8 things to do in Richmond this week
Highlights include: Richmond honors Juneteenth with a parade and Nicholl Park festival, dads celebrate Father’s Day two ways and local artists debut at the Richmond Art Center.
Council warned: Stop assigning more work to understaffed city departments
With 18% of Richmond’s city positions left vacant to balance the budget, the city manager told the city council to stop creating new roles and adding new priorities.
4 things to know — learn how to protest, soccer signups, help the museum
A community organizing training is happening in Martinez; high school students can attend a free college immersion program; the Richmond Museum of History needs your helping hands.
Contra Costa sheriff’s deputy arrested on charges of stealing from property and evidence unit
The suspect, a 62-year-old Martinez resident, is being charged with four felonies, according to the sheriff’s department.
Fun for ‘odd people.’ Richmond artist’s annual mushroom hunt has sprouted in 30 countries
The Game of Shrooms started in 2019 when artist Daniel “Attaboy” Seifert began hiding art around town to fend off depression. Today, the event draws thousands.
Richmond homicide: Man arrested on charge of killing brother
Victor Blacknell, a relative of a well-known convicted gang member, was arrested shortly after the Tuesday night assault that left Jerome Timmons dead.
From Richmond’s south side to MLB and back: Eddie Miller ‘wasn’t just good,’ he was great
One of the city’s most gifted athletes recounts his experience as a Black professional baseball player in the ‘70s and ‘80s and the highs and lows that led him to embrace a later career in mental health.
Trio of Richmond and El Cerrito restaurants close, but two of them already have replacements
Several prominent restaurants recently shuttered in the East Bay, as did a plant-based meal service.
26,000 Contra Costa residents are losing dental insurance. Dentists fear ‘the worst’
Doctors say the loss, a result of federal and state reductions, will have dire consequences and burden the healthcare ecosystem.
Xocolate announces final day, plus Milyar, 84 Viet, and Malibu’s Burgers close
A running list of restaurants that have recently closed in Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond, and beyond.
The rate of WCCUSD students mastering English is higher than ever. But progress is still slow
More than 700 students graduated from the district’s English learner program this year, but concerns include slow progress, test scores and staffing.
Richmondside wins national award for Nosh story on Andy’s Donut Stop
Reporting intern Thomas Lyons won first place in the Society of Features Journalism awards for his piece on the pre-dawn hours at the Richmond institution.
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