Richmond police are investigating a homicide in the 4500 block of Potrero Avenue, the department announced Tuesday. Crime scene tape cordoned off the area around a home Tuesday evening, with officers stationed in the driveway and the front door open as investigators worked. A small group of people had gathered

There are two of them. That’s the first thing you notice. Same block on Macdonald Avenue, same blue tents strung with bare bulbs, same red tiered shelves holding steel pans and squeeze bottles. Same clamshell containers. Same prices. Pollo Con Papas and Pollo Con Papas Fritas, two families who,

According to incident data released by the Richmond Police Department, Richmond logged 14 vehicle thefts, three robberies and 100 reported incidents between June 8 and June 14, a week that included a weapon brought to Richmond High School, a felon found carrying a loaded firearm with intent to commit a

The Richmond City Council meets Tuesday taking up a full budget session ahead of a June 23 adoption deadline, an annual review of the police department's military equipment inventory, a potential November tax measure tucked into the consent calendar, a $2.6 million homeless services contract, and direction

City Manager Shasa Curl told the Richmond City Council on Tuesday that the city can no longer afford to hire new employees unless an existing employee retires first due to increasing workforce costs. “In the absence of retirements, we are at a point where new personnel cannot be added because

Richmond’s citywide electric bike share program could be shut down by the end of the month after city staff recommended the council move to conclude it and redirect remaining funding to a competing e-bike lending library. According to Richmond public works staff, the Today bike share program has

Mayor Eduardo Martinez issued a statement Wednesday thanking Richmond residents and congratulating the two candidates who will compete for his seat in November, marking his first public remarks since finishing third in the June 2 primary. “I would like to congratulate the two successful candidates who have advanced to the

The Richmond Planning Commission voted 4-0 last week to approve a 47-unit townhome development on Central Avenue, clearing the way for housing on a 2.58-acre lot near Interstate 80 that has sat vacant for more than two decades and cycled through a half-dozen failed proposals