Richmond mayoral candidates spar over approach to public safety
Richmond mayoral candidates Ahmad Anderson and Claudia Jiménez offered competing approaches to public safety at a forum Thursday night, with Anderson emphasizing police staffing and Jiménez calling for broader investment in community services. A couple read more…
Richmond Art Center celebrates 90 years, welcomes new executive director
Fifteen years after volunteering at the Richmond Art Center as an emerging artist, Vicky Chen returned as its executive director, joining the center’s 90th anniversary gala in September, just four days into the job. “I read more…
At El Cerrito candidates’ forum, six vying for City Council talk about the budget, renovations and safe streets
The six candidates vying for two open seats on the El Cerrito City Council faced off Wednesday at Veterans Memorial Association hall, where much of the discussion focused on the city budget. Before an audience read more…
Livestream of Richmond mayoral forum Thursday night
Tune in here at 6:30 p.m. Thursday for a voter forum featuring the two candidates for Richmond mayor: Ahmad Anderson and Claudia Jiménez. Reporters and residents will have a chance to ask the candidates questions read more…
Celebrating queer culture in the Contra Costa County seat
Wearing rainbow-colored shirts, socks, pants and even hair, people of all ages moved easily on a breezy Saturday afternoon through Martinez’s Waterfront Park, which was decorated for the Fourth annual Pride in Martinez. More than read more…
With gloved hands, litter-pickers and trash bags, Pinole volunteers clean up the coastline
Volunteers trickled into Pinole’s Bayfront Park Saturday morning, signing in, receiving cleanup instructions, grabbing plastic bags and heading for the shoreline. The gathering was part of California Coastal Cleanup Day, a statewide effort organized by read more…
