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 Date: Saturday, October 11
Time: 8 a.m.-12 p.m.
Location: Albany Fire Station, 1000 San Pablo Avenue
Admission Fee: $10 Adults / $6 Kids Ages 3-12 / Free for Kids Under 3
Come to the Albany Fire Department's annual Pancake Breakfast and enjoy a raffle, a live fire demo, a natural gas safety demo, seeing the fire engines, meeting Sparky the Fire Dog, and of course a great breakfast prepared by our fire fighters. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Proceeds benefit the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation.
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 Date: Saturday, October 11
Time: 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Location: Albany City Hall, 1000 San Pablo Avenue
Get an inside look at your City and learn more about the resources available to you.
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 Last chance to submit your haiku!
The City of Albany invites community members to share their creativity in the Fall into Haiku Contest, but don’t wait. The submission deadline is October 15.
Submit up to three original haiku inspired by the people, places, and moments that make Albany special. The contest is open to all who live, work, or attend school in Albany. Selected haiku will be displayed in parks, along commercial streets, and throughout the city from November 2025 through January 2026.
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Date: Saturday, October 18
Time: 8-11 a.m. (While supplies last)
Location: Memorial Park, on Carmel Avenue between Thousand Oaks Boulevard and Portland Avenue.
Come to the Albany's Compost Giveaway where Albany households may receive up to four one cubic-foot bags of WM EarthCare Homegrown Compost™ (First-come, first-serve, while supplies last).
Product Waiver Forms must be signed to take receipt of compost.
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 Date: Thursday, October 23, 2025
Time: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Location: Albany Senior Center, 846 Masonic Ave.
Discover what the Albany Senior Center has to offer!
Enjoy free lunch, live entertainment, sample classes, engaging presentations, and meet our staff and instructors. Learn about programs like our Travel Troupe and explore new ways to connect and get involved.
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 The upcoming Statewide Special Election is on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. Every registered voter will receive a vote-by-mail ballot to cast their vote.
The last day to register to vote for the November 4, 2025, Statewide Special Election is October 20, 2025. Register to vote at the California Online Voter Registration website registertovote.ca.gov or with Alameda County acvote.org/voting/register-to-vote. Hard copies of the registration form are available at the Albany Library, 1247 Marin Avenue.
To return your Vote by Mail ballot:
- Send by USPS mail postmarked by November 4, 2025
- Use the 24-hour Vote By Mail Drop Box located right outside of the City Hall entrance on the parking lot side, 1000 San Pablo Avenue (image below)
- Cast your vote at any Alameda County Accessible Vote Center. (Vote Center in Albany: Albany Senior Center - 11/1-11/4)
For additional information on ways to vote in Alameda County, including maps of voting locations, click here.
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Date: Friday, October 17
Time: 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
ECHO Housing will conduct a Fair Housing Training for tenants, property owners, other members of the housing industry, and the general public.
Angie Watson-Hajjem will discuss Federal and State fair housing laws, and respond to your questions. Register now for this informative training.
Topics include:
- State and federal fair housing laws
- Who is protected under the law
- Reasonable accommodations and modifications for tenants with disabilities
- Renting to families with children
- Occupancy standards
- Advertising guidelines
Workshop Flyer
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 Albany FilmFest and the Berkeley Film Foundation Present:
COURAGE, HOPE, RESISTANCE: 5 Films about Social Justice
This outstanding monthly series includes five independent documentary films by award-winning East Bay filmmakers. Panel discussion and filmmaker Q&A follows. All films screen at Rialto Cinemas© Cerrito.
Thursday October 16, 7pm: Rick Goldsmith's STRIPPED FOR PARTS is the story of a secretive hedge fund that is plundering what is left of America’s newspapers, and the journalists who are fighting back. Backed by the NewsGuild union, they go toe-to-toe with their “vulture capitalist” owners in a battle to save and rebuild local journalism in America.
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 Date: Sunday, October 19
Time: 12-1 p.m.
Location: Ocean View Community Organic Garden, 900 Buchanan Street
How, When, and Why of Basic Pruning
A one-hour talk on essential pruning techniques to keep woody plants and trees healthy, well-shaped, and productive. The session includes a live demonstration on one of the large plum trees located in the Ocean View Community Organic Garden.
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