By DJ Stewart Marvin Webb is a native of Richmond, an alumni of Contra Costa College, and the College’s former Head Baseball Coach. He is no...
Sistas of the Links championship team members: Audrey Goins Brichi, Eunice Coffey, Debra Batiste,Lesley Stewart and Vanessa Donaville. Other Sistas in the photo are club members...
By Mayor Tom Butt Applications to replace Gayle McLaughlin closed today with 13 applicants who will make a pitch at the September 12 City Council meeting....
A formally incarcerated man from San Pablo cleared his credit, earned his driver’s license, and purchased a car with insurance. Meanwhile, a homeless mother of two...
If you have a loved one with a severe and persistent mental health issue, enroll in these 12 free mental health classes. They are one night...
More than 30 local students had the opportunity to receive free eye exams before school starts this year. The Vision Van stopped by the Richmond Public...
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a law that increases access to free and reduced lunches for students, AB 1502, authored, by Assemblymember Tony Thurmond, (D- Richmond)....
Long-time Richmond resident and organizing member of the Girls Club of America Mother Stevanna Herron died on July 8. She was 104. In 1942, Stevanna Herron...
West County LEGO Robotics is providing summer camp for youth at four Richmond recreation centers – Shields, Nevin, Parchester and Brooker Anderson – funded by the...
An artist garbed in white precedes Karen Seneferu and others as they prepare to enter “Black Woman Is God” exhibit in San Francisco in 2016. Richmond...
Downtown Richmond is set to come alive with sounds of R&B, Reggae, and Zydeco thanks to the 16th annual #MusicOnTheMain summer concert series on Wednesdays, July...
The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) has announced that the City of Richmond will receive $1,710,829 for housing-related park improvements. This is the...
Young residents of Richmond came to the Reentry Success Center on June 22 at the conclusion of a five-day job training program organized by Antwon Cloird....
Board members of the Robinson-Weeks-Robinson Scholarship Foundation awarded scholarships to seven high school seniors at a scholarship awards luncheon held June 24 at La Strada’s Italian...
The City of Richmond is reevaluating how to address damaged sidewalks that have led to an increase in injury lawsuits in recent years. From 2012 to...
Jabari Bird – an alum of Salesian College Preparatory – in Richmond and UC Berkeley, was selected 56th overall by the Boston Celtics in the NBA...
Former Contra Costa College professor and well-known Native American activist Lehman L. Brightman died Sunday at age 87 at Kaiser Hospital in Walnut Creek, according to a detailed...
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday to move forward with the planned expansion of the West County Detention Facility in Richmond, which involves moving...
New Direction Christian Academy celebrated its first graduation/promotion ceremony on Thursday, June 15. The keynote speaker for the event was Richmond native Devin Lars, CEO of...
“Fix Our Ferals,”, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing spay-neuter services for all cats in the East Bay has re-opened after suspending services for a year....
Richmond Main Street Initiative is celebrating the return of Celebrate Downtown, an annual campaign consisting of special events in downtown Richmond. First up is Healthy Village...
Rendering of the Miraflores Senior Housing development. Courtesy of Eden Housing. Construction is in full swing on the 79-unit Miraflores affordable housing development for seniors. The...
Over $35 million in funding was awarded to schools through a law authored by Assemblymember Tony Thurmond (D-Richmond)/ AB 1014 was signed into law last year...
Several “disruptions” occurred at a high school event at Richmond Memorial Auditorium on Thursday. One involved an idea for a smartphone app that can track...
The 5th Annual Spring Classic Community Chess Tournament will take place Saturday, May 20, at the Richmond Recreation Complex, 3230 MacDonald Ave. This free tournament —...