El Cerrito News Digest: Curated Local News That Matters To You

Happy Saturday, El Cerrito! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note. This newsletter is published Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, usually in the late afternoon.

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First, today's weather:

Clear throughout the day. High: 65 Low: 52.

Here are the top stories today in El Cerrito:

1. Violent video of San Pablo drive-by shooting released in effort to identify suspects (East Bay Times)
2. Twitter signs Oakland office lease, another sign remote work won’t kill tech growth (San Francisco Chronicle)
3. UC Berkeley ranks #1 America’s Best College of 2021 (KRON4)
4. San Pablo police release new footage of drive-by shooting (KRON4)
5. Evaluating the New Mu Variant in California (KQED)
6. First Look: Inside Berkeley’s new Palestinian-inspired Lulu restaurant (The Mercury News)
7. Berkeley businesses now requiring proof of vaccination to enter (KRON4)
8. Bay Area zapped by 110 confirmed lightning strikes (KTVU San Francisco)

Today in El Cerrito:

• Jimmy Kraft (2:00 PM)

El Cerrito Patch Notebook

• Bay Area Rapid Transit: "BART and Capitol Corridor are taking a leadership role in looking at how trains can help connect Northern California through BART and regional rail improvements, including a new transbay passenger rail crossing from Oakland to San Franci..." (Facebook)
• El Cerrito High School PTSA: "El Cerrito High School's PTSA gives you two chances to catch up with Principal Crespo! Coffee/Cafecito with/con Crespo; Cocktails/Cócteles with/con Crespo THIS Friday, September 10, ZOOM 9-10am Coffee with Crespo/Cafecito con Crespo AND ..." (Facebook)
• Bay Area Rapid Transit: "Antioch-SFO (Yellow) Line riders, please be advised: on Sunday, September 12, BART will be single-tracking between Pleasant Hill and Walnut Creek. BART workers will be replacing 16,000 feet of rail in Contra Costa County as part of the o..." (Facebook)

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About me: I'm grateful for the opportunity to report community news in the San Francisco Bay Area as a Field Editor at Patch. I grew up in New York City and have called California my home since riding my bike cross country when I was 19. I got my start in journalism as sports editor of City College of San Francisco’s student newspaper. Through good fortune I was able to use that experience to launch my career as a freelance sports journalist at the San Mateo Times while completing my degree in history at San Francisco State University. Many Bay Area Patch readers will likely recognize my byline; I spent parts of five years from 2010 to 2014 as a writer and editor for multiple Patch sites in the North Bay and on the Peninsula. My first staff writing position was at the Los Angeles Daily News, where I started out covering minor league baseball and community sports before transitioning to the public safety beat in the Antelope Valley (northern Los Angeles County/southern Kern County). I've written for The Associated Press, USA Today, The Boston Herald, The Philadelphia Daily News, The San Francisco Examiner, The Orange County Register, The Dallas Morning News and on ESPN.com, among other publications. If you have a story idea, feedback on how I’m doing or how I can better serve your community please email me: gideon.rubin@patch.com

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