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Weather

El Cerrito Weather

Tides

News

El Cerrito Wire

El Cerrito Journal
P.O. Box 1624, El Cerrito, 94530 (mailing)
4301 Lakeside Drive, Richmond, 94806 (street)
510-243-3575
E-mail:journal@cctimes.com

West County Times/Contra Costa Times

SFGate (Chronicle)

Map

Yahoo Maps

Contra Costa County Mapping Information System (GIS)

Demographics

U.S. Census Bureau

California Secretary of State Voter Registration

Applications to Register to Vote are also available at City Hall, all Fire Stations, Library, and the DMV. For local information or to apply for an absentee ballot, contact the Contra Costa County Elections Office

Library

The El Cerrito branch of the Contra Costa County Library System is located at 6510 Stockton Ave., El Cerrito, (510) 526-7512

Utilities

Gas and Electricity: Pacific Gas & Electric (800) 743-5000

Water: East Bay Municipal Utilities District (510) 232-5051

Telephone: AT&T (800) 310-2355

Trash: East Bay Sanitary Company (510) 237-4321

Sanitary Sewer: Stege Sanitary District (510) 524-4668

Transportation

511 Transit: Comprehensive Transit Information for the San Francisco Bay Area

AC Transit (510) 817-1717

BART (510) 465-2278

Ferries

Department of Motor Vehicles, 6400 Manila (at Kearney) 235-9171 (open Monday-Saturday)

East Bay Paratransit 287-5000 or (800) 555-8085

Public schools

El Cerrito is part of the West Contra Costa Unified School District, 234-3825.

Public schools in El Cerrito

Elementary (K-6)
- Castro 234-6200
- Fairmont 525-5235
- Harding 231-1413
- Madera 235-4499
Portola Middle School (6-8) 524-0405
El Cerrito High School (9-12) 525-0234

Ed Fund

County Department of Education

State Department of Education

Private schools

Prospect Sierra (K-8) 527-4714 (middle school) or 232-4123 (elementary)

St. Jerome's (Catholic) (K-8) 525-9484

St. John's (Catholic) (K-8) 234-2244

Tehiyah Day School (Jewish) 233-3013

Windrush(K-8) 970-7580

Nearby colleges

Contra Costa Community Colleges

University of California-Berkeley

Community Arts and Theater

Contra Costa Civic Theatre

worldOne Radio

Cerrito Speakeasy Theater

Community organizations

El Cerrito Chamber of Commerce

El Cerrito Historical Society

El Cerrito Democratic Club

El Cerrito Garden Club

El Cerrito Greens

El Cerrito Rotary Club

EC Squares and Contras

Friends of the El Cerrito Library

Friends of 5 Creeks

Friends of Baxter Creek

Friends of El Cerrito Trees

Friends of the Cerrito Theater

El Cerrito Tennis Club

Food Bank

Volunteer Center

Contra Costa Crisis Center

Child Abuse Prevention Council of Contra Costa County Offers the "Surviving Parenthood Guide", a directory of local services for children and Families

Farmer's Market

Farmer's Market at El Cerrito Plaza

County and Regional Resources

Bay Area Air Quality District

Association of Bay Area Governments

Contra Costa County

Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia

Contra Costa Crisis Center Online Resource Database

Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District

East Bay Municipal Utility District

East Bay Regional Park District

Kensington Fire Protection District