Patch has teamed up with James Patterson’s READKIDDOREAD program to bring you reading lists for every age. If you’re looking for some great summer reading options, check out this list of The Best Illustrated books from James Patterson. These books are g
Patch has teamed up with James Patterson’s READKIDDOREAD program to bring you reading lists for every age. If you’re looking for some great summer reading options, check this list of “Favorite Pageturners” from James Patterson. These books are great read.
Patch has teamed up with James Patterson’s READKIDDOREAD program to bring you reading lists for every age. If you’re looking for some great summer reading options, check this list of “Terrific Transitional” books from James Patterson. These books are gea
After the defeat of the Measure K parcel tax for West Contra Costa schools, the school board president ignited debate by asking if Hercules and Pinole, where support was lowest, belong in the district. We'd like your vote in our poll.
Principal David Luongo gets a hug from senior Roschelle Hood at the El Cerrito High School graduation Friday night. If you have graduation photos, we'd like to post them. Just click "Upload Photos and Videos."
The lowest-priced home we found for sale in El Cerrito at the moment has three bedrooms, two baths and lots of angles – for $268,000. If you have a home for sale in town, you can add details and photos here.
The large number of reader comments on El Cerrito Patch this past week included one from a teacher at Windrush School paying homage to the extraordinary community and learning she found there. It's our "Comment of Week."
El Cerrito Patch will be publishing the results of Measure K, the proposed parcel tax for West Contra Costa schools in in the June 5 election, as soon as they are released after polls close at 8 p.m.
The fatal shooting of an 18-year-old suspect during an attempted robbery of a San Ramon jewelry store has drawn sharply clashing views from readers. Our "Comment of the Week" wrestles with "this collision of narratives."
El Cerrito's Recreation Department is offering a 10-percent "summer savings" discount to those who sign up in June for select summer camps and swim lessons.
If you're wondering what happened at the annual meeting of the Branch Library Assistants and Custodians of Contra Costa Library 63 years ago, the front page of the El Cerrito Journal for today, June 2, has the answer.
This weekend offers several special activities in El Cerrito: the spring fair at Portola Middle School, weed-clearing at Baxter Creek, building a trail up Motorcycle Hill, a Chinese dance spectacle, and a memorial gathering for Henry Treadway.
The Contra Costa County Library has dozens of copies, all checked out. Waiting lists are long.
City Manager says he responded promptly to investigative reporter's public records requests.
This contest features a photo of something delicious that's sold in El Cerrito or Kensington. Be first to provide the item's name and where it's sold in the article's comments section to win a prize.
The Contra Costa Crisis Center, which offers a 24-hour crisis telephone hotline, is going online, trying out a live computer chat service for four hours per day.
Catalogs of summer options for kids in the Bay Area – including camps, classes, fairs, activities, reading lists, museums, and other opportunties to play and learn – are available online from the school district, El Cerrito and Kensington.
This week's "Comment of Week" honors a reader's comment that coined an apt pun in honor of honey produced right here in El Cerrito.
The front-page news in El Cerrito on this date in 1949 was not high drama. A hometown soldier had to repeat his German wedding. A high school senior won a statewide essay contest. Ben Parker motored through three states.
This contest features a photo of something delicious that's sold in El Cerrito or Kensington. This week the identity of the item is no mystery. Be first to name where it's sold in the article's comments section to win a prize.
