UC Berkeley police Tuesday told activists occupying the the UC-owned Gill Tract in Albany that they are trespassing and face arrest or fines if they don't leave. Using a megaphone and accompanied by three other officers, UC police Sgt. Andrew Tucker en... »
Below are recent crimes, excluding petty thefts and thefts from vehicles, that we found on crimereports.com – the official outlet for El Cerrito police crime information. Assaults The list below includes an April 14 assault with a deadly weapon in the... »
We'd like to thank contributor Betty Buginas for these photos taken Tuesday showing the progress in readying the new Goodwill store for its upcoming opening at San Pablo and Brighton avenues in Albany, less than a block south of the El Cerrito border. ... »
By now, most folks who follow the news know that several dozen activists bearing seedlings and garden tools occupied the UC-owned Gill Tract in Albany on Sunday, Earth Day, and began planting their own urban farm. Albany Patch has been posting extensiv... »
On Sunday, April 29, the city of El Cerrito will turn Key Boulevard at the intersections of Conlon Avenue and Humboldt Street into a car-free zone for community members to enjoy another "street play" event with games, live music and other activities. T... »
Though you can often find a "Most Popular" list attached to articles on Patch, it's not always there or escapes notice beneath the ads. So we're publishing it to provide a quick reading of the most recent pulse of reader interest on El Cerrito Patch. Y... »
Officials from the University of California at Berkeley said they will work to find a peaceful resolution with activists who took over Albany's Gill Tract on Sunday to plant an urban farm. The city of Albany also released a statement, at 1:30 p.m.: "... »
Late April and early May are an optimum time to enjoy flowers. Many people not only like to see them growing outside but also enjoying buying them to cheer up their homes and give them as gifts. And the traditional place to buy flowers and associated i... »
Two adults and two children were taken to the hospital this afternoon, April 21, after their SUV overturned on Santa Fe Avenue in an accident that included a collision with a car driven by an El Cerrito man, authorities said. A San Pablo family in a L... »
An unofficial El Cerrito landmark became rubble Friday when the steel jaws of a heavy-duty excavator chomped through the 80-year-old "castle house" at 801 Bates Ave. The three-story home – known for its peaked tower and medieval guard statues at the fr... »
In the Shadi Historical Room at El Cerrito City Hall, you can turn to the now yellowed front page of the weekly El Cerrito Journal for today, April 21, in 1949 to see a snapshot of our community in its post-war growth years. Here are some of the actual... »
Assault on officer The latest crime news round-up from El Cerrito police includes a 29-year-old El Cerrito man arrested April 7 for allegedly shoving an El Cerrito police officer at the scene of a dispute where the suspect tried to take a remote-contro... »
A former home of the Albany Masonic lodge San Pablo Avenue near the El Cerrito border could eventually host a youth-oriented table tennis club, if the business owner's plans move forward. Albany's Planning & Zoning Commission approved a parking excepti... »
An 18-year-old teen from El Cerrito has been arrested in connection with a Craigslist robbery that occurred in El Cerrito on March 27, El Cerrito police said Monday. It was one of two recent armed robberies in the city. The other occurred March 20 when... »
There were four armed robberies between March 20 and March 30 in El Cerrito, according to police reports on crimereports.com. The four robberies follow an attempted armed robbery on March 13 when a gunman accosted a man waiting in his car at a stopligh... »
