Corrections & Clarifications

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Here are recent corrections and clarifications:

Corrections: A Sept. 22 article, "," incorrectly spelled the last name of Stern's husband. It is Lazar, not Lizar. Also the story quoted Stern incorrectly referring to her "salad perfumes." She said "solid perfumes." The article has been corrected.

Correction: A Sept. 21 article, "A First — Brunch at Library's Big Fall Book Sale," said the book sale and Books 'n Brunch event will be held Saturday, Sept. 25. It is Saturday, but the date is Sept. 24. The story has been corrected.

Correction: A Sept. 21 article, "," citing an email from Nick Tiano, a communications consultant for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, incorrectly reported that three Spare the Air days in a row are "extremely rare." District spokeswoman Kristine Roselius said three straight days of Spare the Art alerts are fairly common. The story has been corrected.

Corrections: Because of an editing error, a Sept. 16, 2011 article, "," gave an incorrect address for the Berkeley Natural Grocery. It should be 1336 Gilman St., not 1136 Gilman St. The story has been corrected. A caption on an accompanying photo also gave the incorrect first name for an employee. It is Jacob Lockaby, not Jacon Lockaby. The caption has been corrected.

Correction: An article originally published on Albany Patch and republished on El Cerrito Patch under the headline, "," on Sept. 4, 2011 misspelled the author's last name in El Cerrito Patch version. It should be Sorensen, not Sorenson. It has been corrected.

Correction: An Aug. 17, 2011 article, "," said a hike in the Hillside Nature Area organized by the El Cerrito Historical Society is occurring on the upcoming Sunday. It is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 20.

Clarification: An August 12, 2011 article, "," originally said hundreds of shoppers lined up for the opening of the new Safeway next to the El Cerrito del Norte BART station and attended the ribbon-cutting. We're not sure whether the number was in the "hundreds." The story has been revised.

Correction: An August 10, 2011 article, "," gave an incorrect address for one of the spray-painted vehicles. It was on the 2200 block of Alva Avenue, not the 2700 block. The article has been corrected.

Correction and clarification: A July 3, 2011 article, "," incorrectly said that the volunteers installing new signs on Kensignton paths belong to the ad hoc committee on Kensington paths. They belong to the Kensington Improvement Club. The article has been corrected. The story also said that signs have been installed on all accessible paths, and a photo caption quoted Bryce Nesbitt saying all accessible paths have signs. The same caption said one path from The Arlington to Amherst Avenue is currently inaccessible. Six of the 10 paths mapped by Nesbitt have signs. One is deemed inaccessible, and three others are partially or somewhat accessible. The article and caption have been revised in accordance with this information.

Clarification: A June 27 article, "," noted that the responsibility for drawing new Congressional districts in California was left in the hands of the legislature in the original November 2008 measure approved by voters to establish the California Citizen's Redistricting Commission. It did not note that redrawing the Congressional districts was transferred to the citizens commission by a later ballot measure approved by the state's voters in November 2010. The article has been revised to incorporate this information.

Corrections and clarifications: An article published July 15, "," incorrectly quoted Mari Metcalf, a director of the Kensington Police Protection and Community Services District, as saying her company's travel meal limit is $60 a day. She said $80. The story also said Metcalf provided a list of expense charges for Police Chief Greg Harman's credit card that included three meals over $100. It showed four. The article also incorrectly identified the issue which Harman said involved personnel and would have to be discussed in closed session of the KPPCSD board. The story implied that Harman was referring to charges on the card for his wife's travel and meals. In fact, he was referring to questions from Metcalf about finance charges and fees on the card. These three errors have been corrected in the article. Metcalf contacted Patch after the story was published to take issue with the story's description of the action taken by her and fellow director Cathie Kosel. The original version of the article said that Kosel and Metcalf "took turns charging that ... Harman may have misused his departmental credit card." Metcalf emailed Patch, "I did not charge that Chief Harman may have misused his dept'l credit card. I asked questions about certain charges." The story's characterization has been revised. Metcalf also took issue with the original story's statement that Metcalf provided to Patch her eight-page list of credit-card expenses. She noted she and Kosel distributed a copy to anyone who wanted one. Metcalf gave the list to Patch before the meeting and made copies available to others at the meeting. The story's phrasing has been revised. Metcalf also objected to the article's statement that her eight-page list showed expenses "exceeding $16,000." She noted that expenses for local meals and trip costs alone exceeded $16,000. This section of the article has been revised.

Corrections and clarification: The July 6 "Eye on Kensington" column, "?," misspelled Ed Hammonds last name as Hammond. It also mistakenly identified Tim Kraus as Tom Cross. The story also called Ed Crowley the owner of the empty lot at 401 Colusa Ave. and said that he owns it with Carol Chisholm and Kraus. The property is owned by The Circle Partnership, of which Crowley is managing partner. Chisholm and Kraus also are partners in the partnership. The article has been corrected and revised to include these facts.

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