El Cerrito seems to be rapidly acquiring its own "Gourmet Ghetto" on the one-block stretch of San Pablo Avenue anchored by Cerrito Theater. The newest addition, "Organic Pizza Kitchen," will feature local ingredients and open next year, a co-owner says.
When the owners of El Cerrito Coin Exchange realized they had a rare gold locket engraved in 1836 with two locks of hair inside, they didn't sell it or melt it down. They traced it to a town of 1,429 souls in Illinois and delivered it in person.
Among the restaurants honoring the 100th anniversary of Julia Child's birth is Chez Panisse. The popular doyenne of accessible French cooking is being remembered in a variety of ways locally and internationally.
Safeway is in negotiations to change its lease so that a new tenant can occupy the empty Safeway store at Moeser Lane and San Pablo Avenue in El Cerrito, city officials say. The building has been vacant for exactly a year today, Aug. 11.
The impacts of the large Monday night fire at the Chevron refinery in Richmond are still being felt today, Tuesday, as residents continue to go to local hospitals and Chevron and local officials assess the cause and effects of the blaze.
An exhibit dedicated to the 110th anniversary of the Chevron Refinery – born before its host city Richmond – will open with special festivities Tuesday afternoon at the Richmond Museum of History.
In the wake of several recent armed robberies of people responding to for-sale ads on Craigslist, the Oakland Police Department is warning the public to be cautious in responding to Craigslist ads.
Wildlife advocates in California are shocked over the tentative deal for Peet's to be bought by an international firm tied to d-Con poison. A number of them are boycotting the popular brewer.