Debuts Monday — Your Questions Addressed in "You Ask, El Cerrito Patch Answers"

• Wonder why El Cerrito City Hall doesn't keep regular hours?

• How El Cerrito High School compares to other high schools in college admissions?

•  When the new Safeway will finally open at the old Target site?

Do you have questions about El Cerrito? Well, so do we.  And we want to do something about it — with your help.

We're launching a new feature — "You Ask, El Cerrito Patch Answers."  It will be a weekly column, appearing on Monday, where we'll answer your questions about local community problems, issues and conundrums.

Will they ever finish tearing up San Pablo Avenue?  Does El Cerrito really have a different bicycle helmet law than other cities?  Whom do I call for a broken streetlight?  Where does the El Cerrito sales tax go?  Who's responsible for cleaning garbage out of the creeks?

If you've got a question about something in El Cerrito, send it to charles@patch.com, and we'll dig up the answer.

And there's a bonus.  If your question appears in our column, you'll receive a gift from Patch.

So email us and check back on Mondays for "You Ask, El Cerrito Patch Answers."