Highlights include: A May Day rally for workers’ rights; an AAPI Heritage Month celebration; and an early Cinco de Mayo festival along 23rd Street.
Tag: Point Richmond
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Low-cost mobile spay/neuter clinic now stops at 2 Contra Costa shelters
A volunteer fundraising effort helped bring the SNIP trailer to local animal shelters to help ease overcrowding.
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Mom & Pop Art Shop, ‘beating heart’ of Point Richmond art scene, is closingÂ
Quirky shop selling art, jewelry and vintage gifts is shutting down in April after a decade, owners say, due to a 44% rent increase.
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Man charged in Point Richmond sexual battery attacks
Ronald Bryant of Richmond faces multiple charges, including sexual battery and false imprisonment, in connection with three incidents near the Point Richmond Tunnel in June and July.
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Point Richmond fire was arson, not illegal fireworks
One of the 2 men who set the July 5 Nicholl Knob fire was arrested after crashing his vehicle into a fire truck that was responding to the blaze.
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A choir robe fundraiser led to a community theater that’s been staging plays for 70 years
Masquers Playhouse was founded in 1955 at Hillside Community Church in El Cerrito and moved to Point Richmond in 1960. It attracts theatrical talent from all over the Bay Area.
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‘It feels like a street party!’ What it’s like to go to a Point Richmond summer concert
What to expect when you go to one of Point Richmond’s monthly summer concerts. The next one is on Fri., July 11.
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6 things to do this week in Richmond
Where to find a Trump protest in Richmond; The Plunge swimming pool is closed all summer; Father’s Day breakfast.
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Sweet on Richmond: Coffee cake recipe reveals stories of city and Peres family
Family spins tales of city’s history while baking a cake once enjoyed by Richmond Hospital patients. The recipe was included in the library’s first community cookbook, published last year.
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Richmond neighborhoods added to wildfire hazard map
May Valley and East Richmond Heights are now listed on the state wildfire hazard map while Point Richmond is no longer included.
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Baltic Kiss closes after turbulent few months
An eviction notice was posted on the Point Richmond restaurant and music venue that owed thousands in back rent and wages according to legal filings.
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Keller Beach has stunning views but forget building a home there
There’s no solution in sight for homebuilders as city tries to figure out how to fix aging, maxed out sewer line.
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Baltic Kiss may have found a lifeline, but lost the trust of some employees along the way
As a March 9 deadline to pay back rent looms and employees seek thousands in unpaid wages, the owners of the eclectic Point Richmond restaurant are optimistic about staying open.
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This Richmond barber shop turns into a jazz club after hours
Park Place Barbers owner Sam Charles serves gumbo while veteran sax player Noel Jewkes and his accompanists perform monthly.
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‘A real jewel’: Richmond embraces The Plunge, city’s historic swimming poolÂ
A failed attempt to drill for oil 100 years ago led to the creation of a beautiful facility that almost closed down for good earlier this century.
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Richmond hills residents trying to prevent an Oakland firestorm from happening
Combo of older homes, overgrown vegetation and climate change is increasing wildfire dangers in Richmond, fire official says.
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Comedian, historian reinvents life in Point Richmond
Meet Your Neighbor: Former Senate page, daughter of ex-Mormon reflects on journey from childhood in Haight-Ashbury to Richmond.
