Linda Hemmila

Despite the many lights from homes and businesses around Richmond, your own backyard is a great place to discover all the objects in the night sky, often without the help of a telescope or binoculars, and December is a great time to look up! This week, the Geminid Meteor Shower

With a large weather system coming in today and a high tide expected at noon, there is still time to do a little storm prep. Several areas of Richmond are historically prone to flooding, so it's not a bad idea to sweep out gutters and drains before the

If you have attended a Crab Feed at Salesian College Preparatory, you know how fun they are! This is the school's LARGEST ANNUAL FUNDRAISER, and they look forward to welcoming back to campus many of our Salesian family and introducing new friends to this wonderful event. This year,

Adding another layer to already complicated election results, District 2 candidate Andrew Butt is now questioning the votes cast by two people who live on boats in the Marina Bay Harbor. According to social media posts by County Supervisor John Gioia, "Attorney Daniel Butt is seeking to throw out

The new mobile app, Rooted in Richmond, created by Richmond’s Historic Preservation Commission, invites visitors on a self-guided walking tour of the city’s past, including some of the city's oldest neighborhoods and historic locations. The tour provides a glimpse of the past in a way

With more rain and wind on the way, it's always a good idea to plan ahead of impending storms. Both PG&E and EBMUD have been spotted all over Richmond repairing poles and doing other work – and with a wind advisory and several more inches of rain

Andrew Butt, who lost the city election name pull tie-breaker, has requested a recount. County Supervisor John Gioia announced the recount in a post on Twitter. "The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors has been notified that Andrew Butt in Richmond and Joy Motts in Antioch have requested

Richmond played host to several sideshows over the weekend, attracting hundreds of cars and onlookers from Friday to Sunday night as police worked to stop the shows and disperse the crowds. Officers responded to 45th and Macdonald Avenue after a group of about fifty cars gathered in what appeared to