El Cerrito Patch, Charles Burress, Lead Editor

Picky, picky, picky. I am so picky.
When EC Patch went from an interesting up-​to-​the-​moment e-​zine (under Charles Burress) to a rehashed poorly disguised vehicle for commercial ads, I was disappointed. We do so need good *local* news coverage in our town.
But I accepted that the times (not to be confused with The Times) had changed.
But now I find that the new senior editor cannot update her bio to eliminate a series of unfortunate spelling errors.
No names here… you can check the veracity of my statement by going online to
Perhaps the new editor actually cannot actually correct her typos. Perhaps she needs authorization from someone up the chain of command. I don’t want to criticize what she can’t fix.
But the bottom line is that the EL Cerrito Patch isn’t what it used to be.
Advice:
Fix the C.V.
Add a few editorials that require putting Shoes to Pavement (and Behind to Seat.)
I’ll read you, Patch. You are what we have.
But frankly, you *are* an embarrassment.

Charles Burress is no longer the Editor of the El Cerrito Patch and it’s seldom worth reading anymore. The majority of the «news» is recycled police blotter information or real estate puff pieces. An article about recycling cited a children’s store that’s been closed for months. Whoever is editing it is based in Alameda or Castro Valley, hardly local. There’s occasionally a «Local Voices» column addressing genuinely local issues and a column called «Sprouts and Shutters» about businesses that have opened or closed locally, but beyond that, it’s disappointing pap and I’m both sad and angry because it was so good in the beginning. Mr. Burress left big shoes to fill and so far his successor is sloshing around in them.