Rich City Rides is back on Macdonald Avenue, and the community bike collective is opening its doors with an even bigger vision for cycling and neighborhood connection. “It’s really good to have the gift and bike shop open,” said Najari Smith, founder and executive director of Rich City Rides,

A locomotive built more than 40 years ago has been rebuilt and returned to service in Richmond, this time with a cleaner-burning engine funded in part by a regional air quality grant. Richmond Pacific Railroad said the 1982-built locomotive, originally constructed for the Missouri Pacific Railroad and later operated by

Engines roared and playing cards shuffled Saturday as dozens of motorcyclists joined the Richmond Ramblers Motorcycle Club for its annual poker run, a 100-mile ride through some of the Bay Area’s most scenic and winding roads before ending with a backyard barbecue. At each stop, riders picked a playing