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Good morning El Cerrito! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How did El Cerrito dominate to clinch a state football title?
  • How climate-fueled fungi are quietly killing Contra Costa’s beloved trees
  • How an El Cerrito nonprofit is challenging big insurers on climate risk

Also on today's calendar: Pet Pictures with Santa and 9 more events.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Rather cloudy, with a high of 55 and low of 52 degrees.
  • Wednesday: A brief morning shower or two, temps: high: 53, low: 50.
  • Thursday: Fog in the morning; some sun, with a high of 54 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• High school football: Scores from Saturday's CIF state championships (ocregister.com) — El Cerrito High’s football team capped its season with a 35–12 win over Beckman to claim the CIF Division 4-A state championship, a big point of pride for local fans. The roundup also lists scores from other divisions across California’s title games.
   

• Fungal forests: New study reveals the fatal impacts of climate change on East Bay trees (localnewsmatters.org) — A new UC Berkeley–backed study warns that climate change–driven drought is activating fungal pathogens that are killing trees across Contra Costa County, raising fire risks in parks and neighborhoods El Cerrito residents use. Written by an El Cerrito High School student reporter, the piece explains how local trees are becoming more vulnerable and what homeowners and land managers can do to protect them.
   

• Shareholders Respond to Climate-Related Insurability Crisis — As You Sow (asyousow.org) — An El Cerrito–based nonprofit, As You Sow, is pressing major insurers like Travelers, Chubb, and Berkshire Hathaway to address climate-driven insurance risks and disclose related impacts. From its El Cerrito headquarters, the group is filing shareholder resolutions seeking transparency on rate hikes, shrinking coverage areas, and how climate costs are shifted onto homeowners and taxpayers.
   

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  • I picked up this small dog on South 4th Street.
    He was tailing a larger female dog in heat. The larger dog went back home, but nobody knows where this little dog belongs. He's safe here with me,… (Nextdoor El Cerrito del Norte (Inner))
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