The board will manage the gift “based on the wishes and memory of the Carrico family.” The college was told about the gift by Mechanics Bank and the couple’s daughter, Magna Carrico, at a recent meeting of the CCC Foundation board. The couple owned the restaurant at Macdonald and San Pablo avenues for more than 50 years. WEST COUNTY NOTES: Contra Costa College in San Pablo is the recipient of a $1 million gift from the estate of Antonio and Trinidad Carrico, longtime residents of El Cerrito and Richmond who for decades owned the Hacienda Restaurant on San Pablo Avenue.Īntonio Carrico, a native of Portugal and veteran of World War II, was 91 when he died in Walnut Creek in June. Checks should be made payable to: “RYSE Center,” c/o 2012 Toy and Coat Drive.įor more details, contact Luz Gomez at 51. in Richmond.Ĭash donations to purchase toys and coats to distribute are also welcome. 7 to Gioia’s office at 11780 San Pablo Ave., Suite D, in El Cerrito, or at the RYSE Youth Center at 205 41st St. The effort is expanding with a concurrent collection at the RYSE Youth Center in Richmond to provide toys and hoodies for young people in the area.ĭonations of new coats and new, unwrapped toys can be made no later than Dec. The event, now in its 14th year, seeks to see that every student at Verde, which serves an extremely low-income area, has warm clothing and presents for the holidays. TOY AND COAT DRIVE: County Supervisor John Gioia has kicked off his annual drive for donations of toys, coats and hoodies for students at Verde Elementary School in North Richmond.
Tuesdays and Thursdays.įor more details, contact Garcia at 70 or at the recreation center at 51. Lessons at the dojo are from 5 to 7:30 p.m. In other words, you would be learning from a master, and Garcia welcomes adults and youths to take him up on his celebration offer. Over the course of his teaching career, Garcia has graduated 46 black belts. More recently, he was an instructor for the film “The Last Samurai.”
In the 1960s, he says, he fought Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee in Bay Area martial arts tournaments at the Oakland and San Jose auditoriums. Garcia says he is the highest rank sensei in Japanese karate (wado ryo) in California, with a ninth degree in karate, a fifth degree in jujitsu and a fifth degree in kendo (weapons). Chris Treadway: Comical farce coming to Contra Costa Civic Theatre – East Bay Times Close Menu
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