🌱 Patch AM: How long will Carlson Boulevard stay closed after the storage fire?

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In today's newsletter:

• How long will Carlson Boulevard stay closed after the storage fire?

Also on today's calendar: Live Music With Andrew Potter Band (Best Live Music in the East Bay Area) and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: How many sheep does it take to make a sweater? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 52 and low of 43 degrees.
• Sunday: Sunny to partly cloudy, temps: high: 57, low: 47.
• Monday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 58 and low of 43 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Road closures remain in place after fire damages Carlson Boulevard storage facility (grandviewindependent.com) — Road closures on Carlson Boulevard near Cutting remain in place after a major fire at a Public Storage facility, with El Cerrito firefighters among those responding to the third-alarm blaze. Officials say the damaged building is unstable, so streets and sidewalks are blocked off while engineers assess the structure and the property is fenced to keep people away.
   

📸 Around El Cerrito

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🗓 Upcoming Events in El Cerrito

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Saturday December 27

• Live Music With Andrew Potter Band (Best Live Music in the East Bay Area)
  Kensington Circus Pub , 389 Colusa Ave , Kensington
  8:00 pm

Sunday December 28

• Live Music with Beatles Thingy (Best Live Music in the East Bay Area)
  Kensington Circus Pub , 389 Colusa Ave , Kensington
  7:30 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Recycling Center + Office - Limited Hours Today
  El Cerrito Recycling Center , 7501 Schmidt Lane , El Cerrito
  8:30 am
• ESL Conversation Group
  El Cerrito Library , 6510 Stockton Avenue , El Cerrito
  5:00 pm

Thursday January 1

• Recycling Center + Office - Holiday Closure
  El Cerrito Recycling Center , 7501 Schmidt Lane , El Cerrito

Friday January 2

• Live Music with Rocky Michaels (Best Live Music in the East Bay Area)
  Kensington Circus Pub , 389 Colusa Ave , Kensington
  8:00 pm

Saturday January 3

• Live Music with Blue Alley Cats (Best Live Music in the East Bay Area)
  Kensington Circus Pub , 389 Colusa Ave , Kensington
  8:00 pm

Friday January 9

• Live Music With Sisters With A Twist (Best Live Music in the East Bay Area)
  Kensington Circus Pub , 389 Colusa Ave , Kensington
  8:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday December 27

• Dungeons & Dragons®
  San Pablo Library , 2300 El Portal Drive Suite D , San Pablo
  9:00 am
• Family Story Time @Central CCR
  Berkeley Public Library , 2090 Kittredge St , Berkeley
  10:30 am
• Slowdown - Mosiki Mehfil
  Kensington Community Center , 59 Arlington Ave , Kensington
  2:00 pm
• Drop-in 3D Printing Information Booth
  San Ramon Library , 100 Montgomery St , San Ramon
  3:00 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making El Cerrito PatchAM possible:

• Looking Glass Photographic Outfitters — (510) 548-6888
  Free 20-Minute Photo Coaching Session with Camera or Lens
• Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
  Teach your kids they can achieve the impossible!

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• A big thank you to all who bought gifts for Jay and his boys Alex and Landon from the Amazon wishlist Jay had created.
  They had moved to Texas for a job after losing everything in the 2018 Paradise Fire. Since then they have struggled on and off but Jay never loses… (Nextdoor El Cerrito Plaza)
• What’s everyone having for their holiday meal today?
  I have a potroast in the oven • Happy Holidays!!! (Nextdoor Lower Hill El Cerrito)

• Walgreens posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate - Temporary in El Cerrito. Apply here.
• Blue Apron, Inc. posted a job opening for Team Lead - Shipping in Richmond. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near El Cerrito here.

🗞 Nearby News

Richmond

• Three-Alarm Fire Heavily Damages Structures at CA Public Storage Facility (fireengineering.com)
• RIP Betty Reid Soskin: Oldest Ranger in the National Park Service Dies at 104 (mymodernmet.com)
• CHP's Operation Silent Night arrests 13 during statewide organized retail theft investigation (antiochherald.com)

Berkeley

• Jackson Harris Could Reunite With Ron Rivera at Cal — Plus 4 Other Portal Fits (profootballnetwork.com)
• Dead Freaks Unite for Grateful Dead's Tom Constanten (gratefulweb.com)

Alameda

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I have no idea. I didn’t even know sheep could knit.
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