Kensington News

Two Palo Alto children taken from their parents last month and put in a foster home after a family fight near Omaha will be returning to the Bay Area after Nebraska authorities agreed Wednesday to turn over the case to child-welfare officials in Santa Clara County.

Calendar Listing Date of Event: Monday, July 20, 2009, 7:00 p.m. Title: Author Talk - Disappearing World: 101 of the Earth's Most Extraordinary and Endangered Places Who: Alonzo Addison Where: Kensington Library, 61Arlington Avenue, Kensington, CA 94707 Public Info: This event is free Contact Information: Louise O'Dea, lodea@ccclib.org , ...

At the end of the week, weary workers often remark "Thank God it's Friday.'' But once a month, residents of the East Bay can look forward to music refreshments and the best of local art on the last day of the work week.

Date of Event: Monday, July 13, 7:00 p.m. Title: Folk Song Program Who: Sharyn Dimmick and Carol Denney Where: Kensington Library, 61Arlington Avenue, Kensington, CA 94707 Public Info: This event is free Contact Information: Louise O'Dea, lodea@ccclib.org , 510-524-3043 Please join us for an evening of folk music with long-time Kensington/Berkeley ...

Dear Mick LaSalle: How come none of the critics noticed the exact image of the elder Spencer Tracy as the lead character in "Up"? Bob Lipman, San Francisco Dear Bob Lipman: I noticed, but I had only 20 inches, and it didn't seem worth mentioning, once I saw that the character didn't have anything to do with Tracy.

Here's the latest from Squirrel Country, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.: My favorite Peanut Monster has become so tame that he allows both my 20-year-old grandson and me to stroke his back as he munches his peanuts.

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.

A recent story in the Contra Costa Times introduced readers to the "Benicia Parks, Recreation and Cemetery Commission." The Eye supposes it makes sense in that cemeteries have to be maintained, as do parks, but what a wacky combination of functions - unless someone needed the services of a cemetery after overindulging in recreation programs ONE ...

Families are welcome at the formal tea party, which will feature tea, juice, cookies, tea sandwiches and cakes, all to the accompaniment of light jazz.

Dear Dr. Blonz : I am getting a mixed message from you concerning spinach. You just wrote about nitrates and nitrosamines, saying that there were nitrates in spinach.

On Monday, June 8 from 3 p.m. - 6 p.m., the Kensington Library will be hosting an afternoon of video games and snacks provided by Best Buy and The Arlington Cafe.

Date of Event: Monday, June 8, 2009, 7:00 p.m. Title: Latin American Music Who: Rafael Manriquez Where: Kensington Library, 61Arlington Avenue, Kensington, CA 94707 Public Info: This event is free Contact Information: Louise O'Dea, lodea@ccclib.org , 510-524-3043 Rafael Manriquez is one of the leading exponents of Latin American music in the San ...

Paul Peterzell of San Rafael, who has volunteered for more than a decade as a mediator in the district attorney's office, was honored Tuesday as Marin County's "volunteer of the year." Peterzell joined 32 others saluted by county supervisors for volunteer efforts ranging from medical assistance to library help in an overall volunteer program that ...

Date of Event: Monday, May 11, 2009, 7:00 p.m. Title: The Drought and Community Response Who: Andy Katz, Director, East Bay Municipal Utility District Where: Kensington Library, 61Arlington Avenue, Kensington, CA 94707 Public Info: This event is free Contact Information: Louise O'Dea, lodea@ccclib.org , 510-524-3043 Please join us for an ...

Saturday and Sunday, May 9 and 10, '09, Friends of the Kensington Library will hold their annual Spring Book Sale in the Community Center at 59 Arlington Ave, Kensington, up the road by the library.

A hip room and a vibrator? Only in San Francisco. The sexy Personality Hotels chain, banking on your need for some stimulus of your own in these economic times, is offering a new "Stim-You-Late Package". Known in San Francisco as the cool kid hotels, Personality Hotels make you hipper just by knowing about them.

If you've recently butchered a fresh coconut to make superior fur for your Easter bunny cookies, there's a good chance that you still have a fair amount of fresh coconut on hand.

A NEW STUDY of Contra Costa's myriad fire departments has thrown open the curtain on an ugly truth: When it comes to fire protection, this is a county of haves and have-nots. Some communities get three firefighters per engine, while others must make do with two.

The City of Albany will buy a private home on Masonic Avenue for $425,000 to be used as a future extension of the senior center.

Monday, April 13, 2009, 7:00 p.m. Title: Teaching Overseas in the Peace Corps: Returned Volunteers Share their Stories and Slides Who: Sue Gershenson, Peace Corps San Francisco Regional Office Where: Kensington Library, 61Arlington Avenue, Kensington, CA 94707 Public Info: This event is free Contact Information: Louise O'Dea, lodea@ccclib.org , ...