State agency cites Chevron for 4 violations from this week’s flare
A day after flaring at the Chevron refinery belched smoke and gas for nearly 12 hours over Richmond and into Marin County, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District on Tuesday slapped the company with read more…
November 29, 2023
Veil of fire and smoke over Richmond from what Chevron says is a flare
The sky over Richmond turned black with billowing smoke around 4 p.m. Monday, with flames shooting skyward from the Chevron refinery in what the company called a flaring event. Chevron said a power outage caused read more…
November 27, 2023
People of Richmond: Why do you think teens are so sad?
“People of Richmond” is a regular series in which reporters pose a question to people in the community. Answers are presented verbatim, though sometimes edited for brevity. Q: Why do you think chronic sadness is read more…
November 25, 2023
Is city’s traffic calming plan reducing sideshows? Residents in North & East see little change.
The sound of screeching tires, the smell of burnt rubber, and the sight of circular black skid marks in the middle of intersections are commonplace in Richmond, especially in the North & East neighborhood. With read more…
November 20, 2023
What did El Cerrito look like 50 or more years ago? Residents answer the question with photos
In 1897, Isaburu Adachi left Gifu, Japan, for California at the age of 25. Eight years later, Isaburo managed to buy five acres of land in El Cerrito. That land turned into 12 greenhouses before read more…
November 19, 2023
Local news gets a boost: Publisher Cityside launches a Richmond site
A new local news outlet plans to start covering Richmond this spring. The nonprofit journalism organization Cityside, known for the Berkeleyside and Oaklandside news sites, said it hopes to launch a third publication, Richmondside, by read more…
November 17, 2023
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