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Sgt. Monahan checks on a parolee in Richmond’s Iron Triangle neighborhood. Police forced open the door of this parolee’s apartment and took him back into custody. Parole agents and police officers ...
Developers of an affordable housing project that could put about 150 new units near the Richmond BART station, have yet to secure nearly $6 million in necessary funding, according to a city official, ...
The North Richmond of today emerges from a history marked by bad reputation, bad luck and, often, bad intentions. This community began as a rural, sparsely populated agricultural outpost and rapidly ...
Festive Persian music filled the air at Marina Bay Park Saturday as dancers in colorful dress performed on the stage and those in the audience danced on the lawn. All around them, the aroma of grilled ...
Jovanka Beckles and Jesse Arreguín are running for the District 7 California state Senate seat, which covers Contra Costa and Alameda counties. Incumbent Nancy Skinner, who is not seeking reelection, ...
Richmond City Council voted in a special meeting Friday to back a $40 million sale of Point Molate to the East Bay Regional Park District, ending years of discussion about how to develop the sprawling ...
“I am from Arizona, so there is no, public transportation in the major cities there. So, yeah, I love the BART. I think it’s fabulous. I love that I don’t have to drive. It’s a major stress-reliever.
Kenneth “Chris” Hurst Sr. is the new leader of the West Contra Costa Unified School District, replacing Matthew Duffy, who led WCCUSD for five years. Before taking the job in May, Hurst was ...
Beginning next year, Contra Costa County will pilot a county-funded guaranteed-income program, placing up to $1,000 monthly in the hands of residents — no strings attached. The Board of Supervisors ...
A 17-bed garden feeds the houseboat residents and supports a rotation of WOOFers — World Wide Organic Farmers, young people from all over the country working with the goats and garden in exchange for ...
And they need to be for only the citizens of Richmond. In addition to that, there needs to be a global tracking mechanism of all the encampments citywide, and all the social services fundings all need ...
“No. I think that generally, the public doesn’t understand that Chevron will never sell that land – that land is so polluted. That land will just be a hole if you take the refinery away. You can’t ...