El Cerrito Historical Society, researching, recording and preserving the city's past since 1976 and now on Twitter.
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The San Pablo Avenue underpass in Emeryville as it looked shortly before the opening of the Bay Bridge in 1936
Fireworks have been an issue at this time of year for a long time. This year El Cerrito police are working with neighboring law agencies to crack down on illegal pyrotechnics. Our thanks to Roxy Miraválle for the vintage clipping from 1956. newspapers.com/.../no-firewo…...
Do any followers have memories of the Boys Club of El Cerrito, established after World War II as the city's population swelled and programs were needed for children? The location on Pomona Avenue is now the home of Contra Costa Civic Theatre.
The idea of a tall residential development by El Cerrito Plaza was floated first 60 years ago. The proposed $2.5 million, nine-story El Cerrito Towers project on Fairmount Avenue won approval from the city Planning Commission in 1961 and was still an active project in 1962.
A banquet was thrown in November 1949 at the 6 Bells in El Cerrito for local baseball favorite Billy Martin (born on this day in 1923), who was departing the Oakland Oaks for the New York Yankees. Billy's bandaging is explained in the caption.
Take a unique tour through the El Cerrito's past acted out at different locations in the city when Neighborhood Stories comes here May 15-30
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An item in this month's Byline from the El Cerrito Chamber of Commerce looks at the story of a vacant lot on San Pablo Avenue that has puzzled many over the years
Just a reminder of today's free online presentation on the legendary Hambone Kelly's club in El Cerrito facebook.com/events/43084342…
The El Cerrito Historical Society is supporting and participating in the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade and rally on Monday, a celebration open to the greater community sfgate.com/news/bayarea/arti…
With Prohibition repealed, the Six Bells in El Cerrito reopens to celebrate on Christmas Eve in 1933. This was the original location of the Six Bells, where Nation's Giant Hamburgers is today.
