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Community advocates fundraising to send 15 Pullman Point kids to Oakland A's game

Kids free at Oakland A’s games in September

The Oakland A's are letting fans ages 12 and younger attend home games for free in September. As stated on the A's website: "For each regularly priced individual game ticket purchased, adults can add up to...

Golf fundraiser at Richmond Country Club to support thesecondopinion

Organizers of thesecondopinion's 4th Annual Golf Fundraiser are inviting the community to tee off with them for a good cause at the Richmond Country Club. The golf tournament is slated for Tuesday, Oct. 8, from...

Soulful Softball Sunday honors legacy of Pumpsie Green

By Mike Kinney Some called it a record turnout for Soulful Softball Sunday. Organizers estimated roughly 2,500 local community members came to the annual grassroots gathering.  For a fifth year at Nicholl Park in Richmond,...

In time for U.S. Open, youth tennis program begins in Richmond

Just in time for the U.S. Open, after-school tennis begins in Richmond. From Sept. 3 through Dec. 20 at the Nicholl Park Tennis Courts, 3230 Macdonald Ave., youth ages 6 to 17 will be honing...

West County represents at Oakland A’s Native American Heritage Night

The Oakland Athletics on Tuesday celebrated Native American Heritage Night during its home game against the Milwaukee Brewers, and dozens of Native Americans from West County were there to represent. "Families travel from all over...

Bay Area Power earns silver at U.S. Open Basketball Championships

A Richmond-based youth basketball team did the Bay Area proud last weekend, bringing home the silver medal in the U.S. Open Basketball Championships in Westfield, Indiana. The Bay Area Power 12-under team of 10 boys...

Affeldt joins Jr. Giants, Chevron for Science of Baseball clinic

A three-time World Series champion stopped by the baseball field at Nicholl Park in Richmond to meet the young talent on Monday, and he was certainly impressed. “This is a little different from what I...
Baseball great Shooty Babitt coaching local youth during a training in Richmond in 2014.

Youth invited to join Shooty Babitt at Oakland A’s game

Local youth ages 9 to 13 are invited to take part in a weekend of baseball with Shooty Babitt during which they will attend the Oakland A's game against the Texas Rangers this Saturday...
Richmond-raised Pumpsie Green, first black Boston Red Sox player, dies

Richmond-raised Pumpsie Green, first black Boston Red Sox player, remembered

The baseball community, and also the Richmond community, are paying tribute to Pumpsie Green, who died Wednesday at Kaiser San Leandro at the age of 85. Elijah Jerry Green was the first African-American player to...

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...

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Richmond museum unveils restored Arnautoff mural

By Mike Kinney A once long-lost mural was unveiled following its restoration at the Richmond Museum of the Arts and Culture on Saturday. The fully restored...
East Bay Center for the Performing Arts to host Fall Gala

East Bay Center for the Performing Arts to host Fall Gala

By Kathy Chouteau The East Bay Center for the Performing Arts is emerging from a three year pandemic party pause to host its 13th Annual...
Food lines long in Richmond as residents endure rising costs

Food lines long in Richmond as residents endure rising costs

By Mike Kinney Food Bank volunteers greeted long lines of people waiting in their cars and along the sidewalk at Thursday's bi-monthly food distribution event...