Trees in East Bay hills will be El Cerrito Historical Society program topic
The El Cerrito Historical Society is presenting a timely talk about the trees in the East Bay hills on at 7 p.m. July 30. The announcement from the society: History program about the East Bay Forest...
View ArticleTCM showcasing El Cerrito documentary-maker Les Blank on July 28
Cable channel Turner Classic Movies, better known as TCM, has scheduled a selection of films by the late El Cerrito/Berkeley-based filmmaker Les Blank on July 28. Tune in and watch films from the late...
View ArticleEl Cerrito/Albany/Berkeley: East Bay Bike Party returning to area Friday
Video of EBBP riders at Del Norte BART in 2012. The cacophonous mobile celebration known as the East Bay Bike Party returns to the on Friday, with more than 150 riders signed up for a rolling event...
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Berkeley market hosting Aug. 26 benefit event for national park in Richmond
The Whole Foods Market on Gilman Street in Berkeley is hosting an event on Aug. 26 to benefit the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond. This is the event announcement...
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Berkeley: Center appeals for clues on 20th anniversary of 16-year-old’s...
Friday, Aug. 28, is the 20th anniversary of the disappearance of Peter McColl from Berkeley and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is issuing a an appeal for clues and assistance,...
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When Mickey Mantle and other baseball stars came to Billy Martin’s night club...
A piece of memorabilia capturing a moment in baseball and El Cerrito history has been listed for bidding at online auction site eBay. The item is an autographed 1961 menu from the opening of Billy...
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The first Oakland Raiders game at the new Coliseum was played 49 years ago today
The Oakland Coliseum hosted its first event 49 years ago today, when the Oakland Raiders played the Kansas City Chiefs. News media tour of the new stadium, nearing completion in July 1966. The...
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How Berkeley Iceland kept the rink surface smooth before the Zamboni came along
When Berkeley Iceland opened in November 1940 the invention of the famed Zamboni ice resurfacing machine, now a fixture at ice and hockey rinks, was still almost nine years away. So how, you ask, was...
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When Berkeley liked Ike: Presidential candidate made East Bay stops this week...
Dwight Eisenhower is met by a crowd of people, including many UC Berkeley students, at the Berkeley railroad station. (Oakland Tribune Photo) Eisenhower, the Republican nominee challenging Adlai...
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New Berkeley Historical Society exhibit opens with free program Oct. 11
“Art Capital of the West: Real and Imagined Art Museums and Galleries in Berkeley” is the new exhibit of the Berkeley Historical Society, opening with a program and reception from 2-5 p.m. Oct. 11 at...
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Monarch butterflies return to Albany Hill
Along with sightings of monarch butterflies overwintering at Aquatic Park in Berkeley (see below) the beloved creatures have made their annual return to the eucalyptus grove on Albany Hill. This photo...
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Jewel Lake in Tilden Park replenished by recent rains
Jewel Lake in Tilden Regional Park in the Berkeley hills is ” is back and lovely as always,” reports our correspondent Marta Yamamoto, who took the photo above. As she reported in September, the...
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Richmond: Plan for airport at Point Isabel never got off the ground 50 years ago
Before the Point Isabel proposal, an airport was proposed off of Berkeley in 1945. (San Francisco Public Library History Center) If a plan first raised in 1966 had flown with regulators, there might...
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Berkeley District 3 council candidate Mark Coplan outlines his platform
Mark Coplan, retired spokesman for the Berkeley Unified School District and candidate for the District 3 City Council seat, has issued the following statement about his candidacy: Berkeley Residents:...
View ArticleMagazine names Berkeley High jazz combo best in nation
Congratulations to Berkeley High School Jazz “Combo C,” which has been named the top small high school combo in the country by DownBeat magazine in its June issue.
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New Bay Trail link for bicycle commuters to be dedicated in Emeryville
City of Emeryville A ribbon-cutting on a Bay Trail link will be held at the northwest corner of Christie Avenue and Shellmound Street in Emeryville at 9:30 a.m. May 12, which is Bike to Work Day. The...
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Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders makes a meal stop on Solano Avenue in...
A patron took these photos of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at China Village Restaurant on Solano Avenue in Albany. After a long day of campaigning in the Bay Area on Wednesday, Democratic...
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Eastshore Highway, ancestor of Interstate 80, officially dedicated in El...
The granddaddy of the Bay Area freeway system was dedicated 79 years ago this week at a ceremony at San Pablo Avenue and Hill Street in El Cerrito on May 27, 1936. The Eastshore was the first newly...
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1946 views of Golden Gate district for Love Our Neighborhood Day in Oakland...
San Pablo Avenue looking toward downtown Oakland in 1946, with the Gateway Theatre on the left. The Oakland Tribune tower is visible in the distance In honor of the second Love Our Neighborhood Day...
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Thursday will mark one year since deadly Berkeley balcony collapse
A small memorial has been placed on the sidewalk outside Library Gardens on Kittredge Street in Berkeley. Thursday will mark one year since six students died in #Berkeley balcony collapse. Five were...
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