Chevron has agreed to a settlement with the Bay Area Air District to be more transparent in reporting pollution around its ...

West Contra Costa Unified school board welcomed Cheryl Cotton, former principal and administrator, back to the district as ...

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The North Richmond of today emerges from a history marked by bad reputation, bad luck and, often, bad intentions. This community began as a rural, sparsely populated agricultural outpost and rapidly ...

There’s a strange monolithic structure on Richmond’s shoreline just north up the highway from the San Rafael Bridge. With castle-like towers and fortifications, the red brick structure stands in high ...

When Ulis Redic became pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in 1997, the Black congregation was thriving in Richmond, where about 1 out of every 3 people was Black. Two decades later, fewer than 1 out of ...

To the untrained eye, roller derby seems like pure pandemonium — players falling over like bowling pins, knocking into each other left and right. But hours of weekly training have taught them how to ...

Beginning next year, Contra Costa County will pilot a county-funded guaranteed-income program, placing up to $1,000 monthly in the hands of residents — no strings attached. The Board of Supervisors ...

On Election Day, Richmond voters will decide between two ballot measures that could reshape elections for the foreseeable future. On the ballot are two options: Measure J’s two-round primary system or ...

“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. “With a refinery closing ...

Fourth grade dual-language immersion teacher Wendy Gonzalez has been fighting for bilingual education since 1998, often feeling that the school district treated it as more of an afterthought. A ...