The West Contra Costa Unified School District is losing students, and state funding, to charter schools at an alarming rate.

The 80-acre Point Molate tract in Richmond will become a park, under a letter of intent between the city, state and tribe owning the land.

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 ...

Chevron failed to check pipes despite internal policies. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board has found that sections of pipe that were measured following the August 6 fire at Chevron’s Richmond refinery ...

No burglary at Rich City Rides, police say, pointing to possible dispute between bike shop’s partners. Julia Haney and Joel Umanzor on July 29, 2024 ...

WCCUSD special education students dealing with unreliable service because of a school bus driver shortage affecting many districts.

“People of Richmond” is a regular series in which reporters pose a question to people in the community. Answers are presented verbatim, though sometimes edited for brevity. Q: Do you think it would be ...

Richmond will begin developing its Sea Level Rise Adaptation and Resiliency Plan to address the risks of rising sea levels.

More than four years after being at the center of a police sex misconduct scandal, Jasmine Abuslin, also known as Celeste Guap, is still seeking justice.

Chevron is working with state officials to clean up a diesel product spill that was reported off the Richmond wharf Thursday.

Environmental groups in Richmond take the lead in bringing more tree coverage to the Iron Triangle and other neighborhoods.

The sky over Richmond turned black with billowing smoke around 4 p.m. Monday, with flames shooting skyward from the Chevron refinery in what the company called a flaring event. Chevron said a power ...