Armed With Search Warrant; Richmond Police Find Man's Body
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:44:43 GMT

Police found the body of a 60-year-old man while serving a search warrant at his home Wednesday night, and authorities are treating the case as a homicide, a police lieutenant said.

Richmond Police Seek Two Gunmen In Afternoon Shooting
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:51:43 GMT

Richmond police are searching for two armed gunmen who shot two people inside a business Wednesday afternoon.

Fire damages Richmond home
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:39:11 GMT

A single-alarm fire damaged the back end of a house on the 800 block of Kern Street in Richmond on Wednesday morning, but nobody got hurt.

Park service to host open house in downtown Richmond
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:26:07 GMT

When Richmond moved its city offices to the refurbished Civic Center on Macdonald Avenue last summer, a neighbor came along.

Bay Area Rescue Missions financial woes threaten vital after-school program
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:02:00 GMT

The modest building on Macdonald Avenue is the closest thing some Richmond children have to a safe home.

Arrests in Richmond double shooting
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:45:56 GMT

The shooting happened just before 1 a.m. Saturday on the 100 block of Third Street, about a block from Lincoln Elementary School.

Workshop looks at plans for Richmond's Burg Park
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:17:32 GMT

A workshop on plans for Burg Park in Richmond's North and East neighborhood is set for 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Clinton Avenue Baptist Church, 3017 Clinton Ave.

Three Arrested In Connection With Richmond Shooting That Injured Teen
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:10:19 GMT

Three men have been arrested in connection with a shooting Thursday afternoon that seriously injured a teenage girl, a police spokeswoman said.

Suspect in Daly City Murder Arrested in Richmond
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:47:04 GMT

Police are announcing that a 20-year-old man was arrested in Richmond Wednesday in connection with the murder of a 21-year-old man in Daly City in February.

Oakland: Update: Fatal Crash Caused by Driver Who Allegedly Ran Red Light
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:06:18 GMT

A 43-year-old man was killed and a 27-year-old woman injured when an alleged drunken driver ran a red light and broadsided a car Saturday evening near Oakland International Airport, police said today.

Jurors hear two versions of fatal shooting
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:55:29 GMT

Opening statements Tuesday launched the trial of a 22-year-old Richmond man charged with killing the twin of a man who helped send his brother to prison.

3rd Arrest In Richmond Church Shooting
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:45:13 GMT

Police have arrested a third suspect in a Valentine's Day shooting inside a Richmond church that injured two brothers, police Sgt.

Fire investigators respond to morning truck fire near Richmond-El Sobrante border
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:54:14 GMT

A pickup truck caught fire this morning, and fire investigators have been called to examine the blaze because of some suspicious elements, the Richmond Fire Department said.

Coroner's inquest in police shooting of Richmond teen leaves family with more questions
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:32:22 GMT

Relatives of an unarmed 16-year-old carjacking suspect who was shot and killed by San Pablo police in the fall say they want better answers after a coroner's inquest Monday.

El Cerrito woman's scholarship program gives financial, emotional boost to girls at Richmond school
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:06:30 GMT

Jan Schilling looks back on the birth of her scholarship program and says everything "just fit together." As a young woman in the early 1960s, Schilling spent two years volunteering with the Peace Corps in the African country Ivory Coast.

Five truckloads of stolen S.F. finery found; two burglary suspects...
Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:02:07 GMT

Two San Francisco residents have been arrested in connection with a series of residential and commercial burglaries in the city in the past several months, and five truckloads of stolen items have been recovered, police said.

Racism lawsuit, DVD open old wounds in Richmond Police Department
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:50:57 GMT

Even today, some honest people in Richmond would sooner spit at a police officer than dial 911.

Oakland and Richmond receive state grants to fight gang violence
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:38:34 GMT

The cities of Oakland and Richmond will each receive $382,639 in grant money from the state to help reduce gang violence under Gov.

Debate over Point Molate hotel-casino proposal intensifies
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:12:35 GMT

The battle over a proposed $1.2 billion hotel-casino resort on a stretch of Richmond's waterfront is heating up as the project inches closer to a vote.

Richmond condo fire displaces six
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:50:47 GMT

A fireplace fire got out of hand Wednesday evening and grew into a two-alarm blaze that displaced six people, the Richmond Fire Department said.