The PTA at Harding Elementary School in El Cerrito is sponsoring a project to help a elementary school that was victim to Hurricane Sandy in Island Park, New York. The PTA is collecting cards, letters, drawings and Target gift cards.
There's nothing like a "You Are Here" marker to let you know where you are. Be first to tell us in the comments below where this one is in El Cerrito or Kensington to win a prize.
El Cerrito High's varsity football team increased its unbeaten streak this year to 12-0 with a wet 19-7 win over Bishop O'Dowd Saturday night. The team next plays Analy in the semi-finals for Division III schools in California's large Nor
In contrast to the overall upswing in sales and prices in the Bay Area, including Contra Costa County, September was a down month in El Cerrito for median sale prices with a relatively small number of sales.
The public is invited to attend a reception with the artist Sunday for the latest exhibition in the Gallery Space at El Cerrito City Hall. “Paintings by Lisa Greenstein” will be on display through Dec. 18.
Berkeley's Rising Sun Energy Center is offering Contra Costa and Alameda county residents free energy-saving LED Christmas tree lights this coming Sunday in exchange for your old incandescent light strands.
An exhibition of abstract paintings by JoEllen Mancuso of El Cerrito is being shown at the Zaver & Mor in Berkeley through Dec. 1.
The El Cerrito police blotter for Nov. 5-11, includes an armed robbery about 12:45 p.m. on San Pablo Avenue near Safeway, two home burglaries, two cars stolen, and the arrest of a 25-year-old man with more than 9 pounds of marijuana seized.
The El Cerrito police blotter for Oct. 30-Nov. 4 includes the arrest of a teen girl detained by neighbors after she and an accomplice pepper-sprayed a victim in the face on Clayton and stole her purse, and the pursuit of a laptop thief from Starbucks.
Contra Costa County is sponsoring a localized version of the annual "Great American Smokeout." It's offering "quit kits" and free lung screenings in San Pablo and Pittsburg on Tuesday, and in Martinez on Wednesday and Thursday.
These five, hard metal letters seem disinclined to be indulgent toward the laid-back manner of living. Be first to tell us in the comments below where they can be found in El Cerrito or Kensington to win a prize.
The person designated to be the 10th chancellor of UC Berkeley is Nicholas Dirks, an executive vice president, arts and sciences dean and India scholar at Columbia University, UC President Mark Yudof announced Thursday.
A batch of Fresh Express bagged spinach – sold by major supermarket chains and retailers with outlets in and near El Cerrito – has been voluntarily recalled because of salmonella contamination fears.
The relentless steel jaws of demolition equipment at Portola Middle School in El Cerrito are finally chomping into the main course. The looming main building has has held out for weeks, but a visit Wednesday indicates it will soon loom no longer.
The El Cerrito High varsity football team won their 10th straight game Friday night with a lopsided 60-6 victory over the St. Patrick-St. Vincent High Bruins to cap a 10-0 regular season and win the division championship.
The El Cerrito police blotter for Oct. 26-28 includes a hate crime where swastikas and profane phrases were painted in red on the garage door, driveway and sidewalk of a home on the 5600 block of Ludwig Avenue.
Eleven female dancers from Katie's Dance Studio in El Cerrito have been selected to be in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. They're holding a garage sale Saturday to help raise money for the trip.
If you are voting by mail, the Contra Costa County Elections Division says you should mail your ballot no later than Friday. If you're late, you can still deliver it in person up to 8 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6.
Officials and PG&E representatives will provide information and take questions from the public at a meeting Thursday night on the controversy over replacement of Kensington's lantern-style streetlights with generic "cobra head" steel
The City of El Cerrito is hosting its annual Halloween fest on Halloween, Oct. 31, at the Community Center with a haunted house, dog parade/costume contest and indoor carnival featuring games, prizes and food and beverages.
