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 ...

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 ...

When Ulis Redic became pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in 1997, the Black congregation was thriving in Richmond, where about 1 out of every 3 people was Black. Two decades later, fewer than 1 out of ...

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 ...

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 ...

“I am concerned about it, mostly because of all the rain and stuff we had this last winter, I think there was a lot of growth and maybe not too much maintenance on a lot of the wildlands, especially ...

This story was reported and published in a collaboration between Richmond Confidential and Richmondside. Najari Smith, co-founder and co-owner of Rich City Rides Cooperative Inc., reported to police ...

Richmond has an image problem. And its residents are well aware of it. They see it in outsiders’ faces, hear it in their derogatory comments and sense it when they tell others where they are from. The ...

First Student said it is working to make routes more efficient and has raised bus drivers’ starting wage to $27.34 an hour. That is around $5 more than the state average, according to the U.S. Bureau ...

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 ...

Kathy Riordan cast her mayoral vote at Washington Elementary for Shawn Dunning. “I just feel like we just need someone who’s young and progressive,” Riordan said. “I don’t think I’ve ever been this ...

Contra Costa County certified the 2024 election counts on Dec. 5. At the county level, voter turnout was 72%, with 519,078 ballots cast out of 722,861 registered voters. This high level of engagement ...