there!
concerned educator May 23, 2013 at 08:28 am
Here is a better idea than the OTFs' useless activities! Earth Box
How to build an Earthbox 2010…Read More for $20 - YouTube
► 9:50► 9:50
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bhW5hf09ak
May 2, 2010 - Uploaded by David Melamed
How to build your own Earthbox for container gardening from start to finish.
you can get one at Summer winds nursery, home depot or make your own!
The original earth box people support world hunger day (Oct 16) and provide educational information for early learners, elem, middle school and others.
An earth box is a self contained box with a water reservoir and can be watered weekly. Small enough to go on your porch, deck or patio or in your yard. Realistically we cannot feed Albany on this small land plot Dr. Alteiri, but we can supplement peoples' diet with fresh vegetables.
We are not located in a "food desert" (a place where people can easily get to a market that sells fresh fruits and vegetables, but we can be a model for people who are in a "food desert", Making people aware of our current level of water, and availability of fresh food should be our focus. Get with it!
Thanks for reading this. Look into alternatives like earth boxes, rain barrels, small level composting, etc. If everyone does a small, sustainable planting, then that would equal or exceed the square footage of the UC plot. Also we can leave the turkeys there and keep them from being destroyed or harassing the local neighbors in Albany.
Peter Goodman May 22, 2013 at 09:18 pm
A bunch of Albany citizens will be there to protest the "pharmers" at 5 pm Saturday. Bring…Read More a sign and be prepared to have logic and reason and common sense fall on deaf ears.
montymarket May 22, 2013 at 07:25 pm
Thorny twigs. Where's that guy looking for thorny twigs? Found one.
Trevor Grayling May 22, 2013 at 03:32 pm
"The Council adopted four strategic themes including:
maximize park & open space; promote…Read More a vital and inviting business area; create a more walkable, bikeable community and mitigate climate change; engage our diverse community. "
Promote a vital and inviting business area: There are half a dozen empty storefronts along Solano Ave. Can't see what the Council can do about that. As regards larger development, forget it; the assorted pressure groups and NIMBYs would soon put a stop to that.
Create a more walkable, bikeable community: You'd need to repair all the roads, repair all the sidewalks, and provide decent street lighting for walking/biking in winter. Dream on.
Peggy McQuaid May 20, 2013 at 02:27 pm
Both Jamba Juice and Fat Daddy's BBQ have decided not to attend this event. We know you will still…Read More enjoy the concert.
Amy Smolens May 20, 2013 at 05:03 pm
@Alan - Yes, it was - Albany Strollers & Rollers' bicycle valets parked around 90 bikes, many of…Read More them longtail/with trailer or child seats/cargo bikes! Thanks to Bua Luang for sponsoring our Bicycle Valet Parking service again!
Street Level Cycles, in their 6th year providing free bike tuneups at the A&GF, tuned up 35 bicycles and showed people how to maintain their own bikes. Thanks to all of you who rode to the festival!! I'll try and get a few photos added to this article.
Alan Eckert May 20, 2013 at 09:31 am
It was a good showing at the festival! Although we missed out on the compost (apparently more than 2…Read More hours too late), we did find a 3rd vendor to compare solar panel pricing and options against the larger companies. The bike corral looked like a well-used option, too.
Jessica Cross May 23, 2013 at 10:02 am
As stated in the article, the lot the occupiers were on this time was not in fact the farmed portion…Read More of the Gill Tract occupied last time. The latter was the plot to which the term "Class 1 soil" was applied, rightly or not. This current lot was the former site of the Section B student housing in the UC Village, and I seriously doubt anyone has attached any kind of most-favored-soil labels to it. These were the old structures originally built as temporary WWII worker housing and repurposed as ostensibly temporary student housing. There was never a clear fund source for the adequate maintenance of these buildings and they fell into considerable disrepair. As anyone who lived here then will remember, their decrepit condition was evident from afar. Any contaminants such as lead that may have been in the paint, pipes, or other components had an extended opportunity to escape into the ground beneath. I lived in the new construction in the Village just before their demolition, and I remember seeing water pooled at the base of crumbed, peeled stairways during rainy weather. All questions about the rights to this land aside, it seems to me a very risky proposition to grow vegetables in this soil and then eat them without even hiring a geologist to run some tests first. I walked by during the 3/11 event and saw a baby playing there, with the soil newly (and, yes, laboriously) disturbed, and it gave me pause. Is it really a good idea to sow crops for human consumption in an urban site with a history like this?
Bart Grossman May 23, 2013 at 12:18 am
Has anyone ever dealt with Prof. Altieri? I remember when i was a kid in social work school. I had a…Read More community organization course with a very charismatic professor. He encouraged us to stick our necks out so we all went to a Welfare Rights sit in and a bunch of got arrested. Interestingly, the Professor didn't come. Just wondering...
Lisa Schneider May 22, 2013 at 11:34 pm
Hello, David, way up above. I'm glad you're exploring the class 1 soil issue. I found the climate…Read More parameter for "class 1" soil categorization on a Canadian governmental website. It makes sense to me that climate and context impact soil productivity. Whether or not this portion of the Gill tract (formerly known as WWII barracks, then graduate housing) rests on class 1 soil, or on fine corinthian leather, or something else, here's what interests me:
1) The occupiers keep flip flopping: this soil is bad, this same soil is fabulous; community is good, community is bad; why won't those meanies let occupiers "farm" there temporarily, occupiers vow to return forever to stick fingers in the Man's eyes. Jon Stewart would have big fun with all the head-spinning contradictions. Makes me think the occupiers have no solid point of reference other than "me me me!"
2) Albany has a well-functioning representative democratic process around this plot of land. I haven't heard the occupiers propose anything remotely better. In fact, whenever the occupiers stage more noisy antics, keep graduate student families awake at night before their exams, and waste our precious dollars cleaning up after them, I see the occupiers losing hearts and minds whenever they open their mouths.
Amy Smolens May 20, 2013 at 09:03 pm
Way to go, Cat!
I work in sports television production and if you are interested in talking to me…Read More and coming with me to a job at any time, please let me know. This is a fairly slow period for me for local work, but you're a junior so have plenty of of time! If you would like to connect, you can get my contact info from Charles.
Good luck!
David Sanger May 20, 2013 at 12:22 pm
That's what happened this morning. There were about 15 police, one tractor-driver, and no…Read More protestors.
Mel Content May 19, 2013 at 11:59 am
Has anyone ever noticed how the Occutards re-appear whenever our current administration is faced…Read More with any type of negative media publicity?
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