Safety
With a new year approaching, it’s time to reflect on the past year and prepare for the next one. For Richmond, 2013 was one for the history books.
While the city is set to finish 2013 with its lowest homicide total in years, far fewer of the killings have been solved, according to police statistics.
Chris Solis spends every Christmas at his grandma’s house in Richmond, eating Mexican breads and exchanging gifts. But this year won’t be the same. Solis will spend the holidays in the sterile confines of John Muir Medical Center, where his 19-year old sister, Dominique Romero, is recovering from a gunshot wound.
Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin memorialized the 16 people killed in the city this year during a ceremony Friday night.
Today, Youth Services Detectives from the Richmond Police Department are searching for two sisters, Xiomara Zelaya, 13, and Heidi Moreno, 9, who ran away from home their home on Maine Avenue yesterday evening.
After 35 years of service to the community, Richmond police sergeant Tod Opdyke retired after he was unable to recover from an injury.
A new group hopes to help Richmond youth gain their own voice and make Richmond a better city for the future. They call themselves the Freedom Fighters.
After multiple break-ins at Grant Elementary School, Richmond Police said they caught three juveniles yesterday in the act.
Kevin Barrera, who was shot and killed in Richmond in 2009, made national headlines last week after an image of his murder was found on Google maps. Despite the media frenzy, Barrera’s parents still wait for justice.