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Richmond, county eye ‘MicroPADs’ for transitional housing
RICHMOND — A “MicroPAD” delivered in front of City Hall on Tuesday by a San Francisco developer with long ties to Berkeley is being pitched by local officials as “a bold move to reduce homelessness.”...
View ArticleRichmond PD posts video showing role of School Resource Officers
RICHMOND — The Richmond Police Department has posted a video on Facebook describing what it sees as the role of the School Resource Officers stationed at various campuses in the West Contra Costa...
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Going, going, gone: A familiar Berkeley landmark comes down
BERKELEY — The familiar, circular entrance to the Downtown Berkeley BART station is virtually gone now, after being chipped away piecemeal for the past few months. The demolition is part of a Downtown...
View ArticleBerkeley school board joins suit seeking to block Trump from axing DACA
BERKELEY — The Berkeley Unified School District has joined a federal lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from scuttling DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. DACA was...
View ArticleFuture of campus cops dominates West County ‘school climate’ discussion
RICHMOND — Discussion of a policy that would favor “restorative justice” over more traditional means of disciplining students was overshadowed by concerns over the future role of campus cops during...
View ArticleRichmond snares more than $7.2 million in greening grants
RICHMOND — The city scored big in the latest round of Urban Greening Grants, snaring a total of more than $7.2 million for two projects. Funded under the state’s Cap-and-Trade Program, the grants...
View ArticleMountain lion sighted in hills above UC Berkeley campus
BERKELEY — A mountain lion was spotted Sunday near the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the hills above the Cal campus, according to UC Berkeley police. The lion was sighted at the lab’s...
View Article‘Selfie with Santa’ to debut at Richmond’s rebranded former Hilltop Mall
RICHMOND — Sign of the times? In another instance of professionals ousted by do-it-yourself technology, the Shops at Hilltop invites you to get your picture taken with Santa — by yourself. ‘Tis the...
View ArticleBerkeley school will no longer be named for slave owner, board decides
BERKELEY — The Berkeley Unified School District board decided last week to rename Le Conte Elementary School, reasoning that no school in the city should be named after a white supremacist who...
View ArticleFirst poet laureate of Berkeley to read at Latino Center
BERKELEY — Rafael Jesús González, recently named Berkeley’s first poet laureate, will perform a poetry reading at 4 p.m. Nov. 30 at UC Berkeley’s Center for Latino Policy Research, 2547 Channing Way....
View ArticleRight-, left-wing Berkeley celebs trade barbs, lawsuits
BERKELEY — In the latest chapter in a feud between two high-profile political activists, former Berkeley College Republicans president Troy Worden announced he is suing antifa celebrity Yvette Felarca...
View ArticlePeople from near and far come to Richmond’s ‘Day of Giving Thanks’
RICHMOND — People from all over the bay, from shelters as far as the North Bay fire zones as well as local walk-ins, came to Marina Bay Thursday for what has become a Richmond tradition, the Annual Day...
View ArticleRichmond-based program helps homeless regain self-worth
RICHMOND — In the 1980s, Theodore Oliver Sr. served time for possession of drugs, assault with a deadly weapon and grand theft. He was shot six times. In the 1990s, he was convicted of domestic...
View ArticleResiliency Fair at Berkeley school using North Bay fires as theme
BERKELEY — The Berkeley Adult School will host a Resiliency Fair in its multi-purpose room from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 2. The event is free and open to the public. The school is at 1701 San Pablo Ave....
View ArticleInfant, mom struck, injured by vehicle in San Pablo crosswalk
SAN PABLO — A mother and her baby were injured Tuesday when they were hit by a vehicle in a crosswalk in the area of El Portal and Mission Bell drives, police said. The accident occurred shortly after...
View ArticleSanta, tree lighting will highlight Hercules holiday season kickoff
HERCULES — Santa will come to Hercules on Dec. 3, but that’s only one of the highlights of this year’s Annual Holiday Tree Lighting Celebration. The event will run from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Hercules...
View ArticleRichmond Rotary Club holiday benefit ready for high times
RICHMOND — Rotary International is not known as the cutting edge of the counterculture, but the local chapter of the venerable service organization is right up there when it comes to marijuana, as the...
View ArticleEmeryville holiday parade and tree lighting to feature unidentified ‘special...
EMERYVILLE — The city will host a Holiday Parade and Tree Lighting on Dec. 1. The parade will start at 5:30 p.m. at the Emeryville Child Development Center, 1220 53rd St., and will proceed west on 53rd...
View ArticlePinole-Hercules: Stuff-a-Bus awaits holiday food and toy donations
PINOLE — Stuff-A-Bus, WestCAT’s annual holiday food and toy drive, will collect donations in Pinole and Hercules in December. This year, WestCAT is partnering once again with the “Chips for Kids” toy...
View ArticleCourt-ordered Berkeley homeless sheltering plan largely mirrors current services
BERKELEY — Prompted by a federal judge, the city this week issued a “Practical Plan to Shelter Homeless,” consisting largely of a recitation of the menu of services it already provides, chief among...
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