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.