The El Cerrito High football squad crowned the school's homecoming celebrations Friday night by steamrolling the Berean Christian Eagles 59-6. The Gauchos are now 7-0 for the season and lead their division.
The El Cerrito police blotter for Sept. 24-30 includes two men in hooded sweatshirts with a gun robbing a victim on San Pablo Ave., and two thieves gaining entry to a home after claiming to be water company employees.
A large number of parents and students gathered at a silent candlelight vigil in front of Albany Middle School Tuesday night to remember popular teacher and coach James Izumizaki. His death, a suspected suicide, followed his arrest last week.
Albany Middle School teacher James Izumizaki, who was arrested last week for investigation of alleged lewd conduct with a child under 14, has died, and his death is being investigated as a possible suicide, school officials announced today, Monday.
This contest features a photo of a food item sold in El Cerrito or Kensington. Be first to provide the item's name and where it's sold in the article's comments section to win a prize.
As the attached photos and video show, steel jaws of heavy construction machines were turned to destruction Friday as they chewed off part of the old Portola Middle School in El Cerrito. The knock-down begins in earnest next week, school officials said.
More details, with candidate statements, from the West Contra Costa school board candidates forum Monday at Harding Elementary School were published Thursday by the Contra Costa Times and Richmond Confidential.
More than 100 peanut butter and almond butter products—including those sold at Trader Joe's —are being recalled by Sunland Inc. following a salmonella outbreak.
The El Cerrito and Kensington police departments will accept unneeded prescription drugs on "Drug Take-Back Day" Saturday, and a Bay Area anti-pollution group launched an initiative to keep drugs out of the sewage system, landfills and waterwa
Los Altos City Council candidates appear at the forum that tackles "downtown vibrancy and sustainability."
The El Cerrito police blotter for Sept. 21-23 includes a robbery on San Pablo Ave., an arrest by K-9 Koda, two home burglaries, an Albany girl arrested for alleged theft of liquor, and woman arrested for allegedly stealing from a Starbucks tip jar.
El Cerrito police officers will be serving as waiters Thursday night at Macaroni Grill in El Cerrito Plaza, donating their tips to the Special Olympics.
About 80 people attended a candidates forum for the West Contra Costa school board race at Harding Elementary in El Cerrito Monday night. The event was live broadcast on El Cerrito Patch.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched a criminal investigation of the Chevron refinery in Richmond for allegedly bypassing monitoring equipment in unreported flaring, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Two El Cerrito High School seniors have been named National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists, a group that represents less than one percent of the approximately 1.5 million students who took the qualifying PSAT test last year.
The El Cerrito police blotter for Sept. 14-20 includes a bicyclist injured by a hit-and-run driver on Carlson Blvd., three teens arrested for alleged home-burglary attempts and a man arrested for alleged copper theft at the Portola demolition site.
The four candidates for two school board seats in the West Contra Costa Unified School District are scheduled to appear at a candidates forum and answer questions from the public at Harding Elementary School in El Cerrito Monday night.
If you have photos of today's Endeavour flyover, you're welcome to share them with readers here. And if you didn't see it, here's your chance to glimpse the memorable event.
Will Friday see a repeat of iPhone fever? Apple’s much-anticipated new iPhone 5 is set to debut Sept. 21, and some merchants anticipate long lines outside their doors for the 8 a.m. sales launch.
The big two-city block party initiated last year by El Cerrito and Albany is returning this Saturday to Ashbury/Key Route with a "giant El Cerrito vs. Albany tug-of-war," street chess, taco truck and other car-free fun in the street.
