In art activist David Solnit's Richmond studio, a Japanese American group taps into art's power to protest injustice.

At the meeting, Phia Halleen, coordinator for the health nonprofit Contra Costa MEDS Coalition, presented data from the ...

The new law exempts any city and county with less than 16 major transit stops — a carve-out affecting Contra Costa County.

The union representing teachers in the West Contra Costa Unified School District voted Tuesday to authorize its leaders to ...

Asked about Ohlone representation, several attendees noted the absence of local tribes at events in the Richmond area.

Between the San Pablo Bay and a steep ridge lined with eucalyptus trees sits a lone burgundy fortress. Sharp-eyed commuters on the San Rafael Bridge may wonder what this structure is, with its turrets ...

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 ...

Richmond City Council unanimously approved $1 million in March to nonprofits that provide immigrants with legal aid and other ...

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 ...

Dozens of volunteers worked with the community organization Urban Tilth to clean up Wildcat Creek in North Richmond Ballpark on Saturday morning, extracting chunks of tires, stretches of inner tube, ...

Early next year, Richmond will begin developing its Sea Level Rise Adaptation and Resiliency Plan to address the risks of rising sea levels. It will involve city officials, environmental scientists, ...

The North Richmond of today emerges from a history marked by bad reputation, bad luck and, often, bad intentions. This community began as a rural, sparsely populated agricultural outpost and rapidly ...