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Date set for Richmond’s Juneteenth Parade & Festival
By Kathy Chouteau
Set your smartphones for the “2022 Richmond Juneteenth Family Parade & Festival,” when the popular event will return to Richmond Sat., June 18, according to City of Richmond Crime Prevention Manager Michelle...
Carnival coming to Hilltop Mall in Richmond
A carnival will operate in the Hilltop Mall parking lot in Richmond this month, starting Friday.
The carnival by Butler Amusements will run from Friday, April 15 through Sunday, April 17, and from Thursday, April...
‘Cinco De Mayo Cruise Night’ headed toward 23rd Street
By Kathy Chouteau
A group of local businesses and organizations have banded together to organize the Richmond Cinco De Mayo Cruise Night Sat., May 7 at 5 p.m., when vehicles will roll out from 1414...
Native American Family Day brings stickball, finger-weaving to Nicholl Park
By Mike Kinney
Local youth played traditional game of stickball as part of the fun activities at Native American Family Day at Nicholl Park on Saturday.
The event was held by the Native American Health Center...
Red Oak Victory kicks off ‘Pancake Breakfasts’ on Mother’s Day
By Kathy Chouteau
Everyone’s favorite WWII Victory ship—Richmond’s Red Oak Victory—is readying its galley to serve up its first Pancake Breakfast of the season on Mother’s Day, May 8 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Tickets...
Native American Family Day set for Nicholl Park
The Richmond community is invited to Native American Family Day, a free event at Nicholl Park in Richmond from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 9.
The event, hosted by the Contra Costa...
UPcycle Spring Fest returns with flower power theme
By Kathy Chouteau
Back by popular demand—and on the heels of Earth Day—the “UPcycle Spring Fest” will return April 24 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. to the open lot adjacent to the Abrams Claghorn...
Golden State Model Railroad Museum running trains again
Golden State Model Railroad Museum, which closed for annual construction, maintenance and improvement in December, reopened Sunday.
Trains will continue to run Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. at the 10,000 square foot museum located...
Point Richmond Post Office exhibit features 16 evocative photographs
The U.S. Post Office in Point Richmond is currently exhibiting 16 evocative photographs by Rita Gardner and Jane Emley.
The works were "inspired by the beauty and magic of Nature each artist found refuge...
Elon Musk to send Kennedy High principal to space? Only on April Fool’s Day
By Kathy Chouteau
No, Kennedy High School Principal Jarod Scott is not flying to space courtesy of Elon Musk. And a mysterious candidate with the mononymous name, “Paris,” is not running for mayor of Richmond....
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Olympians ‘Make a Splash’ at Richmond Plunge to support swim lessons
By Kathy Chouteau
Olympians Nathan Adrian, Elizabeth Beisel, and Cullen Jones took the Richmond Plunge on Monday to help coach local youth swimmers and to...
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Local actor to appear in Brad Pitt blockbuster, ‘Bullet Train’
By Kathy Chouteau
Hercules resident Alonso Saravia credits a Richmond Standard Facebook post with sparking the launch of his acting career, which has included work...
14 couples to marry at John Muir House as ‘Destination Weddings’ returns
Fourteen couples will get married at the John Muir National Historic Site on Friday in Contra Costa County's first "Destination Weddings" event since before...
