Richmond, California News, Information, Art and Events.
Photo courtesy of the Rosie the Riveter WWII/Homefront National Historic Park. Photo Credit: Richmond Museum of History. Two year olds easel painting with Monica Haley. The National Park Service is presenting a program on the region's WWII-era childcare system.
It was August, 1945. In Europe, the Second World War had barely ended; in Asia, the peace was less than a month old. But already the U.S. government was making plans to demobilize the unprecedented war effort it had assembled over the previous half-decade. That month, the government announced plans to shut down the system...
A 64-year-old woman was shot dead in her home late Wednesday night, according to Richmond Police Department officials. Bonita Todd, 64, was hospitalized after gunshots were fired from the street into her apartment on 20th Street near Espee Avenue at around 11 p.m. on May 15, said police spokesperson Det. Nicole Abetkov. Todd died later...
A man shot and killed in Richmond while driving his car Saturday morning was identified Monday by the Contra Costa County Coroner as Daly City resident Rodel Sarmiento. The 43-year-old’s death occurred on Chanslor Avenue near 18th Street. Richmond Police spokeswoman Detective Nicole Abetkov said no one else was injured. The homicide occurred just after...
Buffy the cowboy glares at the closed door, his feet set apart, the bandolier round his belly loaded with red shot-shells. His ten-gallon is pulled down over his forehead,...
This series of maps shows changes to the land around Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks. Click through the years to watch Richmond change with development. (All maps courtesy San Francisco...
