An explosive July 4 in Contra Costa County
By Mike Kinney
Data isn't required to convince Richmond residents that illegal fireworks use ran rampant on July 4. They lit up the night sky across the city. You didn't just hear them, you also...
Riggers Loft reopening in time for Independence Day
By Kathy Chouteau
Amid a multitude of Independence Day cancellations, there’s a bright light on the Richmond waterfront.
Riggers Loft Wine Company will be reopening Thursday, July 2, just in time to celebrate the holiday with...
Richmond forming task force to establish reduced policing model
Before July 2021, Richmond is set to have a re-imagined, and reduced, police force. And what that will look like will be determined as part of a community dialogue in the coming months.
On Tuesday,...
Pt. Richmond resident arrested for swiping phone from woman filming him amid dispute
A Point Richmond resident was arrested on allegations of stealing a woman's phone and burying it in his yard after she used the phone to film him during a dispute, police said.
On Tuesday at...
Richmond resident’s book shares smarts from life on the streets
By Kathy Chouteau
A Richmond resident has written a book informed by his experiences growing up on inner-city streets.
Author Tyvon Price’s fictional narrative, “Adopted by the Streets” draws from his own family life growing up...
Manzanita Middle School to remain open after winning appeal
By Mike Kinney
Manzanita Middle School in Richmond will remain open after the Contra Costa County Board of Education (CCCBOE) voted June 17 to renew its charter for a five-year term starting July 1.
The 4-1...
Richmond Little League and Girls Softball season canceled
By Mike Kinney
Richmond Little League and Girls Softball has officially canceled its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, league President Mark Torres said.
The league launched in 2006 after a decade in which Richmond lacked...
24 local organizations awarded ECIA grants
Twenty-one local organizations were recently approved for funding this year from the Environmental and Community Investment Agreement (ECIA) grant program.
The Richmond RotaCare Free Clinic, Youth Code Now and the Richmond Museum of History & Culture are among...
County heath order cancels Red Oak Victory’s July 4 reopening
The SS Red Oak Victory will no longer hold its grand reopening on Independence Day after county health officials decided Tuesday that a spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations warranted a delay in the...
El Garage flourishes from humble roots to downtown Richmond digs
By Kathy Chouteau
One of the Bay Area's most anticipated restaurant openings of 2020 has grown from humble roots selling irresistible quesabirria tacos out of a garage on Garvin Ave. to now being on the...
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An explosive July 4 in Contra Costa County
By Mike Kinney
Data isn't required to convince Richmond residents that illegal fireworks use ran rampant on July 4. They lit up the night sky...
One DUI arrest after nearly 800 cars screened at Richmond checkpoint
Of the nearly 800 vehicles screened during a sobriety checkpoint on Hillltop Drive on July 3, one arrest was made for driving while under...
Over a dozen fires in Contra Costa on July 3, at least 3 from...
A vegetation fire Friday in a vacant lot near Market Avenue and Harold Street in North Richmond grew "to the size of a house,"...
