Junior Giants hit home run at ‘STEM Education Day’ in Richmond
By Kathy Chouteau
The Giants Community Fund recently teamed up with Chevron for a “STEM Education Day” at Willie Mays Field at Nicholl Park in Richmond.
About 40 players from the Junior Giants Girls Softball team...
Richmond YouthWORKS partners with Kaiser Permanente on summer internship
By Antonia Ehlers
High school senior Sienna Sanii hopes to become a sonographer one day. She is one of 22 high school and college students who graduated from Kaiser Permanente’s School of Allied Health Sciences...
Bay Area Rescue Mission to host Back to School Block Party
By Kathy Chouteau
The Bay Area Rescue Mission is infusing fun into returning to school with its annual “Back to School Block Party” Saturday, Aug. 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. between First and...
Richmond High School may soon have access to new food truck
A Mexican-style food truck is proposed to be located across the street from Richmond High School.
Alejandro Gongora is requesting a conditional use permit from the City of San Pablo to operate Grandma’s Kitchen at...
‘Money Matters’ brings financial literacy to Richmond students
The Bay Area nonprofit 10,000 Degrees recently brought its ‘Money Matters’ financial literacy workshop to Sylvester Greenwood Academy in Richmond.
The workshop is designed to help students from low-income backgrounds make informed college and career...
Kiwanis Club sets date for school supplies giveaway at San Pablo Library
By Mike Kinney
With local schools set to resume in August, the Kiwanis Club of San Pablo is letting the public know about its annual "Back to School Backpack Giveaway at the San Pablo Library.
The...
Richmond Promise ‘Scholar Celebration’ coming to Civic Center Plaza
By Kathy Chouteau
Nearly 500 student dreams for the future will become a higher education reality when the Richmond Promise celebrates its annual ‘Scholar Celebration’ on Saturday, August 3 from 1-4 p.m. at Richmond’s Civic...
GoFundMe aims to send RHS students to transformative music camp
Richmond High School's music department director is fundraising in order to send 16 of his students to the La Honda Music Camp.
This will be Music Director Andrew Wilke's seventh year sending students to the...
Richmond Promise launches fund to sustain and grow support for students
Richmond Promise, which provides college scholarships and guidance to hundreds of high school graduates from Richmond and North Richmond every year, recently announced the launch of a new Fund that aims to sustain and...
WCCUSD launches free summer meal program for 2024
The West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) on Tuesday launched its summer meal program for 2024, noting that "hunger does not take a vacation."
Starting June 10, nutritious meals were being offered to children...
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Cosmetology school seeks to operate near Richmond Target
A cosmetology vocational school seeks to locate at the Macdonald 80 Shopping Center in Richmond.
Applicant Sunil Sharma is requesting a conditional use permit from...
El Garage closes downtown Richmond restaurant
By Kathy Chouteau
El Garage, the Richmond restaurant that sprouted from humble beginnings slinging quesabirria tacos in a local driveway/garage while drawing social media acclaim,...
Johnny Boi smashing it at Richmond ‘Restaurant Week’
By Kathy Chouteau
Taste of Richmond’s “Restaurant Week” stopped by new restaurant phenom Johnny Boi Smash Burger in Point Richmond Thursday, Oct. 10—and so did everyone else...