About 40 people gathered Monday at the corner of San Pablo Avenue and Waldo Avenue to mourn recent pedestrian deaths and call for safer streets.
The vigil, organized by the local advocacy group El Cerrito/Richmond Annex Walk & Roll, honored 66-year-old Donna Revecho, who was struck by a vehicle in a marked crosswalk at that intersection on Nov. 15 and died of her injuries weeks later.
Participants held signs urging drivers to slow down and reminding motorists that “This is a crosswalk.” One sign read: “People crossing San Pablo Avenue don’t deserve to die.”
Revecho’s death has become a rallying point for street safety advocates, who say that a series of deadly collisions in the area highlights the urgent need for traffic calming and pedestrian safety improvements on San Pablo Avenue.
Some safety enhancements are planned as part of a Caltrans-led repavement project scheduled to begin in 2026, but advocates contend that the changes are not sufficient and will take too long to implement.
The vigil drew community members from El Cerrito, the Richmond Annex and surrounding neighborhoods, underscoring growing local concern over traffic violence and pedestrian safety on one of the East Bay’s busiest thoroughfares.
