Here's the place to cast your vote in the Readers' Choice poll for your favorite health and beauty places in El Cerrito and Kensington. We have three categories: Haircutter, Workout Spot and Martial Arts Studio. Polls close at 11:59 p.m. Aug. 17.
Here's the place to mark your vote for your favorite places for kids and family in El Cerrito and Kensington. We have five categories: Park, Family-Friendly Restaurant, View of Bay, Mural, and Fun/Activities with Kids. Polls close Aug. 17.
Here's the place to mark your vote for your Readers' Choice favorite food and drink places in El Cerrito and Kensington. We have four categories: Sushi, Chinese, Cheap Eats and Burger. Voting continues to Aug. 17.
We've compiled the nominations from readers for your favorite places in El Cerrito and Kensington, and now we're in the home stretch of the main event – the voting. The polls close at 11:59 p.m. tonight, Aug. 17.
The El Cerrito City Council's resolution calling for less military spending, including prompt withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, and more funding of domestic needs prompted strong reader reaction, including the "Comment of the Week."
The California legislature suspended requirements for local bodies to post agendas 72 hours in advance and to report actions from closed sessions. How would you grade the transparency of elected officials for El Cerrito and Kensington?
The El Cerrito Crime Blotter for July 13-15 includes a reported peeping Tom, a briefcase and other items stolen from a car, and Kensington man arrested on Colusa Avenue for alleged illegal possession of a loaded firearm.
Five teenagers accused of donning costumes and robbing businesses in several Contra Costa County cities will stand trial as adults and face more than a dozen felony charges.
El Cerrito's annual July 4th festival had a lot going on, so no one could enjoy all there was to offer. We thank "giantukulele" for posting this video of Gamelan Sekar Jaya performing on the main stage. Think of bamboo-tube on YouTube.
This street-crossing sign with unorthodox spelling can be seen in El Cerrito or Kensington. If you know where it is, be first to put the answer in the comments section below the article to win a prize.
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Many people are excited about the recently announced discovery of the long-sought Higgs boson, called the "God Particle" by some physicists. Five UC Berkeley scientists will describe the breakthrough in a public panel Friday.
Front-page news in El Cerrito 67 years ago today: stormy meeting on rezoning; teens arrested in theft of a gun, fur coat and whiskey; medal for Navy aviator; Chung Mei Home paper drive; library closed while librarian takes vacation.
In the El Cerrito Crime Blotter for July 2-8, a woman texting at a bus stop had her cell phone and wallet grabbed by a robber, two alleged shoplifters were arrested, and one burglary suspect was arrested while six fled uncaught.
Today's the last day to enter nominations for our new Readers' Choice initiative. Here are the nominations so far. If you have any others add, please enter them in the accompanying nomination-entering article.
The failed Measure K parcel tax for schools has been hotly debated on El Cerrito Patch. Our "Comment of the Week" finds fault with the measure not in principle but in its lack of specifics on how the money would be spent.
New state laws that went into effect this past week span a wide range, including help for children being bullied, stricter hygiene requirements for tattoos and body piercing, and requiring most businesses to recycle waste.
Two days after a June 25 robbery at Creekside Park in El Cerrito, two robberies occurred in the same area on June 27 – one with a handgun at night at the park and a strong-arm robbery in the morning about a block away, police said.
Bill Evans, a bluegrass musician who lives in Albany and appears regularly in the "Bangers & Grass" performances at Kensington Circus Pub, has a new video "celebrating families making music together."
There was a spirited division of reader opinions in the comments on a guest column by an El Cerrito resident who dislikes the law against "wrong way" parking and strict enforcement of it. So we're doing a reader poll and hope you'll vote.
We thank Richmond Annex resident Christina Slamon for posting this video of last year's fireworks in Richmond, which painted the nighttime sky to the live accompaniment of the Oakland East Bay Symphony.