Richmond City Councilmember Claudia Jiménez appears to have entered the city's mayoral race, posting a campaign announcement graphic to her Facebook page early Wednesday morning, setting up a potential intra-party contest with incumbent Mayor Eduardo Martinez, both members of the Richmond Progressive Alliance, ahead of the June 2,

The California Department of Justice has identified Richmond Police Detective Brandon Hodges as the officer involved in a fatal shooting on Interstate 80, according to DOJ records. The shooting occurred around 7:20 a.m. January 22, 2026, on westbound I-80 east of Pinole Valley Road in Richmond, and resulted

Richmond Police are actively investigating a shooting near South 23rd Street and Ohio Avenue Monday morning, and are asking residents to avoid the area. Visible at the scene is a dark-colored Honda Civic that was stopped in the roadway with its door open. Yellow police tape cordoned off the area,

A trailer was destroyed by an overnight fire in a parking lot near the Macdonald Avenue Target store, sending flames high into the air above an area where several RVs and trailers have recently taken up residence. An unidentified man at the scene said he heard a loud boom and

Richmond police said officers used a Taser on a dog during the arrest of a heavily intoxicated driver suspected in a hit-and-run collision, an encounter later captured on video and widely shared on TikTok, Reddit, and other social media platforms. The incident occurred at about 3:17 p.m. on

Updated: Tuesday, December 30, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. Richmond police are investigating a homicide after a person was found unconscious and later pronounced dead Monday afternoon inside an IHOP restaurant at the Hilltop Plaza, authorities said. Officers responded at about 1:43 p.m. to assist the Richmond

Firefighters battled a fire Wednesday morning at a Public Storage facility at 398 Carlson Boulevard, attacking the blaze from two ladder trucks as heavy smoke rose from the building. Smoke from the fire is visible in the surrounding area, including Ohio Avenue and Carlson Boulevard/South 37th Street, city officials

Betty Reid Soskin, who became the nation's oldest active National Park Service ranger and spent more than a decade sharing often-overlooked stories of African American contributions during World War II, died peacefully at her home Sunday morning, according to her family. She was 104. Her family announced her