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A place worth fighting for

The Albany landfill and the struggle to preserve the last bit of wildness on the San Francisco Bay. By Osha Neumann

What is the landfill?

‘They couldn’t give me a home as homey as my home out here, homie’

The off-leash glory of the Albany Bulb. By Left in the Bay

What’s buried beneath the Bulb?

A cross section of Bay Area history.

The Bard of the Albany Bulb

By Bradley Penner on April 3, 2025

Features

'We were the Landfillians. That word is not in the dictionary, but I started putting it in my poems.'

Discovery below the debris: The life of Amber Whitson

By Bradley Penner on April 3, 2025

Features

'The Bulb will always be home for me.'

Mad Marc’s Castle

By Bradley Penner and Osha Neumann on April 3, 2025

Features

'A testament to the possibility and creativity of a world built on the fringes of the disposed.'

The Landfill Speaks

Open letter from a former Bulb resident to visitors

By Bulb Resident on April 3, 2025

Commentary Opinion

'We lived around, and with, and in the rubble. Lived.'

Loving the Bulb

By Susan Moffat on April 3, 2025

Commentary Opinion

'Spending time with the Landfillians changed me.'

Albany Bulb Documentaries

By Street Spirit staff on April 3, 2025

Arts and Culture

Three films exploring life on the landfill

Street Spirit horoscopes: April 2025

April 3, 2025

This month is a time for healing as cosmic chaos arises in the skies.

A place worth fighting for

What is the landfill?

‘They couldn’t give me a home as homey as my home out here, homie’

What’s buried beneath the Bulb?

The Landfillians

The Bard of the Albany Bulb

Discovery below the debris: The life of Amber Whitson

Mad Marc’s Castle

The Landfill Speaks

Open letter from a former Bulb resident to visitors

Loving the Bulb

Albany Bulb Documentaries

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Street Spirit horoscopes: April 2025