August 29 & 30: Join Playland in welcoming the East Bay’s newest young magicians to the stage – the graduates of our Magic Camp.
Can you guess which Bay Area county had the lowest percent of unemployed residents in July?
El Cerrito families are invited to attend California Virtual Academy back to school events to learn about full-time online school
Adopt Cupid at ARF: A snuggly SharPei/Pit Bull Mix
Anyone with information about Friday’s burglary has been asked to contact East Bay Regional Park District police dispatch at (510) 881-1833.
Area therapist gives tips on how to help your teen transition into this big step -- and how YOU can turn this time into VERY useful dialogue
Lafayette library is hosting event on Tuesday evening with our representative for CA’s 11th District.
How warm will it get in El Cerrito? We have your forecast.
Unique reactions to quake caught on camera; blazing temperatures; dogs left in hot cars; Tesla fire; Steve Martin visits the East Bay; lice
Business Insider compiled a list of the most famous bands from each state and Greatful Dead came out on top.
Lunches to pack, sharing the road with school buses, prescription glasses--there’s a lot to absorb! We’ve gathered the resources for you.
Need a new job? Check out the Patch Jobs Board in your town for the newest listings across the state.
Crews will thoroughly clean, disinfect and repair the entire elevator, including the area underneath the floor.
The East Bay Regional Parks police and other agencies are investigating the burglary, according to the university.
Need a break from bad news? Here are a few of our favorite uplifting headlines and photos from Northern California Patch site
Greta Gerwig (“Frances Ha”) and Lola Kirke (“Gone Girl”) deliver a double dose of reality and comic relief in “Mistress America.”
The new “Water Lovers Station” on Pandora includes 100 five-minute songs to help you keep your showers short.
We love this simple technique for shucking corn! Never fuss with those pesky corn silks ever again.
For employees' and customers' well-being, nail salons need to use safer products and improve ventilation, officials say.
California is already seeing twice as many fires this year and the season hasn’t even reached its peak, a Cal Fire spokesperson said.
Michaels; Ohlone College; Crunch are all hiring. Even more jobs at the Patch jobs board, and post your own local job listing!
“More than 330 child pedestrians died in 2013 and 13,000 were injured,” AAA Northern California spokeswoman Cynthia Harris said.
We'll publish this weekly so you know how to plan all your used-good treasure hunting each weekend. Post your yard sales for free!
August 27: Shake off those end-of-summer blues at Playland’s Grown-up Game Night.
Deals abound, with one store offering a complete set of glasses--lenses and frames--for just $29.
As kids go back to school, something worse than homework and detention awaits many of them.
Prosecutors report that Uber’s background check process fails to uncover many categories of sex offenders.
Services will be at 10 a.m. at Capital Christian Center in Rancho Cordova.
The Newsweek rankings are out, and one of the four is in the Top 25 of 30,000 public schools.
This year's El Niño could be the strongest ever recorded.
Local swimmers join together to support women facing cancer
In California, pharmacists are required to personally discuss new drugs or dosages with customers.
More closure after a massive data breach affected 40 million card users.
The popular point guard will appear with actor Johnny Knoxville.
Remember--kids can trade or toss stuff they don't like, so make sure your children actually like the food you're sending to school.
Richmond man allegedly exposed himself to a customer at Safeway on San Pablo Avenue.
The governor said he signed the bill to bring the proceedings into the public eye.
Broken pipes found in Oakland, Berkeley and Richmond.
Travelers using Oakland Airport can get picked up and dropped off by Uber.
Over the past several months city staff has been researching minimum wage ordinances in other cities, according to El Cerrito officials.