Richmond News

KPIX reports that 30-year-old Christopher Beardon, of Pittsburg, Calif., and 28-year-old Terrance Marks, of Richmond, Calif., were shot while driving on Highway 880 near the Jackson Street exit.

Two men who attempted to assault and rob an undercover federal agent during an illegal weapons sale were each sentenced Thursday to more than 9 years in prison.

The city declined this week to support a study of a BART extension north, after a majority of City Council members raised concern that it could sap energy and funding from Hercules' long-planned Intermodal Transit Center on the waterfront.

Richard Roberts, a member of the Experimental Aircraft Association, gets Mykala Thomas, 8, of Richmond, ready for a plane ride during the Young Eagles Kids Fly Free event held at Buchanan Field in Concord, Calif., on Saturday, April 20, 2013.

A man shot inside his car on the Richmond Parkway last week has died from his injuries, police said Wednesday.

This forum will discuss who is doing the privatization and outsourcing and what labor and working people should do about it.

Gov. Jerry Brown will propose giving California school districts an additional $1 billion to implement new, more rigorous academic standards and boost funding for his K-12 funding overhaul by an additional $240 million in the revised budget he will propose Tuesday, administration officials told The Associated Press.

Consumers Union, the policy and advocacy arm of Consumer Reports, urged city governments today to avoid issuing prepaid cards that come with high fees and weak consumer protections.

A proposal to extend BART north to Hercules is challenging this city to re-examine how it wants to evolve from an automobile-dependent suburb into its New Urbanist, pedestrian- and transit-friendly vision.

Roberto dela Rosa's mother has been in detention centers for almost two years, trying to get refugee status to stay in the United States.

The following information was obtained from the Albany Police Department 's daily incident log and its arrest reports.

Some readers have asked when the preliminary hearing will be held for Diane Sydenham of Albany, who has been charged with murdering a retired Kensington psychologist.

The recent Times editorial regarding the latest attempt to bust Contra Costa County's Urban Limit Line in the agricultural land of Tassajara Valley accurately sees through ever-transparent attempts to thwart the people of the county who have established ULL boundaries at the ballot box over and over.

A distinguished group of recipients make up the class of 2013 who will be honored at Richmond's annual Historic Preservation Awards ceremony at 5:30 p.m. May 17 in the City Council Chambers 440 Civic Center Plaza.

The shooting was reported around 3 p.m. on Richmond Parkway between Giant Highway and Hilltop Drive, Richmond police Sgt.

"Any extension that doesn't go through Richmond is a dealbreaker," Councilman Jim Rogers said at Tuesday's council meeting.

The Rotary Club of Richmond is doing just that with its latest service project, but in a way that may be a first for chapters of the worldwide service organization.

Ten-year-old Tariah Brown, a student at Verde Elementary School in North Richmond, has been a cheerleader for the past four years.

As educators across the country are responding to the call to teach Science, Technology, Engineering and Math in K-12 classrooms, one local teacher is making extra efforts to make sure her students receive the best in science education.

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