Kennedy Loses CIF Championship to Natomas
No loss is easy to take, but the Kennedy High soccer team accepted their 3-2 defeat against Natomas High of Sacramento on March 7 with pride....
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Mar
08
Mar
See How Contra Costa County Voted in Presidential, State, Local Races
Across Richmond, many residents voted for the candidate they hoped to see as the Democratic challenger to President Trump in November. Voters also came to have their say in a number of state and local races....
05
Mar
WCCUSD to Lay Off 300+ Employees Amid $47.8M Deficit
The West Contra Costa Unified School Board voted 4-1 at its Feb. 26 meeting to send layoff notices to more than 300 certificated employees and administrators....
05
Mar
Richmond Council Begins Process that Could Give Police Commission More Power
The Richmond City Council on Tuesday directed staff to begin a process that would allow the Community Police Review Commission (CPRC) to investigate police-related allegations of discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and all incidents involving the discharge of a firearm at a person....
05
Mar
Civil Rights Groups Offer Toll-Free Multilingual Census Hotlines For Questions, Concerns
As the 2020 Census gets underway, a group of four civil rights organizations is providing telephone hotlines in a range of languages to give people information and, when needed, legal referrals if they’re unsure about filling out the questionnaires....
04
Mar
Black Vote Helps Push Biden to Frontrunner Spot, Beating Bernie and Bloomberg
After a tough battle with Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT), former Vice President Joseph Biden sealed the frontrunner position in the race for the Democratic Party U.S. presidential nominee on Super Tuesday. Sanders, however, snatched a few key victories, one of which was California with 29.5 percent of the vote....
04
Mar
New Center Merges Adult and Youth Behavioral Clinics
The new West County Behavioral Center aims to provide mental health and addiction-treatment services for youth and adults in a single location, a marked changed from the two facilities that used to house those offices....
03
Mar
De Anza Boys Claim NCS D2 Title
The De Anza High boys’ basketball team won the North Coast Division (NCS) Division II title against Alameda High at Pinole Valley High School on Feb. 29, making the 2019-2020 team the first in 31 years to claim the banner....
02
Mar
Coronavirus Hits California: The Threat of an Epidemic Disrupts Life
So far, 37 people in California have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and about 8,700 people across the state, who may have been exposed to the Coronavirus, are self-quarantined....
02
Mar
FTC Says Everyone Needs to be Alert for Scams
Anyone, anywhere can find themselves victimized by a scam, a representative of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said....
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Feb
Local Happenings: March 2019
The Richmond Museum of History will hold a free, open-to-the-public reception from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 1 for "Between 2 Worlds: Untold Stories of Refugees from Laos."...
26
Feb
Consigue Un Lyft con RAPID de Richmond por $3
El programa de transporte RAPID de Richmond solo ha estado en funcionamiento durante aproximadamente 18 meses, pero, Lori Reese-Brown, gerente de proyectos de transporte de la ciudad, dice que es un éxito de rápido crecimiento....
26
Feb
Council Calls for Transparency on Chevron Flaring
The Richmond City Council voted Tuesday to send a letter to the agency that oversees air quality in the Bay Area that requests it releases reports on the causes of oil refinery flaring in a timely manner....
26
Feb
La Asociación de Tenis de Richmond Expande Lecciones para Estudiantes
Pronto se espera que la Asociación de Tenis de Richmond (RTA) comience a ofrecer clases de tenis a estudiantes en dos escuelas de Richmond....
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Feb
La Junta de WCCUSD Recorta $8 Millones y Da Nuevo Nombre a Escuela
El 12 de febrero, la Junta de Educación de West Contra Costa votó para recortar $ 8 millones del presupuesto del próximo año en un esfuerzo continuo por eliminar un déficit de $ 47.8 millones, al mismo tiempo que modifica el nombre de una escuela secundaria a Michelle Obama, la...
