El Cerrito, CA
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Local News — El Cerrito
- Police investigate El Cerrito High School football team after hazing allegations — KRON4
- El Cerrito Election: Gabe Quinto Trails in Re-Election Bid as Kimberly White Leads — Contra Costa News
- Election results: early returns are in for Richmond, El Cerrito, Hercules, Pinole, San Pablo — Richmond Confidential
- See Contra Costa County November 2026 election results — NBC Bay Area
- 2 Children Hospitalized After Crash Involving Scooter In El Cerrito: Police — Patch
Official Local Resources
City of El Cerrito · Contra Costa County · ca.gov · California Department of Motor Vehicles
El Cerrito (Spanish for ‘The Little Hill’) is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States, and forms part of the San Francisco Bay Area. It has a population of 25,962 according to the 2020 census. El Cerrito was founded by refugees from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It was incorporated in 1917 as a village with 1,500 residents. As of the census in 2022, there were 25,583 people and 10,637 households in the city.