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Beginning today, RPD spokesperson Sergeant Nicole Abetkov says officers will return to routine operations, which means two officers and one sergeant will attend each meeting.
Despite the government shutdown, open enrollment for health insurance begins today. About 5 million uninsured people are going to be newly eligible for insurance through Covered California, according to Morgan Westfall, a project coordinator with the Community Clinic Consortium, a group that advocates for nonprofit health clinics in Contra Costa and Solano counties. Another 2.6 million will qualify for subsidies.
The U.S. federal government went into partial shutdown today. Only essential employees remain on staff. This means government service cuts and employee furloughs in Richmond.
After operating for three years as a co-ed tennis team with boys and girls competing against all-boy teams, there were enough players this year to form an all-girl tennis squad at Richmond High School.
From the bay, the city of Richmond boasts a shoreline ripe for new development. The problem is, most investors don’t ever get to see it. The West Contra Costa County Council of Industries, a business coalition, held its Richmond Harbor yacht tour on Wednesday, an event that meets new and potential business owners with city leaders to discuss bringing new enterprises to Richmond. The event served as an opportunity for the council to flex its muscles, but for many of…
De Anza High School received two racially charged and threatening letters aimed at students, school officials reported.
A new project aims to usher in a waste management transformation. This month, the Environmental Protection Agency awarded the Watershed Project, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting East Bay watersheds and ecosystems, a $30,000 grant to educate children and their community about recycling, reusing and composting.
Contra Costa County residents will soon have a better understanding of exactly what is in the air they’re breathing. Chevron recently installed a new air-monitoring station at Fire Station 62, in North Richmond, which will provide real-time data about what chemicals are in the air.
Richmond High Football experiences highest involvement in decades thanks largely to a new interest from Latino community.