Kensington News

Friday, November 6, 2009 6:30 p.m. Loma Prieta Revisited To mark the 20th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake, come hear local residents recount their Loma Prieta earthquake experience and learn how you can better prepare for disasters.

I started my career in public service 38 years ago as a civilian employee of the San Francisco Police Department and worked in several other departments, as well.

Beverly Kivel, 82, set off from Walnut Creek for her doctor's office in Kensington, and while taking BART to El Cerrito, discovered that her wallet was missing.

Members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley in Kensington, Calif., participate in a September 22 rally in front of Blue Cross offices in San Francisco.

Imagine being in a constant state of red alert, carefully checking what you eat and what others around you are eating because failing to do so could mean death.

Officers arrested a 27-year-old Richmond man near San Pablo and Central avenues just before midnight for suspicion of DUI.

Adrian H. Jennings Jr., a retired sea captain who commanded several freight and passenger ships sailing from California to Central and South America, died in his sleep at his home in Kensington on Sept.

The West Contra Costa school district is at it again. It intends to put a bond or parcel tax, or even worse, possibly both on the 2010 ballot.

Kensington, California isn't hard to miss. Merely 1.1-square-miles in area, it's nestled between Albany, Berkeley, El Cerrito and Tilden Park.

Date of Event: Monday, September 14, 2009 - 7 p.m. NOTE DATE CHANGE Title or Headline: "Castoffs" - Knitting Group Who: Kensington Library Where: 61 Arlington Avenue, Kensington Public Info: Free event Contact Information: Louise O'Dea, 524-3043, lodea@ccclib.org Short Description: Please join the Kensington Library Knitting Club, called the ...

Lawmakers are looking into some radical ideas to raise cash to solve some of California's money problems.

Simon Karlinsky, a professor emeritus of Slavic languages and literature at UC Berkeley who wrote authoritative volumes on Gogol, Nabokov and Chekhov and was an expert on homosexuality in pre-Soviet culture, died July 5 at his home in Kensington, Calif.

Date of Event: Monday, August 3, 2009 - 7 p.m. Title or Headline: "Castoffs" - Knitting Group Who: Kensington Library Where: 61 Arlington Avenue, Kensington Public Info: Free event Contact Information: Louise O'Dea, 524-3043, lodea@ccclib.org Short Description: Please join the Kensington Library Knitting Club, called the "Castoffs." The next ...

"Transparency and Accountability in the New Administration's War on Terror" Ann Brick, staff Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California Sunday, July 12, 2009 10 am Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley- Fireside Room One Lawson Road Kensington, CA www.uucb.org info: 510-525-0302 Free, all are welcome, wheelchair accessible.

Two Palo Alto children taken from their parents last month and put in a foster home after a family fight near Omaha will be returning to the Bay Area after Nebraska authorities agreed Wednesday to turn over the case to child-welfare officials in Santa Clara County.

Calendar Listing Date of Event: Monday, July 20, 2009, 7:00 p.m. Title: Author Talk - Disappearing World: 101 of the Earth's Most Extraordinary and Endangered Places Who: Alonzo Addison Where: Kensington Library, 61Arlington Avenue, Kensington, CA 94707 Public Info: This event is free Contact Information: Louise O'Dea, lodea@ccclib.org , ...

At the end of the week, weary workers often remark "Thank God it's Friday.'' But once a month, residents of the East Bay can look forward to music refreshments and the best of local art on the last day of the work week.

Date of Event: Monday, July 13, 7:00 p.m. Title: Folk Song Program Who: Sharyn Dimmick and Carol Denney Where: Kensington Library, 61Arlington Avenue, Kensington, CA 94707 Public Info: This event is free Contact Information: Louise O'Dea, lodea@ccclib.org , 510-524-3043 Please join us for an evening of folk music with long-time Kensington/Berkeley ...

Dear Mick LaSalle: How come none of the critics noticed the exact image of the elder Spencer Tracy as the lead character in "Up"? Bob Lipman, San Francisco Dear Bob Lipman: I noticed, but I had only 20 inches, and it didn't seem worth mentioning, once I saw that the character didn't have anything to do with Tracy.

Here's the latest from Squirrel Country, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.: My favorite Peanut Monster has become so tame that he allows both my 20-year-old grandson and me to stroke his back as he munches his peanuts.