See April 4 listings below for details of two armed robberies in El Cerrito and the subsequent arrests of two juvenile suspects. The El Cerrito Police Blotter for April 2-4 also includes four home burglaries within two days.
The El Cerrito Police Blotter for April 5-7 also includes a residential burglary on Havens Place and a vehicle break-in, with loss of a purse, at El Cerrito Plaza.
On Friday, April 19, Madera Elementary School will hold an Earth Day Farmers Market where students will sell produce, have a table teaching simple garden art. Other vendors will also be present.
The Eukel Trust will once again hand out three $10,000 awards to three Contra Costa County teachers.
Independent filmmaker Les Blank who lives in Berkeley and whose film company, Flower Films, is based in El Cerrito, died in his Berkeley home on Sunday according to media reports.
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The county's announcement came as legislators conducted an inquiry into last August's fire at the Richmond refinery and as Cal/OSHA gave Chevron the go-ahead to resume full operations there.
The Richmond Planning Commission has given thumbs up to the conditional use permit for the El Cerrito Natural Grocery to serve food, beer and wine at its under-construction "Annex" next door.
The state lifted the order prohibiting use of the affected unit this morning.
The preliminary hearing for Albany resident Diane Sydenham, accused of murdering a retired Kensington psychologist with a knife to the heart, had been set for April 4 but has been delayed because of scheduling conflicts.
Cal/OSHA is wrapping up its review of the Richmond refinery's repairs and replacements after last August's major fire.
If you take your recycling materials to the El Cerrito Recycling Center today, Friday, between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m., you could be tapped to appear in a film being shot about the Recycling Center's history.
State Senator Loni Hancock and Assemblymember Nancy Skinner have asked five public agencies to summarize their findings on the fire's causes and effects.
Responding to resident complaints about speeding and safety, the Contra Costa County Public Works Department has installed yellow bumps, striping and reflectors around the Colusa Circle in Kensington as traffic calming measures.
The West Contra Costa Unified School District will hold a half dozen "town hall" meetings in local communities, including one in El Cerrito on April 27.
Parking and access routes will be affected, but all classes and events will continue as scheduled.
Madeleine Rogin, a kindergarten teacher at Prospect Sierra School is one of two finalists in the national teaching contest, the Great American Teach-off.
Rialto Cinemas Cerrito is showcasing some of the world's greatest art in a series of exhibitions on film.
David Dean Johnson, 49, in now in custody at the Siskiyou County Jail.
The El Cerrito Police Blotter for March 25-28 also includes a carjacking arrest, two residential burglary attempts an a recovered stolen car.