With the current economy, a day in the life of a bail bondsman is made up of a few phone calls, visits to the jail and a lot of waiting.
Richmond Speaks goes to the movies.
An oral history project for teenagers makes poetry out of family stories.
The tough economy means donations are down for Verde Elementary Schools’s annual Christmas toy and coat drive.
A Civic Center audience enjoyed an aural dash of Dvorak, a call to a West African divinity and some Miles Davis on Community Music Day.
For the Guidiville Band of Pomo Indians, the proposed casino resort is more than a lucrative economic prospect; it’s a means to an end.
The Contra Costa Board of Supervisors on Tuesday reversed its stance and voted in favor of the Point Molate resort complex. The county is guaranteed $12 million a year as soon as construction starts.
The small, floating community of Point San Pablo Yacht Harbor is home to about 40 people, who live on twenty-one houseboats in the secluded cove.
Contra Costa County Supervisors considered whether to support a casino in Richmond. The payoff: $12 million a year.
What do Halloween and the Latino holiday Day of the Dead have in common? The Richmond Art Center’s On-Site Education Director, Kato Jaworski, said she pondered this question as she tried to come up with a theme for a holiday event at the center.
Every Tuesday, Lou Berg comes to the SS Red Oak Victory Ship and helps out with restoring the historic vessel. He took a little time to take Richmond Confidential on a tour of the floating museum, docked at Terminal 2. With very few funds, the volunteers’ ultimate goal is to be able get the ship seaworthy, so that it can make short trips around the Bay. Click here for the ship’s official Web site.
Between the San Pablo Bay and a steep ridge lined with eucalyptus trees sits a lone burgundy fortress. Sharp-eyed commuters on the San Rafael Bridge may wonder what this structure is, with its turrets and crenellated parapets. At its feet, a long, narrow wharf stretches across the water toward San Quentin. The Vallejo ferry passes by the secluded promontory every day, but never makes a stop. A road runs through the crumbling premises, but a fence bars would-be explorers from…