Check out Grandview Independent's top picks of this week's events that you won't want to miss. Each week, we select the best of what's happening in Richmond and highlight it in our calendar. Duane Patton & Mikelle Morgan @The Factory Bar Special
by Linda Hemmila
A man was shot and wounded Friday evening just blocks from Grant Elementary School in the city's North & East neighborhood, according to police. Officers responded to a ShotSpotter activation on April 11 just after 10:30 p.m. in the 700 block of 26th Street, where they
by Soren Hemmila
You can tell yourself it’s just pizza. You can square the box on your passenger seat and drive home thinking it’s going to be the usual — cheese, sauce, crust, maybe something spicy if you’re feeling bold. But Pizza Twist in El Sobrante doesn’t work like that.
by Soren Hemmila
Construction continues at Glydway's 14-acre development hub, which is transforming part of the former Sears building at Hilltop Mall into a development and demonstration core for its all-electric transit technology. In January, Glydways announced it was building a temporary 14-acre testing hub for its Automated
by Soren Hemmila
Richmond’s efforts to reshape public safety, tackle mounting pension debt, and address long-standing infrastructure woes are set to converge at Tuesday, April 15 meeting where a union dispute over the city’s community crisis response program, a $392 million pension liability, and the future of flood-prone Parchester
by Soren Hemmila
Richmond's long-troubled Burnt Ramen property has been sold. According to property records, Ma Wei Zhong and Ma Wanlan purchased the site, a 1905 converted warehouse that sits at the corner of Espee and Chancellor Avenues. A former punk rock music venue, the property has been the subject
by Linda Hemmila & Soren Hemmila
Richmond's Community Police Review Commission is seeking to redefine its mission, recommending amendments to its founding ordinance that commissioners say would sharpen the group's focus on independent oversight of the city's police department. In a vote, the commission proposed changes to Chapter 3.54
by Soren Hemmila
Some pizzas aspire to be statements. Others show up, clock in, and do the job — day in, day out, slice after slice. Mountain Mike’s falls squarely into the latter category, and frankly, there’s a kind of poetry in that. Because sometimes what you want isn’t wood-fired
by Soren Hemmila
Check out Grandview Independent's top picks of this week's events that you won't want to miss. Each week, we select the best of what's happening in Richmond and highlight it in our calendar. Duane Patton & Mikelle Morgan @The Factory Bar Special
by Linda Hemmila
The Richmond Greenway runs nearly three miles from South 2nd Street to San Pablo Avenue, a paved ribbon of trail laid over an old rail corridor. Most of it is easy riding. Then you hit the middle, and the trail just gives up. There's a fix in the
In the midst of an urban jungle, an oasis emerges, alive with the aroma of Italy, offering authentic pastries and coffee so delicious you cannot believe you haven't been here before. This is Cafe Gran Milan, located on Jacuzzi Street — in a semi-industrial area you may think
Photos had been turning up online this week, huge looping patterns raked into the sand at Keller Beach, gone by the next tide. There was one obvious question. Who did this? Turns out the answer gets up before the sun does. His name is Brighton Denevan, and he'd
Contra Costa County is asking a judge to shut down a popular but unpermitted taco stand on San Pablo Dam Road after its operators ignored the county's lawsuit, according to court records. Even with the lawsuit pending, the stand keeps running. Most nights, a line stretches down the
On a quiet weekend morning, a hundred or so El Sobrante residents simultaneously stopped what they were doing and fled their homes upon receiving a single text message. Richmond's third evacuation drill was held Saturday, providing neighborhoods in El Sobrante an opportunity to practice what they would do
With Richmond’s June primary just weeks away, voters across the city have a bevy of questions not only concerning who the candidates are, but also who is running in each district and what the newly adopted rules mean for election outcomes. With these questions in mind, Grandview has created
A county property record shows that OpenAI OpCo LLC signed a lease recorded on March 9, 2026, for space at 1411 Harbour Way South in Richmond, the address of the Portside Commerce Center, a 202,371-square-foot industrial warehouse on the Port of Richmond that has been seeking a
The City of Richmond broke ground Wednesday on a $34 million renovation project to transform the main library in Civic Center Plaza into a resiliency center and community hub, unveiling plans for several new upgrades to the building. Local dignitaries on hand for the groundbreaking included Richmond's mayor
Check out Grandview Independent's top picks of this week's events that you won't want to miss. Each week, we select the best of what's happening in Richmond and highlight it in our calendar. Duane Patton & Mikelle Morgan @The Factory Bar Special
by Linda Hemmila
A man was shot and wounded Friday evening just blocks from Grant Elementary School in the city's North & East neighborhood, according to police. Officers responded to a ShotSpotter activation on April 11 just after 10:30 p.m. in the 700 block of 26th Street, where they
by Soren Hemmila
You can tell yourself it’s just pizza. You can square the box on your passenger seat and drive home thinking it’s going to be the usual — cheese, sauce, crust, maybe something spicy if you’re feeling bold. But Pizza Twist in El Sobrante doesn’t work like that.
by Soren Hemmila
Construction continues at Glydway's 14-acre development hub, which is transforming part of the former Sears building at Hilltop Mall into a development and demonstration core for its all-electric transit technology. In January, Glydways announced it was building a temporary 14-acre testing hub for its Automated
by Soren Hemmila
Richmond’s efforts to reshape public safety, tackle mounting pension debt, and address long-standing infrastructure woes are set to converge at Tuesday, April 15 meeting where a union dispute over the city’s community crisis response program, a $392 million pension liability, and the future of flood-prone Parchester
by Soren Hemmila
Richmond's long-troubled Burnt Ramen property has been sold. According to property records, Ma Wei Zhong and Ma Wanlan purchased the site, a 1905 converted warehouse that sits at the corner of Espee and Chancellor Avenues. A former punk rock music venue, the property has been the subject
by Linda Hemmila & Soren Hemmila
Richmond's Community Police Review Commission is seeking to redefine its mission, recommending amendments to its founding ordinance that commissioners say would sharpen the group's focus on independent oversight of the city's police department. In a vote, the commission proposed changes to Chapter 3.54
by Soren Hemmila
Some pizzas aspire to be statements. Others show up, clock in, and do the job — day in, day out, slice after slice. Mountain Mike’s falls squarely into the latter category, and frankly, there’s a kind of poetry in that. Because sometimes what you want isn’t wood-fired
by Soren Hemmila