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8th Spirit and Soul Festival brings live music, food and shop to Downtown Richmond residents.
19-year-old Dawaun Rice of Richmond has been charged with the murder of Javonte Prothro, who was fatally shot on Monday at the corner of S.47th Street and Carlson Boulevard.
The West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) Board of Education voted Wednesday night to accept a forensic financial audit report of the district’s $1.6 billion bond program and forward the audit report to law enforcement.
On Tuesday, City Council verified the signatures for putting the Richmond Kids First Initiative on the 2018 ballot. The embattled initiative, which supporters had worked to put on the 2016 ballot, would allocate up to 3 percent of the city’s general fund over the next 10 years for a special fund for children’s and youth services.
The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) recently took a step toward changing many Richmond commuters’ lives, whether their mode of transportation runs on four wheels or two.
But in Richmond, which experienced a high foreclosure rate and a high unemployment rate during the Great Recession, recovery, even seven years later, remains slow.
The seven candidates for two seats on the West Contra Costa Unified School District Board of Education spoke about issues facing the school system during a September 20 public forum.
The fatal shootings of two young men in separate incidents on Monday bring Richmond’s homicide count to 21 so far this year.
More than 2,000 pounds of trash were collected along Richmond shoreline during 2016 Coastal Cleanup Day.