“The Stakes” is a UC Berkeley Journalism project on executive orders and actions affecting Californians and their communities. For months community members devoted to reducing pollution and improving ...

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 ...

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, ...

Contra Costa Health, in collaboration with the Community Warning System, has updated its text notification system for hazardous materials alerts. This system now allows residents to sign up for text ...

“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 ...

On a cool and moonlit autumn night, Aman Daro stepped carefully along a muddy bank of the San Francisco Bay. He was wearing to protect himself from the knee-deep mud. He knelt next to a man-made ...

With a push from Richmond’s art community, the city is moving forward with plans to create an arts corridor that will showcase local talent, encourage tourism and foster collaboration among creatives.

In some cases, families have opted to move out of the district. A presentation from a May 2022 WCCUSD School Board meeting showed that during the 2021-2022 school year, 631 students had enrolled in ...

The dedicated bike lane on the upper deck of the Richmond-San Rafael bridge has been a bone of contention between cyclists and motorists since it opened as a four-year pilot project in 2019. While its ...

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 ...

Richmond Memorial Auditorium transformed Wednesday into a festive wonderland for the city’s annual Christmas tree lighting, where a chilly rain did not dampen the spirits of a couple hundred people ...

Sara Cantor, chair of Richmond’s Rent Board, said if Prop. 33 passes, the city could apply rent control across the board. “I see the rent control ordinance as encouraging fairness and justice in ...