Richmond event to join worldwide protest of U.S. border conditions
This Friday across the world, roughly 700 Lights for Liberty events are scheduled to protest conditions facing immigrants seeking asylum at the U.S. southern border -- and one will be held right here in...
Little Louie’s to host pop-up art show and sale
Little Louie's Restaurant at 49 Washington Ave. in Point Richmond makes sandwiches that are works of art.
So it make sense that it would also host an art show.
On Saturday, July 27, the Art on...
Renovation of JFK Park basketball courts complete
All week, David Castro has been taking his kids on walks past John F. Kennedy Park at Cutting Blvd. and S. 41st Street, eagerly awaiting for the renovation of its basketball courts to be...
Got something to say? Contribute to Richmond Civic Center art project
A new public art project underway will have phrases written by local residents turned into large-scale, luminous night-time video projections on the walls of Richmond Civic Center, according to Christy Chan, a Richmond-based artist...
Free mattress drop offs now available to West County residents
Residents of Richmond, Hercules, Pinole, San Pablo, El Cerrito and unincorporated communities are now eligible to bring three mattresses per month to the West Contra Costa County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility in Richmond...
250 e-bikes to be deployed in Richmond
Richmond has announced a partnership with Gotcha Mobility that will soon bring 250 electric bicycles at 25 stations throughout the city that will be available for short-term use for a fee.
The city's first e-bike...
No controversy about this once missing Richmond mural
While controversy continues about one famous artist’s mural at a San Francisco high school, an East Bay museum is determined to restore another valuable work by the same person.
The Richmond Museum of History unearthed...
Rich Life: Bubbaloo Café
By Kathy Chouteau
You’ve got to love a café that’s named after a couple of adorable dogs.
That’s precisely the case with the Bubbaloo Café, where the owners Gio Gelera and Candice Nguyen named their cafe...
Top current Richmond rappers named in national website
The Richmond rap scene received much love in an article that's bouncing around social media.
The Real Streetz, a website covering urban environments in the U.S., released a list of Top Richmond Rappers.
Such a list...
50-year-old Oakley man fatally shot in Richmond
A 50-year-old Oakley man was fatally shot in Richmond's Iron Triangle neighborhood on Friday, July 5.
Richmond police responded to a Shotspotter gun detection activation in the area of 6th Street and Ohio Avenue at...
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Winter Solstice gathering at Point Pinole to feature singing and ‘shrooms
By Kathy Chouteau
Got plans for the Winter Solstice? How about a community song circle and mushroom walk?
Eileen Hazel of Eileen Hazel Music out of...
Richmond Fire Youth Academy to host Open House for prospective recruits
By Kathy Chouteau
The Richmond Fire Youth Academy will host an “Open House and Sign-Up Info Day” Saturday, Dec. 9 from 8 a.m. to 2...
From its first campus in a Richmond shipyard, 4CD marks 75 years
By Kathy Chouteau
The Contra Costa Community College District (4CD) is celebrating its 75th anniversary.
The Governing Board of 4CD will launch a year of celebrations...
