El Cerrito News Archives

For the period of July 1 to June 30 every year until 2016 there will be $100,000 available for the City of Richmond's Lateral Grant Program.

What: "The Vintage Eye - East Bay Signs and Scenes" photography exhibit When: July 10, 2009 - August 21, 2009 Event: Opening Reception for artists: July 10, 2009 Time: 7:00 - 9:00 PM Who: artists: Devil Doll, Ken Duffy, Lila Banuelos, and Neo Serafimidis Where: Fingado Art Gallery 7025 Stockton Avenue, El Cerrito, CA 94530 Description: Local ...

More than half of Contra Costa County is now under quarantine to prevent the spread of the light brown apple moth, a threat to crops and other plants.

El Cerrito residents are seeing a new tax bill this month - except it's not exactly new.

A 16-year-old faces felony charges after police say he unlocked a Honda Accord with a keychain remote - reported stolen during a carjacking the night before in the same El Cerrito driveway.

The July 2nd Planning Commission Hearing has been cancelled. The next meeting will be held July 16, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chamber.

Prosecutors in California's Contra Costa County say they will not charge a man whose 4-month old son died after being left in his father's car all day.

Haley Wesley can still see the terrible moment. After driving straight home from work one afternoon, she walked to the passenger side of her car to retrieve something and was startled to spot her 10-month-old daughter tucked in her infant seat.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC WORKSHOP City of El Cerrito's Americans with Disabilities Act Transition Plan Please join us at a public workshop to discuss the the City of El Cerrito's ADA Transition Plan: Thursday, June 18, 2009 Drop-in anytime from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM City Hall Council Chambers 10890 San Pablo Avenue The City of El Cerrito has pursued the ...

El Cerrito city staff plan to recommend a North Bay theater company to the City Council to serve as the new operator of the Cerrito Theater.

A local auto mechanic will host a Women's Car Care Clinic from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday that will provide instruction on car care and maintenance basics, advice on what to look for in a repair shop and more.

Plan for College Teens and their parents are invited to attend these FREE Kaplan Summer Series events: June 30th - Getting Into Your First Choice July 7th - Paying for College August 11th - SAT Essay Workshop All events are held on these Tuesday evenings from 7 to 8 pm at the El Cerrito Library.

Contra Costa County prosecutors say they will not charge an El Cerrito man whose 4-month old son died after being left in his father's car all day.

John Maxwell was ordained a priest in the Salesian order June 13, 1959. The 50th anniversary of that event, which happened in Watsonville, was celebrated Saturday with a Golden Jubilee Mass at St.

Author Showcase Join Marta Acosta, author of the Casa Dracula Series, for a reading and discussion of her popular vampire novels.

Meet Anthony Woods, Democrat for Congress, June 21 at 12:30pm at Arlington Park Anthony Woods is a decorated veteran of the Iraq war, a Fairfield native, and a graduate of West Point and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

The Contra Costa County Library is expanding services and improving accessibility for West County residents by making its popular collection available through the installation of its third Library-a-Go-Go book lending machine.

Even if Everett Carey's death Monday was an accident, however, the father who left him in the car could face criminal charges.

The First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco overturned Achi Ben Shalom's misdemeanor assault and battery convictions and granted him a new trial.

Playland-Not-At-The-Beach, one the Bay Area's most bizarro places honoring the old San Francisco Playland, unveils its latest attraction this weekend featuring a tribute to "Santa Baby" singer Eartha Kitt.

Everett wore nothing but a diaper, blue lips gripping his pacifier. Or so it seemed to Don Hudson, who watched the paramedics, hunched over the warm asphalt, trying to revive the 4-month-old in El Cerrito on Monday.

EL CERRITO, Calif. - Authorities are investigating the death of a 4-month-old boy who died after his father left him alone in a car at the El Cerrito BART station.

A 4-month old baby boy died Monday afternoon after apparently being left in a car all day in the El Cerrito BART parking lot.

A 4-month-old boy was rushed to a hospital Monday evening after he was found unresponsive inside his father's car, which was parked at the El Cerrito Plaza BART Station.

THE ROTARY CLUB of El Cerrito has turned beer and hot dogs into new instruments for the El Cerrito High School music program.

EL CERRITO, Calif. - A small earthquake has rattled the East Bay, and there are no immediate reports of injury or damage.

A letter recently came to Our Neighbors announcing that "Mr. Stewart's fifth-grade class" at Stewart K-8 School in Pinole is participating in Pennies for Peace, a program that turns loose change into items needed by students in remote areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan.