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Weekend Feature   -   Jul 26, 2026 The gap in the Richmond Greenway path and the bridge meant to close it
Cyclists at the Richmond Greenway trail gap at Carlson Boulevard, where riders detour onto city streets to continue.

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

City Council Updates   -   Jul 25, 2026 On the agenda: AC Transit budget deficit, homeless outreach and policing proposals
On the agenda: AC Transit budget deficit, homeless outreach and policing proposals

Richmond City Council will weigh a wide-ranging agenda Tuesday that includes a warning about looming AC Transit service cuts, a $1.66 million expansion of homeless outreach services, an independent fiscal review of a proposed police funding charter amendment and a $120 million fire station bond headed for the

Richmond Fire Station 67,
City Council Updates   -   Jul 29, 2026 Chevron settlement emerges as city's 'plan B' for fire station upgrades

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.

by Soren Hemmila
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City Council Updates   -   Jul 29, 2026 Chevron settlement emerges as city's 'plan B' for fire station upgrades
Richmond Fire Station 67,

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.

by Soren Hemmila
Weekend Feature   -   Jul 26, 2026 The gap in the Richmond Greenway path and the bridge meant to close it
Cyclists at the Richmond Greenway trail gap at Carlson Boulevard, where riders detour onto city streets to continue.

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

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Jul 25, 2026 On the agenda: AC Transit budget deficit, homeless outreach and policing proposals
On the agenda: AC Transit budget deficit, homeless outreach and policing proposals

Richmond City Council will weigh a wide-ranging agenda Tuesday that includes a warning about looming AC Transit service cuts, a $1.66 million expansion of homeless outreach services, an independent fiscal review of a proposed police funding charter amendment and a $120 million fire station bond headed for the

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Jul 22, 2026 Richmond council advances fire station bond toward November ballot, rejects ethics commission measure
Richmond council advances fire station bond toward November ballot, rejects ethics commission measure

The Richmond City Council voted Tuesday to move forward with a $120 million fire station bond measure headed for the November ballot, then fell one vote short of doing the same for a measure that would have created an independent ethics commission. Tuesday's vote was a first reading.

by Soren Hemmila
Arts & Culture   -   Jul 14, 2026 A rake, low tide, and a guy from Santa Cruz redrawing Keller Beach
Brighton Denevan

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

by Soren Hemmila
Community   -   Jul 12, 2026 Shields-Reid Park reopens in North Richmond after $11.9 million renovation
ribbon-cutting at Shields-Reid Park

North Richmond marked the completion of a nearly $12 million overhaul of Shields-Reid Park on Saturday, drawing city and county officials and the family of Charles Reid, the longtime park director for whom the site is named. The event combined a celebratory ribbon-cutting with the neighborhood's

by Soren Hemmila
food   -   Jul 10, 2026 County seeks court order to shut down popular El Sobrante taco stand
County seeks court order to shut down popular El Sobrante taco stand

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

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Jul 08, 2026 Richmond council leaves police equipment report unresolved after meeting
military equipment report

Richmond City Councilmembers spent more than two hours Tuesday night hearing a detailed report on the police department's rifles, drones, and other specialized gear, but time ran out before they could vote on it. Councilmember Cesar Zepeda asked the council to schedule a follow-up meeting next week

by Soren Hemmila
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