The violations happened between September 2014 and June 2017.
The air quality violations cost the oil company $170,000.
Gloves, bags and tools are provided by the City to all volunteers who register. Plus - a free thank you luncheon follows.
Voter approval will be needed to make the change.
Elevated levels of benzene, a carcinogen, were found in the air near the fire and at an air pollution monitor at Point Richmond.
Gabriel Quinto is also the first Filipino mayor in El Cerrito, according to the East Bay Times.
BREAKING: Her past experience includes an internship with Causa Justa, a social justice organization serving low-income residents.
Special attention was paid to improving the experience for smartphone and tablets users.
The Fair Political Practices Commission found campaign finance irregularities, including a report filed almost 2 years late.
Chevron will replace equipment, train firefighters, donate money to a program to train future refinery workers and pay penalties.
Breaking: Homelessness was down in Contra Costa County during a count conducted earlier this year.
She is stepping down from her post in July to focus her attention on the campaign.
Karen Pinkos will assume the role of president at the ICMA Annual Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, in Sept. 2018.
Peterson reached a plea deal that allowed him to avoid prison, but forced his resignation.
BREAKING: The charges relate to his admitted misuse of campaign funds.
The state supreme court made the ruling in a case out of Northern California.
Brandon Robinson was sentenced for aggravated identity theft and conspiring to steal government funds.
Proposition 64, which legalized recreational marijuana use, goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2018.
Federal money is now available to help pay for recovery efforts.
Currently it takes a 66.6 percent votes from taxpayers to approve local transportation funding measures.
Richmond's vice mayor recommended putting the facilities in Walnut Creek and Danville. Treatment and rehabilitation programs will expand.
The American Lung Association noted which cities are fighting tobacco use.
Officials in sanctuary cities and others involved in the movement were swift to register opposition.
The declaration should lead to funding to repair roads and help local governments pay for damage repairs and cleanup.
Contra Costa County takes steps to be declared a disaster area following storm damage. The goal is financial help for repairs and cleanup.
If you have business that has to be done before the end of the year - time is running out!
Registered voters may vote at any of the eight early voting locations, regardless of your precinct, including here in El Cerrito.
When the old library was built, patrons used a card catalog to find books. Are you willing to pay for a state-of-the-art library?
The LEED-certified, 221-foot structure is built to withstand an 8.0-magnitude earthquake, and is easy to spot between Terminals 1 and 2.
The council is considering lifting the 2006 ban on dispensaries.
The current library was built in 1948, long before computers and the infrastructure needed for them.
The 6 year project cost $1.3 billion.
The money will be used for monitoring state Highway 4 in response to the recent shootings.
The technology will run from the Bay Bridge to the Carquinez Bridge, where drivers experience 16,000 hours of delay each day.
The proposal was modeled after a fee that the Oakland City Council passed in 2006.
Patch's live roundup of Tuesday's election results from across Contra Costa County.
They’ve sent a letter to Gov. Jerry Brown seeking freeway and exit ramp cameras to catch suspects.
State regulators switched conservation rules in a way that would force some regions to conserve and enable others to keep their green grass
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Walnut Creek announced he has incurable cancer.
PG&E and the City of El Cerrito are working to replace dim street lights throughout town with energy efficient LED ones this month.