El Cerrito Trail Trekkers invites history buffs to join a 2.5 mile hike led by retired East Bay Regional Parks supervising naturalist Dave Zuckermann. The transcontinental railroad once terminated here! Drink in the cool bay breezes as you learn about the park’s storied past.

Per Dave, the hike is “an easy-paced 2.5-mile hike with a few very, very steep sections.” Meet at the main entrance to Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline (the first parking lot to the right off Dornan Drive).

Neva Carpenter’s memoir about growing up in the 1930s and ‘40s offers a vivid, entertaining, and moving look at daily life in a bygone El Cerrito. The book is out of print, but you can download a copy right here, then come discuss it with us in March!

Ohlone settlement, Mexican rancho, dynamite manufactory, frog farm: Point Isabel’s fascinating past has gone largely undocumented until now. Join us for a talk by Mary Barnsdale, author of a forthcoming book about the rich history of one of the Bay Area’s most beautiful parks.

(Image courtesy David Abercrombie)

Ginny Burns speaks to the society about the murder that rocked the East Bay in the 1920s, and which serves as the subject of her forthcoming novel.

Join us for a talk and tour of St. Peter Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (CME), El Cerrito’s only African-American church.