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By Kathy Chouteau History will be made when the El Sobrante Historical Society celebrates the grand opening of its History Center Saturday, May 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Located behind the El Sobrante Library at 4300 Garden Rd. in El Sobrante, the History Center will open to the public that day with limited visitors and COVID-19 health guidelines in effect. The new History Center will feature chronological displays starting with the first people who lived in the El Sobrante area. Up for viewing will be maps, documents, photos and artifacts stemming, in part, from a long-ago UC Berkeley archeological dig that includes stone objects like a mortar and pestle and charms thought to have a religious or spiritual purpose. Other highlights among the artifacts on display will be adobe bricks originating from the onetime Victor Ramon Castro Adobe in the area that’s now the home of the El Cerrito Plaza. ....