Bay Area Rescue Mission needs volunteers for local holiday efforts
The Richmond-based Bay Area Rescue Mission puts on a massive effort to bring holiday cheer to local community members in need, and needs hundreds of helping hands for the effort.
Volunteers are being sought for...
De Anza High senior launches toy drive
De Anza High senior Yvette Findley's reason was pretty simple.
"No child should go without a gift to open on Christmas morning," she told her parents.
And so Yvette went ahead and put together a program...
Contra Costa County Library to eliminate overdue fines
Beginning Jan. 1, 2019, Contra Costa County Library will eliminate overdue fines on all library materials, becoming the first county library system in California and largest in the state to eliminate fines for everyone.
The...
Richmond MetroPCS dealer set for annual Santa visit, gift giveway
That's right, families. Unlimited Wireless, the MetroPCS dealer at 12800 San Pablo Ave. in Richmond, is set to return with its popular holiday event on Friday, Dec. 21.
Free photos with Santa Claus, along...
Hug-a-Bear Dinner comforting for kids in crisis
By Kathy Chouteau
Richmond’s Galileo Club offered a warm & fuzzy welcome Thursday, Dec. 6, when “Hug-a-Bear Holiday Dinner” guests gathered for the event’s 23rd annual edition.
Hosted by the Santa Fe Neighborhood Council, the seasonal...
Family Volunteer Day helps beautify Nicholl Park
by Mike Kinney
Nicholl Park and the nearby Richmond Recreation Complex received a sprucing on Saturday thanks to volunteers taking part in Family Volunteer Day.
The event had been rescheduled a few weeks back due to...
Richmond post office officially renamed after Harold D. McCraw, Sr.
The renaming of the Nevin Avenue Post Office in Richmond to the “Harold D. McCraw, Sr., Post Office Building” has been signed into law, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) announced today.
DeSaulnier authored the legislation to...
CAP program guides low-income Bay Area students to college success
The college experience is intimidating for any student, let alone a student from a low-income upbringing in Richmond.
For DeMario Brown, a student-athlete at California State University, Bakersfield, the college intimidation factor wasn't the consequence...
Man fatally struck by vehicle in Montalvin Manor neighborhood
A 67-year-old man was fatally struck by a vehicle early this morning in the Montalvin Manor neighborhood in unincorporated Contra Costa County, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The incident occurred about 5:40 a.m. near...
Richmond’s Downtown Holiday Festival set for Wednesday, Dec. 12
If you've been downtown recently, you can easily tell it's the holiday season, with wreaths and snowflakes adorning the street lamps along Macdonald Avenue.
That signals the coming of perhaps the best holiday event in...
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East Brother Beer set to release Camp Fire relief IPA
As promised, Richmond-based East Brother Beer Co. is set to release the Resilience IPA on Thursday, Dec. 20, and will donate all money from...
Volunteers prep for massive Richmond toy/food drive
It felt like a grand, secret toy store.
But in reality, it was only a storage space at a Richmond fire station that was jam-packed...
Donut-spinning driver collides with car containing father and child
A man was injured, but thankfully his 11-year-old daughter wasn't, when a driver doing donuts in his car in Richmond collided into their vehicle...
