Linda Hemmila

The City of Richmond welcomed three new councilmembers and a new mayor at a swearing-in ceremony this evening. New Mayor Eduardo Martinez, and freshly elected city councilmembers Soheila Bana (District 4), Doria Robinson (District 3), and Cesar Zepeda (District 2) were sworn into office at a meeting held on

Alex Sterling thought he'd played his last club show. This, he was sure of. Way back in the mid-2000s, his band, Desoto Reds, called it quits for good. Then came the event no one saw coming: COVID-19 and the pandemic shutdown, providing an unforeseen opportunity to

Yesterday's storm packed a punch in Northern California, and around the Bay Area, but in Richmond, the damage seems minimal, limited to one large toppled tree and filling local creekbeds. Perhaps it was due to an abundance of warnings and good preparation, or maybe it was the luck

Residents have been evacuated in Richmond's Seacliff neighborhood after Mayor Tom Butt was alerted to a potential landslide on the hillside above several homes. According to a post on the Mayor's E-Forum website, "City Manager Curl called in Cal Engineering & Geology Inc., who

The entire Bay Area is under a high wind and flood advisory as a powerful atmospheric river bringing stormy conditions is moving across the San Francisco Bay Area, with some locations already seeing flooding and pooling on roadways. Rain will continue this morning, with the brunt of the storm hitting

An atmospheric river moving through northern California has dumped large amounts of rain, much of it in the last 24 hours, and following earlier storms, resulting in flooding at many already-saturated locations. Richmond fared better than other places around the bay, with only a few sections of town seeing

Costco Wholesale Corporation is seeking feedback from Richmond residents as it considers whether to build a new store at the former Hilltop Mall site. Hilltop Mall, now known as Hilltop Horizon, was purchased in February 2021 by Prolgois Real Estate Investment Trust Company, with plans to build a logistics center

Even with the brisk winter air, there is a nice walk to be had along Washington Avenue in Point Richmond. Known best for its architecture, spectacular views, and early Richmond history, Point. Richmond has a lot to offer. But if you look just a little closer, something small and magical