You can receive up to $100 for helping democracy one day. The Contra Costa County Elections Division is seeking poll workers for El Cerrito, Pinole, Richmond and San Pablo for June 5th primary election.
A Pinole police officer shot the driver of an alleged stolen car in the Kaiser Medical Center parking lot in Pinole this afternoon, Friday, the CHP said. One news report said the suspect allegedly fired first at police.
The front-page news in El Cerrito on this day 63 years ago included a surge in new home construction, the city manager reporting a backlog in street maintenance and great expectations for the Policemen's Ball.
There were many gatherings and protests in the Bay Area to commemorate May Day on Tuesday. We'd like to thank El Cerrito Patch contributor Limor Inbar for her photos of the demonstration at the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland.
This contest features a photo of something delicious from a restaurant, cafe or other business serving food 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.
Patch sites across the country this week are asking their readers to share their favorite place for Mother's Day Brunch. We hope you'll tell us yours in El Cerrito or Kensington.
Appreciative words for the work of the El Cerrito police department – posted on one of our "Police Blotter" articles – were selected as our "Comment of the Week."
On the El Cerrito front page today in 1949: a city law requiring the Key System to pay for wear on streets, a bright report from Mechanics Bank, honors for El Cerrito High journalism students and the El Cerrito/Richmond Annex bond.
The federal government says infected cow is "no cause for alarm." A Consumer Reports' scientist sounds alarm. Are you worried? We'd like to know in our poll.
Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia, whose district includes El Cerrito and Kensington, is hosting an informal "Breakfast with John" event for constituents in Richmond Saturday.
This contest features a photo of something delicious from a restaurant, cafe or other business serving food 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 latest reports on crimereports.com show several recent assaults, including one with great bodily injury, as well as home break-ins. The Arlington Neighbors email list reported a BMW stolen on Cutting next to the golf course.
A check of the most recent reader interest on El Cerrito Patch finds the occupation of the UC-owned Gill Tract leading the list, followed by the opening of the city's new Recycling Center and the Clean Water Initiative Ballot for Contra Costa County.
Patch sites across the country this week are asking their readers to share their favorite local florist. We hope you'll tell us yours in El Cerrito, Kensington or Albany.
The news this past week that Chipotle Mexican Grill was granted a use permit to move into the Payless ShoeSource space across from El Cerrito Plaza drew both boos and cheers, including our "Comments of the Week."
Making front-page news in El Cerrito on this day in 1949 was the low-bid of $12,370 to build the police station on Manila Avenue, a boom in home building, a fancy soiree to benefit a hospital, and free refrigeration from Jack Frost.
You may have noticed the thermometer rising this afternoon, Friday. The National Weather Service is forecasting near-record temperatures for the Bay Area in the next two days, especially tomorrow.
In this video of a Berkeley interview with a high school newspaper, popular MSNBC host Rachel Maddow talks about growing up gay in Castro Valley and stumbling into the career that made her America's first openly gay anchor of a prime-time news show.
One of the many work parties organized for El Cerrito Earth Day tomorrow, April 21, is an assault on invasive French broom in the Hillside Natural Area organized by Friends of Five Creeks.
The San Francisco Peninsula Press Club is awarding grants to local high school journalism programs and $1,500 scholarships for high school and college journalists.
