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Portion of El Cerrito community to get cleaned up Saturday

by Dave Thomas • Times of San Diego Sept. 12, 2025, 4:05 p.m.Sept. 12, 2025, 4:05 p.m.

The focus area for the cleanup was chosen by several people living in the El Cerrito community.

Paramedics

Crime

Woman Hospitalized With Foot Fractures in Bus Accident in El Cerrito

by City News Service March 14, 2025, 9:13 a.m.March 14, 2025, 9:15 a.m.

SDPD officer. FILE: A closeup photo of a San Diego Police officer. (Courtesy San Diego Police Department)

Crime

Police: Man Shot in His Back on El Cajon Boulevard in El Cerrito

by City News Service June 10, 2024, 8:15 a.m.June 10, 2024, 7:43 a.m.

Crime

Family of Nine Displaced from House After Car Catches Fire in Garage

by Debbie L. Sklar • Times of San Diego March 16, 2023, 10:05 a.m.March 16, 2023, 10:43 a.m.

San Diego Police cruiser

Crime

Drive-By Gang Shooting in El Cerrito Neighborhood Leaves 3 Hospitalized

by City News Service April 14, 2022, 8:14 a.m.April 14, 2022, 8:05 a.m.

San Diego Police cruiser patrol

Crime

San Diego Police Report 2 Liquor Store Robberies, Arrest One Suspect

by Chris Jennewein • Times of San Diego March 1, 2022, 9:47 a.m.March 1, 2022, 9:47 a.m.

A San Diego Police Department patch

Crime

Quarrel Between Two Pedestrians on El Cerrito Roadside Leads to Gunfire

by Elizabeth Ireland • Times of San Diego Feb. 4, 2022, 3:59 p.m.Feb. 4, 2022, 3:59 p.m.

Joseph Mehlenbacher, 18, had been a suspect for several days in the San Diego killing.

Crime

Fugitive 18-Year-Old Pleads Not Guilty to Dec. 26 Murder on El Cajon Blvd.

by Chris Jennewein • Times of San Diego Jan. 11, 2021, 2:54 p.m.Jan. 19, 2021, 8:08 p.m.

Joseph Mehlenbacher, 18, had been a suspect for several days in the San Diego killing.

Crime

Murrieta Police Nab Joseph Mehlenbacher in El Cerrito Slaying of Kenneth Confer

by Ken Stone • Times of San Diego Dec. 31, 2020, 10:55 p.m.Jan. 19, 2021, 8:06 p.m.

Homicide suspect Joseph Mehlenbacher

Crime

Police Searching for 18-Year-Old Homicide Suspect After El Cerrito Shooting

by Elizabeth Ireland • Times of San Diego Dec. 27, 2020, 11:45 p.m.Jan. 19, 2021, 8:05 p.m.

police lights

Crime

Passenger in Stolen Car Seriously Hurt in El Cerrito Hit-and-Run

by Debbie L. Sklar • Times of San Diego Oct. 9, 2020, 12:25 p.m.Jan. 19, 2021, 7:58 p.m.

Vicinity of crash that injured 61-year-old woman

Crime

Woman, 61, Crossing El Cajon Blvd. in El Cerrito Gravely Injured by Corolla

by Ken Stone • Times of San Diego Oct. 11, 2019, 3:06 p.m.

Emergency vehicles at the scene of the officer-involved shootinig

Crime

Officers Shoot, Kill Suspect Who Swung a Shovel at Them in El Cerrito

by Chris Jennewein • Times of San Diego Aug. 24, 2019, 11:59 p.m.Aug. 25, 2019, 9:04 a.m.

A San Diego police cruiser

Crime

Police Searching for 2 Men Suspected of Robbing 2 T-Mobile Stores

by Debbie L. Sklar • Times of San Diego Jan. 16, 2019, 10:18 a.m.Jan. 16, 2019, 11:01 a.m.