Richmond

Miraflores Senior Apartments, a long-awaited affordable housing development in Richmond's Park Plaza neighborhood, had its grand opening celebration last week. Over 15 years in the making, the project provides 79 new affordable senior rental apartments...

Volunteers are being sought for Contra Costa County's annual point-in-time count of residents who are experiencing homelessness. Working in groups, volunteers stationed at specific community sites will conduct surveys with homeless individuals between Tuesday, Jan....

A Richmond police officer witnessed a hit-and-run collision that injured a pedestrian at 23rd street and Macdonald Avenue, then made an arrest. The incident occurred about 1:30 a.m. when the police officer saw the car...

By Kathy Chouteau The Mashallah Halal Food Indian and Pakistani Food Truck recently rolled onto the streets and if its flavorfully spicy Indian and Pakistani dishes are any indication, it’s the hottest thing happening...

Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia and his staff expressed gratitude to the community this week for pulling off yet another successful holiday drive at Verde Elementary. Sup. Gioia has been holding a holiday drive...

The West Contra Costa Unified School District Board of Education voted Wednesday night to cut $12.5 million in expenses, including 82.4 full-time equivalent positions, to close its structural budget deficit and ensure a balanced...

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 its sales to the Camp Fire relief efforts. As we reported...

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 with thousands of toys. On Wednesday, volunteers with Chevron Richmond...

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 Wednesday afternoon, police said. Officers responded to the accident scene at...

Longtime Chevron employee Ann Ciurczak is helping to keep dozens of local families warm this holiday season, all because she loves knitting and crocheting. It began about a decade ago, when Ciurczak, who had been...