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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

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

Wildcat Canyon bike trail divides neighbors over recreation, habitat
Weekend Feature   -   Aug 09, 2026 Wildcat Canyon bike trail divides neighbors over recreation, habitat

A proposed mountain bike trail in Wildcat Canyon Regional Park has divided neighbors, park advocates and environmental watchdogs for more than three years. A draft environmental impact report is expected this fall, setting up a decision on whether the East Bay Regional Park District's most contested trail project

by Soren Hemmila
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Weekend Feature   -   Aug 09, 2026 Wildcat Canyon bike trail divides neighbors over recreation, habitat
Wildcat Canyon bike trail divides neighbors over recreation, habitat

A proposed mountain bike trail in Wildcat Canyon Regional Park has divided neighbors, park advocates and environmental watchdogs for more than three years. A draft environmental impact report is expected this fall, setting up a decision on whether the East Bay Regional Park District's most contested trail project

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
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
Weekend Feature   -   May 23, 2026 TRAC pushes Bay Trail expansion through Richmond’s long-closed Point San Pablo
TRAC pushes Bay Trail expansion through Richmond’s long-closed Point San Pablo

On five Saturday mornings this spring, small groups of Bay Area residents are getting a rare look at one of the bay's most overlooked places: Point San Pablo, a scenic headland at the northern tip of Richmond where San Francisco Bay meets San Pablo Bay, a place normally

by Soren Hemmila
News   -   May 17, 2026 Richmond marchers haul giant Trojan horse to Chevron's gates on Anti-Chevron Day
Richmond marchers haul giant Trojan horse to Chevron's gates on Anti-Chevron Day

A Trojan horse rumbled through the streets of Point Richmond on Sunday, hauled on a flatbed truck past businesses and refinery fences while hundreds of marchers drummed and chanted behind it. The procession, part street theater, part protest, part block party, was the 13th annual Anti-Chevron Day, and it

by Soren Hemmila
Weekend Feature   -   May 09, 2026 Richmond's tiny home village for young adults nears completion, second site in the works
Richmond's tiny home village for young adults nears completion, second site in the works

A tiny home village for unhoused young adults at Bissell Avenue and 23rd Street is months away from opening its doors, and the group behind it is already planning a second. Dozens of visitors, including a youth delegation from Seine-Saint-Denis, France, toured the Tiny House Village, Farm and

by Soren Hemmila
Weekend Feature   -   Nov 27, 2025 Point Richmond turns out in force for Thanksgiving Turkey Shoot
Point Richmond turns out in force for Thanksgiving Turkey Shoot

On Thanksgiving morning, and with more than just a little nip in the nearly winter air, a group of revelers, large and small, met at the Plunge before embarking on what seems like an age-old tradition. At least a hundred people, some families with kids and dogs, and others

by Linda Hemmila
Weekend Feature   -   Sep 27, 2025 Washington Elementary hosts third annual Kermés ¡Viva Cultura! in Point Richmond
Washington Elementary hosts third annual Kermés ¡Viva Cultura! in Point Richmond

Downtown Point Richmond was filled with music, dancing, and food on Saturday as the Washington Elementary PTA and the Point Richmond Neighborhood Council hosted the third annual Kermés ¡Viva Cultura! The free community event happening from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. has closed off part of Point Richmond

by Soren Hemmila
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