Richmond Police are actively investigating a shooting near South 23rd Street and Ohio Avenue Monday morning, and are asking residents to avoid the area. Visible at the scene is a dark-colored Honda Civic that was stopped in the roadway with its door open. Yellow police tape cordoned off the area,

Nurses and community members gathered outside Kaiser Richmond Medical Center on Friday evening for a candlelight vigil honoring Alex Pretti, who was killed by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, MN. Pretti, a Veteran's Administration nurse, was killed during an ICE operation on January 24, 2026. National Nurses United

Authorities have identified the man killed in an officer-involved shooting on Interstate 80 last month as Luis Angel Torres Rivera, according to the California Department of Justice. Torres Rivera was shot on January 22, 2025, during an encounter with a Richmond police detective on westbound Interstate 80 near the Highway

A trailer was destroyed by an overnight fire in a parking lot near the Macdonald Avenue Target store, sending flames high into the air above an area where several RVs and trailers have recently taken up residence. An unidentified man at the scene said he heard a loud boom and

Richmond’s City Council will consider measures on Tuesday to support struggling cannabis businesses and ban federal immigration enforcement from city property, discuss relocating the historic SS Red Oak Victory, and receive a presentation on corporate land acquisitions. The agenda also includes closed-session negotiations regarding the Craneway Pavilion, commission appointments,

The Richmond Planning Commission is set to consider three residential developments on Thursday, February 5, that would add 222 housing units across Canal Boulevard, Central Avenue, and Marina Way, including single-family homes, townhouses, and junior accessory dwelling units. The projects include the Quarry Residential Project at 1135 Canal Boulevard, which

The West Contra Costa Unified School District board voted 3-2 late Wednesday to table a proposal to close Betty Reid Soskin Middle School and relocate the district’s growing Mandarin immersion program to the Soskin campus. The board approved only the current year’s fiscal solvency measures and delayed voting

Richmond police responded to a week of crimes between January 19 and 25, including numerous vehicle thefts, domestic violence incidents, and drug-related arrests across the city, according to department logs. Officers made arrests in several violent incidents and recovered stolen vehicles throughout the week. Richmond crime incident map A citywide