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Updated at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, 2024 Richmond Police are investigating multiple homicides this morning after two people were shot to death Tuesday afternoon and one early Wednesday morning. On Tuesday, two people were killed and two more injured in a shooting on Pennsylvania Avenue. Richmond Police
Burrito Trail
After tackling half a dozen burritos, the Richmond Burrito Trail has hit 23th Street. Maybe we were just practicing for this moment when we tackled Richmond’s famed taqueria corridor. There are so many taquerias we had to research and create a plan to approach this food mecca. We read
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Plans to purchase the old Civic Center Motel, a $1.2 million settlement with the Point Molate Alliance and North Coast Rivers Alliance, Consideration of an Oil Refining Business License Tax Ballot, and several initiatives for unsheltered residents are on the Richmond City Council agenda for June 18, 2024. Details
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Last month, the East Bay Regional Park District released a rattlesnake advisory warning the only venomous snake in northern California was out and about looking for food and mates. The northern Pacific rattlesnake is not the only snake you might encounter in local parks. Flora Csontos, Acting Public Information Specialist
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Despite ongoing recruitment efforts, the Richmond Police Department continues to grapple with significant staffing shortages, leading to the reimplementation of mandatory overtime shifts. Last year, Richmond hired 20 officers. However, officers continue to leave for other agencies, Chief Bisa French said at the June 5, 2024, Community Police Review Commission.
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Richmond’s homeless population decreased by 20 percent, according to new information from the 2024 Contra Costa Health Services Point-in-Time Count. Homeless services provider Safe Organized Spaces says the actual numbers are considerably higher. The annual survey documents people experiencing homelessness and provides a one-day snapshot of homelessness in Contra
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Richmond held its first National Gun Violence Community Remembrance Day Friday evening to recognize the lives lost to gun violence and work together to end gun violence in the city. The event held in the Richmond Civic Center highlighted the contributions of several key community partners addressing gun violence in
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After a testy hearing Thursday night, the Richmond Planning Commission continued a discussion on a proposed emergency homeless shelter on the corner of 37th Street and Bissell Avenue. The applicant, Gregory VanMechelen, was at the planning commission to request a conditional use permit to convert an existing office building into
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Community members celebrated the reopening of Booker T. Anderson Community Center Thursday evening, showcasing the extensive repairs and upgrades made after a fire shuttered the center nearly four years ago. Deputy City Manager of Community Services LaShonda White said residents had waited a very long time for the center’s
Election
Councilmember Gayle McLaughlin announced this morning she will not seek re-election to the Richmond City Council this year and is “passing the torch” to Richmond Progressive Alliance member Sue Wilson. McLaughlin was first elected to the Richmond City Council in 2004. Two years later, she was elected as mayor, making
Burrito Trail
Can a burrito be too saucy? Find out as Grandview joins La Raza in Belding Woods for a reader-requested lengua burrito. Lengua means tongue. We’ve never had a beef tongue burrito. All that changed after we visited Tacos La Raza on 22nd Street. This is the tiny taqueria in
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Richmond Rainbow Pride kicked off the 10th Anniversary Pride event with a parade from Nicholl Park to the Richmond Civic Center Plaza Sunday, followed by music and live performances. State Senate candidate Jovanka Beckles reflected on her years as the first out LGBTQ+ member of the Richmond City Council and