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Housing   -   Jun 23, 2026 School district property committee tours shuttered school sites, hears new zoning data
School district property committee tours shuttered school sites, hears new zoning data

A West Contra Costa Unified School District advisory committee toured two long-vacant school properties Monday evening before hearing new information about zoning changes that could significantly alter the value and development potential of both sites, then voted to table action. The WCCUSD 7-11 Committee, a citizen panel charged

by Soren Hemmila
Crime in the City   -   Jun 22, 2026 What happened in Richmond: A homicide on Potrero Avenue and a felon found carrying multiple firearms
What happened in Richmond: A homicide on Potrero Avenue and a felon found carrying multiple firearms

According to incident data released by the Richmond Police Department, a person was killed on Potrero Avenue on Tuesday evening as Richmond police logged a murder, three robberies, and 13 vehicle thefts between June 15 and June 21. Richmond crime incident map Grandview Independent Richmond Crime Incident MapLoading... From To

by Soren Hemmila
Community   -   Jun 20, 2026 Richmond Juneteenth parade winds through city; festival honors community members
Richmond Juneteenth parade winds through city; festival honors community members

The city's Juneteenth parade moved through Richmond on Saturday morning before giving way to an afternoon festival at Nicholl Park, where organizers inducted six people into a newly created Juneteenth Hall of Fame and named the event's first youth royal court. On the main stage, Michelle

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Jun 19, 2026 On the agenda: budget adoption, a paramedic ballot measure and a street closure
On the agenda: budget adoption, a paramedic ballot measure and a street closure

The Richmond City Council will meet on Tuesday to adopt the city's final budget for fiscal year 2026-27, review polling on a potential November ballot measure to fund paramedic-level fire service, and revisit five items continued from its June 16 meeting. Those include a proposed permanent

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Jun 17, 2026 Richmond unions say city is choosing not to fill vacant positions
Richmond unions say city is choosing not to fill vacant positions

Union leaders told the Richmond City Council Tuesday that the city's persistent staffing shortages are the result of a deliberate choice, not a hiring pipeline problem, escalating a public dispute over whether Richmond is using vacant positions as a budget tool at the expense of city services. The

by Soren Hemmila
News   -   Jun 17, 2026 Richmond man arrested in fatal beating of his brother on Potrero Avenue
Richmond man arrested in fatal beating of his brother on Potrero Avenue

Richmond police arrested a 61-year-old man Tuesday night on suspicion of murdering his older brother following a fight at a Potrero Avenue residence, authorities said. Jerome Timmons, 68, of Richmond, was found unresponsive at a home in the 4500 block of Potrero Avenue at approximately 9:09 p.

by Soren Hemmila
Crime in the City   -   Jun 17, 2026 Richmond police investigate homicide on Potrero Avenue
Richmond police investigate homicide on Potrero Avenue

Richmond police are investigating a homicide in the 4500 block of Potrero Avenue, the department announced Tuesday. Crime scene tape cordoned off the area around a home Tuesday evening, with officers stationed in the driveway and the front door open as investigators worked. A small group of people had gathered

by Soren Hemmila
Jun 16, 2026 Pollo Con Papas: Two Guatemalan fried chicken stands, one Richmond parking lot
Pollo Con Papas

There are two of them. That’s the first thing you notice. Same block on Macdonald Avenue, same blue tents strung with bare bulbs, same red tiered shelves holding steel pans and squeeze bottles. Same clamshell containers. Same prices. Pollo Con Papas and Pollo Con Papas Fritas, two families who,

by Soren Hemmila
School district property committee tours shuttered school sites, hears new zoning data
Housing   -   Jun 23, 2026 School district property committee tours shuttered school sites, hears new zoning data

A West Contra Costa Unified School District advisory committee toured two long-vacant school properties Monday evening before hearing new information about zoning changes that could significantly alter the value and development potential of both sites, then voted to table action. The WCCUSD 7-11 Committee, a citizen panel charged

by Soren Hemmila
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Housing   -   Jun 23, 2026 School district property committee tours shuttered school sites, hears new zoning data
School district property committee tours shuttered school sites, hears new zoning data

A West Contra Costa Unified School District advisory committee toured two long-vacant school properties Monday evening before hearing new information about zoning changes that could significantly alter the value and development potential of both sites, then voted to table action. The WCCUSD 7-11 Committee, a citizen panel charged

by Soren Hemmila
Crime in the City   -   Jun 22, 2026 What happened in Richmond: A homicide on Potrero Avenue and a felon found carrying multiple firearms
What happened in Richmond: A homicide on Potrero Avenue and a felon found carrying multiple firearms

According to incident data released by the Richmond Police Department, a person was killed on Potrero Avenue on Tuesday evening as Richmond police logged a murder, three robberies, and 13 vehicle thefts between June 15 and June 21. Richmond crime incident map Grandview Independent Richmond Crime Incident MapLoading... From To

by Soren Hemmila
Community   -   Jun 20, 2026 Richmond Juneteenth parade winds through city; festival honors community members
Richmond Juneteenth parade winds through city; festival honors community members

The city's Juneteenth parade moved through Richmond on Saturday morning before giving way to an afternoon festival at Nicholl Park, where organizers inducted six people into a newly created Juneteenth Hall of Fame and named the event's first youth royal court. On the main stage, Michelle

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Jun 19, 2026 On the agenda: budget adoption, a paramedic ballot measure and a street closure
On the agenda: budget adoption, a paramedic ballot measure and a street closure

The Richmond City Council will meet on Tuesday to adopt the city's final budget for fiscal year 2026-27, review polling on a potential November ballot measure to fund paramedic-level fire service, and revisit five items continued from its June 16 meeting. Those include a proposed permanent

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Jun 17, 2026 Richmond unions say city is choosing not to fill vacant positions
Richmond unions say city is choosing not to fill vacant positions

Union leaders told the Richmond City Council Tuesday that the city's persistent staffing shortages are the result of a deliberate choice, not a hiring pipeline problem, escalating a public dispute over whether Richmond is using vacant positions as a budget tool at the expense of city services. The

by Soren Hemmila
News   -   Jun 17, 2026 Richmond man arrested in fatal beating of his brother on Potrero Avenue
Richmond man arrested in fatal beating of his brother on Potrero Avenue

Richmond police arrested a 61-year-old man Tuesday night on suspicion of murdering his older brother following a fight at a Potrero Avenue residence, authorities said. Jerome Timmons, 68, of Richmond, was found unresponsive at a home in the 4500 block of Potrero Avenue at approximately 9:09 p.

by Soren Hemmila
Crime in the City   -   Jun 17, 2026 Richmond police investigate homicide on Potrero Avenue
Richmond police investigate homicide on Potrero Avenue

Richmond police are investigating a homicide in the 4500 block of Potrero Avenue, the department announced Tuesday. Crime scene tape cordoned off the area around a home Tuesday evening, with officers stationed in the driveway and the front door open as investigators worked. A small group of people had gathered

by Soren Hemmila
Jun 16, 2026 Pollo Con Papas: Two Guatemalan fried chicken stands, one Richmond parking lot
Pollo Con Papas

There are two of them. That’s the first thing you notice. Same block on Macdonald Avenue, same blue tents strung with bare bulbs, same red tiered shelves holding steel pans and squeeze bottles. Same clamshell containers. Same prices. Pollo Con Papas and Pollo Con Papas Fritas, two families who,

by Soren Hemmila
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