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Police release surveillance video of Walgreens armed robbery suspect
El Cerrito police are searching for a man who robbed a Walgreens drug store last week, threatening employees as he forced his way out of the store. Police responded...Read More
Man faces hate crime charges for assault on victim of Middle Eastern descent
Police in El Cerrito have arrested a suspect in connection with what is being called a hate crime, and the victim is a 69-year-old man of Middle Eastern descent....Read More
West Contra Costa Unified ratifies agreement for limited in-person classes
Underscoring the patchwork of reopening plans emerging even among adjoining districts, West Contra Costa Unified School District students will be able to return to the classroom April 19 under...Read More
West Contra Costa unveils in-person summer school plans to bridge learning gap
West Contra Costa Unified School District plans to confront widespread learning loss and prepare students of all grades for the “new normal” of returning to the classroom by enhancing...Read More
Police make arrests after traffic stop turns up catalytic converters, saws, meth
Two Oakland men were arrested after a traffic stop Tuesday afternoon turned up four catalytic converters, El Cerrito police said. Officers pulled over the Ford SUV for a traffic...Read More
Police arrest man at El Cerrito BART station for weapons, stolen property
A 51-year-old San Pablo man was arrested on weapons violations Saturday night at the El Cerrito Plaza BART station. Moishe Harris was taken into custody just after 10 p.m....Read More
County says youth, essential workers driving elevated Covid-19 cases
Contra Costa County health officials are working to address elevated Covid-19 case rates in several communities, with more testing and an outreach effort to speak directly to those residents...Read More
El Cerrito extends deadline for City Council nominations
The deadline for filing nomination documents for the El Cerrito City Council in November’s election has been extended to Wednesday because of a lack of incumbents filing for re-election,...Read More
El Cerrito High School locks found cut for field, court access
The El Cerrito Police Department advises the public to remember the fields at El Cerrito High School are off-limits during the novel coronavirus pandemic after the locks were found...Read More
El Cerrito cancels July 4 festival amid Covid-19 concern, budget shortfall
The largest event of the year in El Cerrito, the annual Fourth of July/worldOne Festival at Cerrito Vista Park, has been canceled for 2020, City Manager Karen Pinkos announced....Read More
El Cerrito resident fatally shoots burglary suspect
An El Cerrito resident fatally shot a suspected burglar apparently trying to break in to a home on Cutting Boulevard early Saturday, police said. Residents at the home called...Read More
Estuary coalition works to reduce East Bay urban pollution runoff into SF Bay
The San Francisco Estuary Partnership is working on a project this year to reduce how much polluted water flows into the San Francisco Bay from Oakland, Emeryville, Berkeley and El...Read More
PG&E announces planned Saturday shutoff for Contra Costa County
About 48,000 PG&E customers — meaning more than 120,000 people in all — will lose power in Contra Costa County starting Saturday night as part of the latest Public...Read More
Five schools close Thursday in Contra Costa County hills
PG&E’s Public Safety Power Shutoff has prompted four East Bay elementary schools and one high school to close on Thursday, according to the Contra Costa County Office of Education....Read More
El Cerrito celebrates local band legends of Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival, the band that displaced the Beatles from the top of the charts, is being celebrated with events in its hometown of El Cerrito. A photo exhibition...Read More
Five-city power outage strikes 40,000 customers, Downtown Berkeley BART, traffic signals
Traffic signals are not functioning and the downtown Berkeley BART station is closed during a major outage Sunday morning has cut power to thousands of customers in Richmond, El...Read More
El Cerrito City Council repeals just cause eviction ordinance
El Cerrito has repealed it just cause eviction ordinance less than two months after it was enacted as part of a package of measures intended to protect residents of...Read More
Sale preserves cinematic future for Cerrito Theater
The Cerrito Theater, a popular restored 1937 Art Deco theater in the heart of El Cerrito, will be sold to Rialto Cinemas, its current operator.Read More
Fitbit workers charged with trade secret posession
Six current and former employees of the Fitbit Inc. fitness tracker company are due to appear before a U.S. magistrate in San Jose on July 9 on charges of...Read More
Replica grenades prompt evacuation
The discovery of what appeared to be three military hand grenades prompted the evacuation of five homes in El Cerrito.Read More