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The school year had been tough enough when Principal Courtney Torres of Calvary Christian Academy discovered Friday that the El Sobrante campus' computer room had been burglarized.

The Point Richmond Gateway Foundation was spreading the holiday cheer around its historic neighborhood in December, awarding $9,000 in grants to 11 organizations.

GREENWAY CLEANUP: The city is seeking volunteers to help remove debris from the Ohlone Greenway at a Pre-Winter Trash Cleanup event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today.

SFPD Chief Fong's exit comes at crucial time Police Chief Heather Fong announces at a June 25, 2008 press conference at the San Francisco Hall of Justice the arrest of Edwin Ramos of El Sobrante in the ...

Emotions ran high in the East Bay Thursday night as Contra Costa County school administrators in Richmond outlined plans for possible school closures to infuriated parents.

West Contra Costa Unified School District officials on Thursday released two lists of possible school closures necessary to meet a $3 million reduction in spending over the next two years.

The West Contra Costa school district this afternoon released a list of schools to be considered for closure over the next two years.

Burgundie Spears and her mother, Edna Campbell, have a wish list for Christmas. Not for themselves or their loved ones, but for the 300 needy people they hope to feed and comfort on Christmas Day.

A food donation drive is being held in El Cerrito through Dec. 22 with the goal of bringing a message to the city: We want to be accepted as a caring and vital part of the community.

THREE LOCAL artists are collaborating to present a pair of free concerts next weekend in the Old Town district of Pinole as their Christmas gifts to the community.

SIKH CENTER BLOOD DRIVE A SUCCESS: A blood drive at the Sikh Center of El Sobrante last weekend was productive, with 33 people donating, a blood bank official says.

An El Sobrante man may face a sentence of 55 years to life in prison for strangling his former girlfriend and stuffing her body in his car trunk.

Jurors have convicted Scott McAlpin, a 28-year-old El Sobrante man, of first-degree murder for strangling his girlfriend in 2005 and then stuffing her body in the trunk of his car.

Sebastian Calderon-Jensen, 4 years-old, visits with Santa Claus during the Point Richmond Business Association's annual tree lighting celebration celebration in the Indian Statue rose garden in Pt.

Jury deliberations began this afternoon in the murder trial of an El Sobrante man charged with murder in the 2005 strangulation death of his ex-girlfriend. San Francisco resident Anastasia "Annie" Melnitchenko ...

THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT will soon have a new member on its board of directors.

Neighbors of El Sobrante's Sikh temple have vowed to appeal a Contra Costa County Planning Commission ruling endorsing an expansion of the temple to more than four times its present size.

John Swett to hold fundraiser band concert: The John Swett High marching band and color guard will hold a "Stadium Echoes Extravaganza" at 7 p.m. Friday in the school's auditorium, 1098 Pomona St.

The third annual Holiday Tea and Boutique at the Boys & Girls Club of El Sobrante from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday is ideal for those looking for a less commercial way to ease into the Christmas season before ...

Fewer West Contra Costa district schools will be open for business next year. To slash costs, district officials plan to close at least a few campuses in the 2009-10 school year and a few more in 2010-11. Which ...