Sgt. Monahan checks on a parolee in Richmond’s Iron Triangle neighborhood. Police forced open the door of this parolee’s apartment and took him back into custody. Parole agents and police officers ...

In some cases, families have opted to move out of the district. A presentation from a May 2022 WCCUSD School Board meeting showed that during the 2021-2022 school year, 631 students had enrolled in ...

This story was reported and published in a collaboration between Richmond Confidential and Richmondside. Najari Smith, co-founder and co-owner of Rich City Rides Cooperative Inc., reported to police ...

Richmond City Council voted in a special meeting Friday to back a $40 million sale of Point Molate to the East Bay Regional Park District, ending years of discussion about how to develop the sprawling ...

Richmond has an image problem. And its residents are well aware of it. They see it in outsiders’ faces, hear it in their derogatory comments and sense it when they tell others where they are from. The ...

Kathy Riordan cast her mayoral vote at Washington Elementary for Shawn Dunning. “I just feel like we just need someone who’s young and progressive,” Riordan said. “I don’t think I’ve ever been this ...

“They need to come up with a plan to make it more affordable for teachers to live in the area where they serve. It’s hard to live on the current wage. If the salary is raised, that’ll definitely draw ...

It’s Friday night around 7 p.m. at Richmond’s Communications Center and Yvonne Lima is just 30 minutes into her 12-hour graveyard shift. The center, which answers emergency and non-emergency phone ...

After hearing of the substitute teacher shortage last November in the West Contra Costa Unified School District where her kids go to school, Katie Ferrell put in an application to help out. As a ...

Even before running for office, Mayor Tom Butt had a vision for how Richmond should be built. When he moved to the city from Marin County in 1973, he opened an architecture firm specializing in ...

First Student said it is working to make routes more efficient and has raised bus drivers’ starting wage to $27.34 an hour. That is around $5 more than the state average, according to the U.S. Bureau ...

Early next year, Richmond will begin developing its Sea Level Rise Adaptation and Resiliency Plan to address the risks of rising sea levels. It will involve city officials, environmental scientists, ...