El Cerrito launches an ambitious project to reduce wildfire threat on Quarry Hill in the Hillside Natural Area.

After nearly 40 years with the Contra Costa Community College District, Chancellor Mojdeh Mehdizadeh is retiring on Dec. 30.

The shelter’s first day back, Oct. 10, brought good news. A family from Mill Valley came to adopt a dog, and their son ...

After nearly 40 years with the Contra Costa Community College District — the last four years at the helm — Chancellor Mojdeh ...

Organized by San Pablo and KIDS for the BAY, about 40 people pitched in at the 32nd annual Wildcat Creek Cleanup Saturday.

The Joe Lee Fisher Sr. Universally Accessible Community Garden by Urban Tilth has 13 plant beds for growing vegetables, herbs and flowers.

When WCCUSD merged Pinole and Betty Soskin middle schools in Pinole, it caused an unintended side effect — traffic jams.

Richmond Confidential is an online news service produced by the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism for, and about, the ...

After months of watching her 4-year-old daughter struggle with reading, Tomasa Espinoza knew she had to make a change. Her older daughter, who attended a charter school, was thriving. So Espinoza ...

Why do you want to be mayor? I’ve lived in the city of Richmond for 66 years. I’ve had the opportunity of watching this city grow for a half a century. What I have noticed is there is a need for ...

The six candidates vying for two open seats on the El Cerrito City Council faced off Wednesday at Veterans Memorial Association hall, where much of the discussion focused on the city budget. Before an ...

When Ulis Redic became pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in 1997, the Black congregation was thriving in Richmond, where about 1 out of every 3 people was Black. Two decades later, fewer than 1 out of ...