Baseball on a hot afternoon in North Richmond
It’s a hot afternoon at the Lucky A’s field in North Richmond, and the dozen or so kids who showed up for baseball practice today...
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Two people injured over the weekend as spate of shootings continues
By Julie Brown Posted
Gunshots rang throughout Richmond on Saturday night, injuring two people in two separate incidents. A male victim who was in critical condition after suffering three...
Teenage brother, sister dead after shooting spree
By Julie Brown Posted
A pair of teenage siblings were shot to death Thursday night outside a residence on McGlothen Way in the northern part of Richmond. According to...
Richmond mourns another, while gang tensions remain hot
By Julie Brown Posted
A crowd gathered in mourning on a street corner in Richmond on Wednesday evening to honor the life of Dimarea Young, a 19-year-old man who...
Shootings on 28th street kill one, injure two
By Julie Brown Posted
An unknown suspect opened fire on three people this morning on the 300 block of 28th Street in Richmond, killing one person and injuring two....
Richmond youth host second open mic night
By Julie Brown and Anne Hoffman Posted
Last week, RAW Talent hosted its second open mic night. Kids from across Richmond and the East Bay came out to share original poems and...
Contra Costa leads the Bay Area for Secure Community deportations
By Julie Brown Posted
Contra Costa County has deported more people than any other county in the Bay Area through Secure Communities, a partnership between Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
Man charged with attempting to murder a police officer
By Julie Brown Posted
The Contra Costa District Attorney filed charges earlier this week against a 30-year-old man for attempting to shoot and kill several Richmond Police officers who...
For the Davis Chapel, a long search for a new home after 2003 fire
By Julie Brown Posted
As they have every Sunday for the last 70 years, members of the Davis Chapel filed into church on a recent weekend and took their...
Contra Costa passes realignment budget
By Julie Brown Posted
Contra Costa County officials approved a budget of more than $20 million at a meeting in Martinez today to both continue operations in the jails,...
Inside the West County Jail
By Julie Brown Posted
When you think of a jail, what comes to mind? Bars. A cell without windows. Agitated prisoners. Maybe I watch too much TV. But when...
Sureño gang members stand trial for Norteño shooting
By Julie Brown Posted
The trial for a 2009 double homicide in a Richmond restaurant opened Wednesday in Martinez with District Attorney Aron DeFerrari describing a brutal execution motivated...
Scrap metal steals Richmond
By Julie Brown Posted
Richmond has been picked over by thieves. A stump of a pipe, the tops of concrete floor boxes pried up from the sidewalk, a lonely...
