🌱 Patch AM: How El Cerrito’s license-plate camera removal slowed a homicide investigation

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In today's newsletter:

• How El Cerrito's license-plate camera removal slowed a homicide investigation

Also on today's calendar: The Prediabetes Wake Up Call and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the tree say when Spring arrived? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Not as warm, becoming breezy, with a high of 70 and low of 56 degrees.
• Saturday: Breezy, temps: high: 71, low: 56.
• Sunday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 71 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 21-year-old killed in El Cerrito shopping center shooting identified (ktvu.com) — A 21-year-old man was fatally shot while sitting in his car outside Los Moles at Del Norte Plaza in El Cerrito, and police have identified him as Jakai Couch. Investigators arrested an 18-year-old suspected lookout but are still searching for the shooter and getaway driver. The case has been complicated by El Cerrito's recent removal of license-plate cameras, which slowed efforts to track the suspects' vehicle.
   

📸 Around El Cerrito

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🗓 Upcoming Events in El Cerrito

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 29
• The Prediabetes Wake Up Call →
  FREE LIVE WEBINAR on ZOOM,
  10:00 am
• A Midsummer Night's Dream - Free Shakespeare in the Park →
  John Hinkel Park, 41 Somerset Pl, Berkeley
  4:00 pm
Sunday August 30
• A Midsummer Night's Dream - Free Shakespeare in the Park →
  John Hinkel Park, 41 Somerset Pl, Berkeley
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday August 28
• Live Music With REV.RABIA (Best Live Music in the East Bay Area) →
  Kensington Circus Pub, 389 Colusa Ave, Kensington
  8:00 pm
Saturday August 29
• Live Music With Brie and the Bystanders (Best Live Music in the East Bay Area) →
  Kensington Circus Pub, 389 Colusa Ave, Kensington
  8:00 pm
Sunday August 30
• Live Music With Beatles Thingy (Best Live Music in the East Bay Area) →
  Kensington Circus Pub, 389 Colusa Ave, Kensington
  7:30 pm
Tuesday September 1
• Read to a Dog
  El Cerrito Library 6510 Stockton Avenue, El Cerrito, CA 94530
  5:00 pm
Friday September 4
• Live Music With Joe Peters (Best Live Music in the East Bay Area) →
  Kensington Circus Pub, 389 Colusa Ave, Kensington
  8:00 pm
Saturday September 5
• A Midsummer Night's Dream - Free Shakespeare in the Park →
  John Hinkel Park, 41 Somerset Pl, Berkeley
  4:00 pm
• Live Music With Feral Katz (Best Live Music in the East Bay Area) →
  Kensington Circus Pub, 389 Colusa Ave, Kensington
  8:00 pm
Sunday September 6
• A Midsummer Night's Dream - Free Shakespeare in the Park →
  John Hinkel Park, 41 Somerset Pl, Berkeley
  4:00 pm
Monday September 7
• A Midsummer Night's Dream - Free Shakespeare in the Park →
  John Hinkel Park, 41 Somerset Pl, Berkeley
  4:00 pm

📣 El Cerrito Shout Outs!

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• Looking Glass Photographic Outfitters — (510) 548-6888
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• A birthday worth celebrating !
  102nd birthday party at RN3 Care Home 510-438-7063 (Nextdoor El Cerrito del Norte (Outer S))
• Well goodbye Dolly, we will miss you.
  Dolly Parton spent decades singing about love, heartbreak, faith and working "9 to 5," but there was one arena the she repeatedly resisted entering:… (Nextdoor El Cerrito del Norte (Outer N))

• Check into Cash, Inc. posted a job opening for Assistant Manager in El Cerrito. Apply here.
• Taco Bell posted a job opening for Team Member: Food Champion in Albany. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near El Cerrito here.

🗞 Nearby News

Richmond

• 4 things to know — Richmond port holds open house (richmondside.org)
• Richmond police investigate fatal hit-and-run near 23rd Street and Hellings Avenue (grandviewindependent.com)
• 14 dog-friendly hiking trails in the East Bay (richmondside.org)

Alameda

• Penske To Pay $7.6M To Settle Environmental Violations Lawsuit: DA (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: What a re-leaf! (Thank you Flo G. for sending it in!)
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