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Vice Mayor Gabe Quinto, the longest-serving member of the El Cerrito City Council, plans to run again in 2026.

The AC Transit Board of Directors on Wednesday appointed Harpreet Sandhu to fill a one-year director position on the transit agency’s board.

The AC Transit board considered four qualified applicants to succeed the late director H.E. Christian Peeples, then chose two finalists.

Spending $6.1 million on a fire engine, an audio-visual system, and the pool has been endorsed and will require the city to dip into reserves.

With a possible teacher strike looming, a student gives his view of what needs to be fixed regardless of how much teachers are paid.

El Cerrito police working the graveyard shift today arrested four suspected Halloween decoration bandits and recovered the loot.

As supporters of a library tax seek about 600 more signatures by Halloween, opponents are urging voters not to sign.

Seeking support in contract negotiations, a group of Madera Elementary School teachers and parents rallied before school Friday on Arlington Boulevard.

An overwhelming majority of teachers in the West Contra Costa Unified School District voted to authorize a strike.

The Contra Costa Civic Theatre, looking to diversify, will host a concert this Saturday and a film screening on Nov. 2.

Congressman John Garamendi and County Supervisor John Gioia spoke at two separate outreach events in El Cerrito.

The El Cerrito Democratic Club is going door to door to win votes for Proposition 50, the Election Rigging Response Act.

After months of negotiations that went nowhere, teachers in the West Contra Costa Unified School District are preparing for a strike.

El Cerrito High students expressed thanks for a recently revived internship program and disappointment that the school’s radio program is not available this semester.

The El Cerrito City Council voted unanimously to reduce fees and requirements on four properties in order to “kickstart” construction of multi-family housing.

About 70 people celebrated the 50th anniversary of the El Cerrito Historical Society at the former Contra Costa Florist shop.

El Cerrito’s historic Veterans Memorial building will get about $1 million in county-funded repairs starting in September.

Replastering the lap pool this winter should be possible thanks to a City Council vote to approve $2.3 million in Swim Center work.

El Cerrito police arrested a suspect who is charged with four felonies stemming from a sexual assault that happened in May on the Ohlone Greenway.

City Engineer Yvetteh Ortiz issued a final notice that removal of 177 parking spaces for the redesign of Richmond Street is “feasible and justified.”

About 100 people turned out Saturday for a behind the scenes tour of the Contra Costa Civic Theatre, which is celebrating its 65th anniversary in El Cerrito.

Bike lane hours on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge will be cut back to allow for an emergency shoulder and a study of a possible HOV/transit lane.

Neighbors came together with police and firefighters on Tuesday for the 28th annual National Night Out in El Cerrito.

A fire on Sunday caused damage but no injuries at an apartment building near City Hall.