El Cerrito News

The city is considering a ban on free single-use bags similar to ordinances that have gone into effect in many other urban areas of the state, along with a ban on polystyrene containers for takeout food.

The El Cerrito Garden Club has taken on a lot of beautification projects over its history, and one of its most significant is also one of the smallest.

Pledge of Allegiance, Cub Scout Pack 27, Roll Call, Ceremonial Matter Recognition of Graduates in San Mateo High Schools with 4.0 Grade Point Averages Item 1: Approval of the City Council Special Meeting and Regular Meeting minutes of May 6, 2013 Item 2: El Cerrito Relief Line Project Amendment No.

A fast-moving brush fire blackened dozens of open acres Wednesday in the remote reaches of southern San Diego County, just north of the Mexican border.

A 13-year-old boy playing with a cigarette lighter accidentally started a brush fire in El Cerrito Wednesday that briefly threatened Crawford High School and nearby homes.

San Diegans are showing their support for the victims of the Oklahoma tornado by donating to a relief effort started by military wives.

This may come as a shocker to many Californians, but fewer motorists appear to be using hand-held cellphones as they drive along state highways and city streets.

Rejecting the appeals of climate change skeptics and some environmentalists who called for stronger action, the City Council on Tuesday evening approved a long-term plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from all sources in the city.

Two teens have been charged with attempted murder for shooting two Albany High School students near the BART tracks in El Cerrito earlier this year, authorities said Tuesday.

An El Cerrito man remains hospitalized after he was stabbed multiple times in the back during a melee involving up to 50 people early Sunday morning outside a sports bar, police said.

A large water pipe construction project west of the East Bay hills is ready for public review, with an environmental document awaiting public comment and several hearings scheduled in June.

A veteran West Contra Costa schools administrator has been honored for expanding the district's special education programs into some of the most comprehensive and effective in the state.

The city declined this week to support a study of a BART extension north, after a majority of City Council members raised concern that it could sap energy and funding from Hercules' long-planned Intermodal Transit Center on the waterfront.

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A proposal to extend BART north to Hercules is challenging this city to re-examine how it wants to evolve from an automobile-dependent suburb into its New Urbanist, pedestrian- and transit-friendly vision.

Are Contra Costa County's Hiring Practices Fair? The County Administrator says it's time to stop paying an Oakland law firm $30k-$50k a year to monitor diversity in the county workforce.

The City Council and the West Contra Costa school board shared some of their mutual successes along with a couple of differences in their annual joint meeting May 7. On the positive side were a new summer internship program in city government, testimonials on the strides being made in tutoring El Cerrito students in writing and an update on ... (more)

Despite passing Measure G last year, West Contra Costa Unified School District has a losing record when it come to parcel taxes.

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MARCH 08: A "Hiring Now" sign is posted in front of a Pennzoil Speed Oil Change shop on March 8, 2013 in El Cerrito, California.