Salesian High seniors Eddie Perales and Anthony Olivero talk about what they’ll remember most about playing high school football in an audio slideshow, featuring pictures of the team’s final regular-season home game.
The Main Library has an urban feel and a lot more traffic than either of the branches. High ceilings and bare linoleum floors remind you that you’re in a government building, not a living room, and the only places to sit are at wooden tables and chairs. Patrons of Main are there to get things…
The City of Richmond operates its own library system independent from the county, and has since 1907. The system consists of a main library, two branches and a traveling bookmobile for children. The staff move around regularly between the branches, the Main library and the Bookmobile, so they have a good sense of how the…
The Richmond Library’s Bookmobile is the system’s library on wheels, serving children. The program was founded in 1947, and was the first of its kind west of the Mississippi. The converted bus travels four days a week and visits 21 schools around the city. Students can climb aboard the moving library when it stops at…
Bayview is tucked in a corner next to a fire station in southern Richmond right off Interstate 580. The neighborhood is quiet and feels safe, and the atmosphere inside is similar. Striped wall-to-wall carpeting covers the floor of the library’s single room and bright blue and multi-colored cartoonish couches and chairs provide comfortable seating. Everything…
The Westside branch is on the island in the middle of downtown Point Richmond, facing Washington Street. It’s an easy stop for anyone running errands in the Point’s commercial district. The library has no parking lot, but street parking is usually easy to find. Lunch spots and coffee shops surround the library. Like the neighborhood,…
The National House Rabbit Society, headquartered in Richmond, saves rabbits from shelters where kill rates can be as high as 90 percent. Rescue workers are searching for more donations, volunteers and foster homes to keep their mission afloat.
The Richmond High football team was getting slammed 42-0 in the last quarter of its game against Pinole Valley. The Varsity cheer team stood in position looking at the field, hands in the pockets of their matching jackets, trying to hold their stoic poses in the chilly air.
Richmond police officers passed out dozens of free bicycle helmets to children on a recent afternoon at Nevin Community Center, and educated them on safety procedures of riding a bicycle.
This particular Saturday at the Richmond Rod and Gun club was a field day; there’s a youth program, a cowboy shooting practice and sign-ups for hunting class. Listen to my adventure as I visit the club for the first time.
The City Council voted 5-1 on Tuesday to approve a $350,000 movable bulkhead at The Plunge that will allow city workers to cordon off the pool into two sections.
De Anza High School’s football team lost every game they played this season, but that didn’t stop them from giving their fans a gutsy effort on homecoming night.
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