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About 20 people gathered in front of the El Cerrito offices of Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia late Friday to protest a transfer of funds away from an urban ecology program.
Scientists in Richmond are the state’s first line of detection, conducting radiological tests to monitor whether the partial meltdown of nuclear reactors in Japan poses any threat in California.
Richmond’s City Council decided yesterday to nix plans for a casino at Point Molate in a 5-to-2 vote, ending the six-year debate.
North Richmond’s crime rate was on the decline before last week’s deadly shootings.
More than 100 people gathered on Saturday at the corner of 23rd and Macdonald Avenues.
Richmond firefighters responded to a fire likely started by a barbecue.
Community members from the Coronado, Iron Triangle, and Santa Fe neighborhoods in Richmond came together on César Chávez’ 84th birthday to honor the farm labor leader by planting vegetables, trees, and other vegetation in local schools and neighborhoods. The first annual César Chávez’ Community Garden Day brought nearly 100 people out of their homes and into a garden at Richmond College Prep Charter School, sparking a true grassroots movement.
Richmond is going silly on Saturday. Giant puppets, woman with mustaches, dogs in costumes and many more odd-looking individuals will march through the streets of Richmond on Saturday for the city’s “fifth annual” Richmond Silly Parade.
Two men were shot, one fatally, while standing on Third Street on Wednesday night.