Updated Friday, September 4, 2026 at 8:35 a.m.
A Richmond police officer was shot Thursday night while responding to a mental health check on Key Boulevard near the Richmond-El Cerrito border. The suspect inside the home then barricaded herself and continued firing, police said.
The gunfire struck
This story was updated August 31, 12:25 p.m.
A fire on the Contra Costa College campus Saturday damaged one building and, according to authorities, was intentionally set.
The blaze brought fire crews from Richmond, San Pablo and El Cerrito to the campus at 2600 Mission Bell Drive in
Shifting winds brought smoke from a prescribed burn at Angel Island State Park over Richmond Tuesday afternoon, prompting the city to issue an alert informing residents that there was no local fire or emergency.
Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia, who also serves on the board of the Bay Area
Shifting winds brought smoke from a prescribed burn at Angel Island State Park over Richmond Tuesday afternoon, prompting the city to issue an alert informing residents that there was no local fire or emergency.
Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia, who also serves on the board of the Bay Area
Updated Friday, September 4, 2026 at 8:35 a.m.
A Richmond police officer was shot Thursday night while responding to a mental health check on Key Boulevard near the Richmond-El Cerrito border. The suspect inside the home then barricaded herself and continued firing, police said.
The gunfire struck
This story was updated August 31, 12:25 p.m.
A fire on the Contra Costa College campus Saturday damaged one building and, according to authorities, was intentionally set.
The blaze brought fire crews from Richmond, San Pablo and El Cerrito to the campus at 2600 Mission Bell Drive in
A Richmond woman hospitalized since a fire that killed three of her family members last week has died of her injuries, the Richmond Police Department said Saturday evening, bringing the death toll in the August 18 fire to four.
"The Richmond Police Department is saddened to report that the
This story was last updated Thursday, August 20, 2026, at 12:08 p.m
Update: The 2-year-old child who was critically injured in the fire has died from her injuries, Richmond police said Thursday. A 33-year-old woman remains in critical condition.
A 32-year-old Richmond
Updated on August 12, 2026 at 2:00 p.m.
Richmond police arrested a suspect Wednesday morning in connection with a stabbing that left one man dead and another hospitalized late Tuesday night in the 1700 block of Wood Place.
Police say David Contreras, 30, of Richmond, stabbed both victims
Last update: 4:22 p.m. Thursday, January 22, 2026
A Richmond Police detective reportedly shot and killed a man welding a tire jack on Interstate 80 near Hercules Thursday morning, shutting down part of the freeway and causing a massive traffic snarl that persisted for much of the day.
Updated: Wednesday, December 31, 2025, at 9 a.m.
Authorities say a man critically injured by an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound near the San Pablo Police Department is a person of interest in the fatal shooting of a coworker a day earlier at a Richmond IHOP restaurant.
Police confirmed
