Infighting a challenge for City Council
Councilmember Tom Butt left the April 24 city council meeting around 9 pm, too frustrated to continue, followed a while later by Councilmember Jovanka Beckles,...
Jennifer Baires
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Stories by Jennifer
Richmond man killed in Sunday shooting
By Jennifer Baires and Stephen Hobbs Posted
Roy Hill III, a 22-year-old Richmond resident, was shot dead while sitting in his car on the 2700 block of Ohio Avenue in Richmond Sunday...
Photo stroll down 23rd Street
By Jennifer Baires Posted
A walk down 23rd Street, from Bissel Avenue to Rheem Avenue, where Latin-themed restaurants, grocery stores, beauty salons and small shops line the road.
At heated meeting, council discusses gun control, mural approval
By Jennifer Baires Posted
In a contentious meeting Tuesday night, the city council took on gun control and support for a program that works to curtail violence in Richmond...
Movie theater opens in Point Richmond
By Jennifer Baires Posted
Ross Woodbury looks around the lobby of his newly opened movie theater before hitting the lights and walking out. It’s just after 4 p.m., a...
Whole Foods Market warehouse opening and hiring
By Jennifer Baires Posted
Whole Foods Market said it expects to complete a 117,000-square-foot refrigerated warehouse in Richmond and to begin hiring up to 40 workers for the new...
Homicides are down, but closing cold cases remains a struggle in Richmond
By Jennifer Baires and Rachel de Leon Posted
While waiting to leave for church on Monday night, January 30, 2006, Karen Jones worried about her unanswered phone calls to her son. It had...
Contra Costa board votes to refuse state call center, citing disagreement with local union
By Jennifer Baires Posted
After weeks of intense back and forth between political players in Richmond and Concord the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors announced Tuesday that neither...
Richmond and Concord vie for state-run call center
By Jennifer Baires Posted
As part of an ongoing tussle over the fate of a state-run call center expected to create some 200 jobs, city council members in Concord...
Man shot dead on 6th Street
By Jennifer Baires and Rachel Waldholz Posted
Lincoln Plair, 20, of Richmond was shot dead this afternoon on the 100 block of 6th Street, said Detective Nicole Abetkov of the Richmond Police...
Spawning a swimming culture in Richmond
By Jennifer Baires Posted
Ducking under the water, seven-year-old Colin twists his body around in a tight corkscrew, shoots his hands in front of his head and pushes off...
Richmond finances improve, city council pushes for call center
By Jennifer Baires Posted
Richmond is in good fiscal shape, according to the city’s mid-year review, presented to the city council at Tuesday night’s meeting, which also included talk...
Jael Myrick takes his seat, becomes a part of City Council antics
By Jennifer Baires Posted
The addition of new city councilmember Jael Myrick didn’t stop the council from falling back on its old argumentative habits during Tuesday night’s city council...
