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🌱 Patch AM: Live Music with South Fork of the River (Best Live Music in the East Bay Area) and 10 more events
Happening soon: The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde on the El Cerrito Patch calendar

Morning El Cerrito! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️
Coming up on the calendar:
- The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde at Live Oak Theater
- Open House Celebrating American Archives Month at Contra Costa County Historical Society
- Read to a Dog at El Cerrito Library
... and check out 9 more events on the calendar!
And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Kevin B.!
Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Sunday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 68 and low of 51 degrees.
- Monday: Partly sunny and nice, temps: high: 71, low: 53.
- Tuesday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 73 and low of 53 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in El Cerrito
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★ Featured events ★
- The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde →
Live Oak Theater, 1301 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley
2:00 pm - Open House Celebrating American Archives Month →
Contra Costa County Historical Society, 724 Escobar St, Martinez
10:30 am
Sunday October 11
Saturday October 17
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Other local events
- Read to a Dog
El Cerrito Library, 6510 Stockton Avenue, El Cerrito
5:00 pm - Bikes Burgers Brews →
El Cerrito Del Norte BART, 6400 Cutting Boulevard, El Cerrito
5:45 pm - Wednesday East Bay Bluegrassers Jam →
Rockin Robbies – El Cerrito, 11231 San Pablo Ave, 2nd Floor, El Cerrito
6:00 pm - Live Music with South Fork of the River (Best Live Music in the East Bay Area) →
Kensington Circus Pub, 389 Colusa Ave, Kensington
8:00 pm - Live Music with West Coast Sidecar (Best Live Music in the East Bay Area) →
Kensington Circus Pub, 389 Colusa Ave, Kensington
8:00 pm - Live Music With Good Emotions (Best Live Music in the East Bay Area) →
Kensington Circus Pub, 389 Colusa Ave, Kensington
8:00 pm - Live Music With Sunny Rah Rah (Best Live Music in the East Bay Area) →
Kensington Circus Pub, 389 Colusa Ave, Kensington
8:00 pm - Live Music With Beatles Thingy (Best Live Music in the East Bay Area) →
Kensington Circus Pub, 389 Colusa Ave, Kensington
7:30 pm - Live Music With Flowers for Angela - Solo Acoustic Set (Best Live Music in the East Bay Area) →
Kensington Circus Pub, 389 Colusa Ave, Kensington
8:00 pm - Live Music With Little Marvin and the Gardeners (Best Live Music in the East Bay Area) →
Kensington Circus Pub, 389 Colusa Ave, Kensington
8:00 pm
Tuesday October 13
Wednesday October 14
Friday October 16
Saturday October 17
Friday October 23
Saturday October 24
Sunday October 25
Friday October 30
Saturday October 31
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- LOST CATS 6 Months old.
I live at 104 Seaview Dr. in El Cerrito. Very randomly, two cats, probably six months old both not neutered, and Sweet as could be walked up on my… (Nextdoor Sunset - Sea View) - Fire crews have successfully extinguished a two-alarm house fire in the 5400 area of Alhambra Valley Road in Martinez, with all searches clear and no reported injuries.
4:54AM on Oct 10: Fire crews are battling a two-alarm house fire in the 5400 area of Alhambra Valley Road in Martinez, utilizing water tenders to… (Nextdoor )
- Taco Bell posted a job opening for Shift Lead in El Cerrito. Apply here.
- CDS (Club Demonstration Services) posted a job opening for Part Time Shift Supervisor in Costco in Richmond. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near El Cerrito here.
🗞 Nearby News
Richmond
- Richmond, Contra Costa County to receive millions in Air District grants (mercurynews.com)
- Richmond Man Sentenced To 196 Years In Prison After Violent Rape Conviction (patch.com)
- Bay Area families on edge as schools respond to ICE activity in communities (abc7news.com)
Berkeley
- Celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day at an East Bay Museum, With a Very Cool Culinary Tie-in Bay Area Telegraph (bayareatelegraph.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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