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Two arrested in Hercules for robbing cannabis delivery driver in Mondesto

Richmond police investigate fatal shooting on Richmond Parkway

Richmond police are investigating the murder of a San Pablo man who was fatally shot while being pursued on Richmond Parkway on Thursday, Nov. 9. The Contra Costa County Coroner's Office identified the victim as...
$65K grant aims to reduce dangerous driving in Hercules

$65K grant aims to reduce dangerous driving in Hercules

Hercules police Chief Joseph Vasquez said a new $65,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety will target distracted driving, impaired driving and speeding in the city. The grant program, which will run through...
Richmond to exponentially increase number of public safety cameras in city

Richmond to exponentially increase number of public safety cameras in city

Richmond will soon add 70 Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) cameras to the 30 that currently operate in the city, and will also install 40 Pan-Zoom-Tilt cameras at intersections known as hot-spots for illegal...
Two arrested in Hercules for robbing cannabis delivery driver in Mondesto

Two people killed in separate Sunday collisions on I-80 identified

Two people killed in separate collisions on I-80 in Richmond on Sunday have been identified by the Contra Costa County Coroner's Office. Ernest Holloway, 33, of Oakland, reportedly died when the Toyota sedan he was...
Richmond police ramp up enforcement of illegally parked vehicles

Richmond police ramp up enforcement of illegally parked vehicles

Numerous community complaints about abandoned and illegally parked vehicles have prompted increased enforcement by the Richmond Police Department. The RPD is starting its enhanced monitoring in the city's Central District, with officers focusing on vehicles...
Two arrested in Hercules for robbing cannabis delivery driver in Mondesto

CHP investigates shooting on I-80 near San Pablo Dam Road

  CHP detectives are investigating a shooting on westbound I-80 near the San Pablo Dam Road offramp that injured one person at about 2:30 p.m. Monday. The victim was reportedly not struck by gunfire but rather...
$65K grant aims to reduce dangerous driving in Hercules

CHP investigates shooting on Regatta Blvd. onramp

The CHP is investigating a shooting on the Regatta Boulevard onramp in Richmond early Monday. CHP officers responded at 1:35 a.m. to a call of a possible freeway shooting incident on I-580, but were unable...
Two arrested in Hercules for robbing cannabis delivery driver in Mondesto

Two people killed, another injured in shooting on 23rd Street

Two people were killed and a third person was injured in a shooting in the 900 block of 23rd Street Friday night, police said. The Shotspotter gunshot detection system alerted police to shots fired in...
GoFundMe launched after Richmond mom murdered in domestic violence incident

GoFundMe launched after domestic violence murder of Richmond mom

A GoFundMe has been launched to support the 7-year-old son of a Richmond woman who was fatally shot at her workplace in Albany in an act of domestic violence on Thursday, Sept. 21. Alonna Gallon...
Driver ditches car after striking hydrant in Richmond

Driver ditches car after striking hydrant in Richmond

A vehicle that lost control struck a fire hydrant, causing quite a scene in the area of San Joaquin Street and Fresno Avenue Saturday night, according to Richmond Firefighters Local 188, the union that...

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