Around Pleasanton: Local women step up in face of Wine Country tragedy
“I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization.” — Roger Ebert With all the tragedies in the news, it’s uplifting to hear how disasters also can bring out kindness in people. Last...
View ArticleMartinez, Concord latest cities told to change elections or face lawsuits
MARTINEZ — City officials here have received a certified letter from a Malibu attorney demanding a change in how local elections are carried out. Very similar letters, varying mostly in local details,...
View ArticleMountain View Cemetery expansion OK’d by Oakland’s Planning Commission
OAKLAND — The Oakland Planning Commission approved a plan by Mountain View Cemetery leaders to expand, which means the cemetery will gain 6,500 plots but lose nearly 100 mature coastal live oak trees...
View ArticleTri-Valley charities swing into action to give and receive
The giving season is officially underway in these last few months of the year, when nonprofit charitable organizations receive up to 30 percent of their annual donations. In 2016, Americans donated...
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Annual Montclair Village Holiday Stroll begins festivities on Nov. 30
OAKLAND — Santa has saved the date, and the Tap Dancing Christmas Trees are prepped to welcome in the 15th Annual Holiday Stroll on Nov. 30. Presented by the Montclair Village Association, the...
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Holiday Arts 2017: Our picks for top stage shows, from Scrooge to Second City
Banish the bah humbugs for good with some festive holiday theater. Maybe you crave an annual pilgrimage to redemption with old Ebenezer or a sweeping magic carpet ride with “Aladdin.” Perhaps this is...
View ArticleEl Cerrito Journal calendar: Colusa Circle Tree Lighting; Shadi display...
Submit your calendar item to ccnjournal@bayareanewsgroup.com. Write “calendar item” in the subject line. Or mail to El Cerrito Journal, 1516 Oak St., Suite 105, Alameda, CA 94501. Please send in your...
View ArticleTheater: Holidays go ‘Honky Tonk’ in Alameda
’Tis the season for Alameda to get more than a little bit country. Altarena Playhouse closes out the year with “Honky Tonk Angels,” reuniting the creator and stars of Altarena’s 2014 hit “Always …...
View ArticleBerkeley, A Look Back: Shipyard Railway, fugitive German POWs in 1942 headlines
Related Articles Berkeley, A Look Back: Admiral with local ties dies in battle Berkeley, A Look Back: Will local emergency health care mirror 1904 condition? Berkeley, A Look Back: A century of...
View ArticleWoman shot and wounded in East Oakland
OAKLAND — A woman was in stable condition after being shot Monday morning in East Oakland, police said. The woman, 31 years old, was shot about 9:04 a.m. Monday in the 10300 block of San Leandro...
View ArticleJudge permanently blocks Trump sanctuary cities order
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Monday permanently blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to cut funding from cities that limit cooperation with U.S. immigration authorities, handing Santa...
View Article‘The Voice’ Top 12: Did Dublin’s Noah Mac make the grade?
The power has finally shifted from the coaches to the audience on “The Voice.” Tonight, the Top 12 contestants took to the stage for live performances and from here on out, it will be the voting...
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Oakland’s mayor wants you to house the homeless
OAKLAND — For everyone who has ever passed one of this city’s sprawling homeless encampments and wondered how to help, Mayor Libby Schaaf has an answer — open your door to someone in need of shelter....
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Snapp Shots: Deserving East Bay pet groups need our help
One Saturday night, Julia Griswold and some other volunteers with Island Cat Resources and Adoption, a rescue group for homeless kitties, were trapping feral cats for spay/neuter operation at an...
View ArticleMy Word: Assemblymember Bonta applauds Alameda council’s new cannabis...
Last year, with the passage of Proposition 64, California voters decided to decriminalize the adult use of cannabis. With a strong 69 percent supermajority, voters in Alameda declared that the...
View ArticleBerkeley school will no longer be named for slave owner, board decides
BERKELEY — The Berkeley Unified School District board decided last week to rename Le Conte Elementary School, reasoning that no school in the city should be named after a white supremacist who...
View ArticleEl Cerrito Journal briefs: Holiday pottery sale; caroling on Solano Avenue
Holiday gift sale to benefit community pottery studio Handmade pottery, treats and music await at a benefit sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 10 at the Cerrito Community Center Garden Room, 7007 Moeser...
View ArticleBerkeley briefs: Holiday season entertainment on stage
Police investigating robbery spree around campus Police are asking for the public’s help in solving five suspiciously similar robberies and robbery attempts in the last week near UC Berkeley. Most of...
View ArticlePiedmont, Montclair pet of the week: Marvin
Like the Piedmonter’s Facebook page for neighborhood news and conversation from Piedmont and beyond. Marvin, a large male who’s about 4, is the East Bay SPCA’s pet of the week. Marvin is a young, red...
View ArticleMan killed in East Oakland traffic wreck identified
OAKLAND — A man killed Sunday morning in a three-vehicle traffic wreck in East Oakland that also injured six other people was identified by the coroner’s office Tuesday as Darwin Deleon, 19. Deleon, of...
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