Cerrito Creek
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Cerrito Creek is one of the principal watercourses running out of the Berkeley Hills into San Francisco Bay in northern California. It is significant for its use as a boundary demarcation historically, as well as presently. In the early 19th century, it defined the northern boundary of the vast Rancho San Antonio. Today, it defines part of the boundary between Alameda County and Contra Costa County.
The creek is named for the Cerrito de San Antonio, today called Albany Hill, a small though prominent hill which lies directly on the shoreline of San Francisco Bay in Albany. The creek's outlet into the bay lies at the foot of the northern slope of the hill.
A significant portion of Cerrito Creek has recently been "daylighted", that is, the culvert in which it was enclosed has been removed in several portions in the flatlands, especially adjacent to the El Cerrito Plaza shopping center. Native vegetation including native grasses, wildflowers and Arroyo willows have been replanted.
