West Contra Costa Unified School District will hold a community town hall meeting Thursday on the environmental testing that led to the closure of Kennedy High School, with officials from the state Department of Toxic Substances Control and the City of Richmond expected to take part.
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West Contra Costa Unified School District announced the closure of Kennedy High School to all staff and students on Monday, after preliminary soil-vapor tests found the chemical tetrachloroethylene, also known as PCE, under the campus.
In a letter to the Kennedy community, Superintendent Cheryl Cotton said the district received
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Four people were arrested late Saturday after the sound of illegal fireworks echoed through Richmond just before midnight. The arrests capped a week that also included an attempted homicide, an armed carjacking and an arson at an inhabited home, according to
About 33 Richmond businesses will have to change what they sell at the checkout counter after the City Council voted Tuesday to align its healthy checkout ordinance with a Contra Costa County measure.
The Healthy Options at Point of Sale ordinance, first introduced in 2022, sets nutrition standards for food
Richmond City Council voted Tuesday to place a $120 million fire station bond on the November ballot. City officials also said that if voters reject it, the city could fall back on Chevron settlement money to pay for the same upgrades.
The admission came only after a councilmember asked directly.
A Richmond couple is recovering after being shot while sitting in their vehicle on Wilson Avenue on July 15, according to police and a fundraiser set up to help with their medical costs.
The victims, Sebatian Guzman and his wife, were inside their vehicle at the time of the shooting,
A home-invasion robbery, a carjacking and 22 vehicle thefts were among the incidents Richmond police logged between July 20 and 26, according to information released by the Richmond Police Department. The week's reports also included a strong-arm robbery, a negligent firearm discharge, a suspect caught with
