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In the mood for dinner and an opera? A Richmond restaurant has you covered on first Fridays.

Such a scene plays out the first Friday of every month at “Festival Opera at the Mac,” where Zachary Gordin — Festival’s ...
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Public speaking program at Lincoln Elementary shows kids ‘your voices matter here.’

A new after-school program at the Lincoln Elementary School that teaches students what it’s like to speak in front of a room ...
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Group behind Richmond Arts Corridor asks City Council for more time and money to put a plan together

Richmond Renaissance is asking City Council for more money and a six-month deadline extension to produce a Richmond Arts Corridor plan.
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On 23rd Street, ethnic restaurants are losing a lot of business, as ICE fears keep diners home

Running through the heart of Richmond and San Pablo, 23rd Street was once a bustling hub of immigrant-owned businesses. When a protest was held against the Trump administration’s immigration policies ...
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Richmond gets residents involved in preparing for sea level rise along coastline

Scientists, urban designers, elected officials and over 40 residents gathered on Tuesday night at the RYSE Youth Center in Richmond to discuss how the city should respond to sea level rise. The event, ...
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The Stakes: Federal grant cut threatens Humboldt Bay project and Richmond’s hope to join it

Last in a two-part series on Richmond’s exploration into wind turbine manufacturing. This series is part of “The Stakes,” a UC Berkeley Journalism project on executive orders and actions affecting ...
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The Stakes: State grant spurs possibility of wind turbine manufacturing in Richmond

First in a two-part series on Richmond’s exploration into wind turbine manufacturing. This series is part of “The Stakes,” a UC Berkeley Journalism project on executive orders and actions affecting ...
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Richmond residents on the lookout for ICE: ‘Being out on patrol … that’s something I can do’

It’s 7 a.m. on a Friday morning and Carolina Avelar is behind the wheel of her Chevy Volt, squinting through the glare of early light. Avelar, 27, is on lookout in Richmond’s busiest commercial ...
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California Uber and Lyft drivers can unionize under new law, but will that lead to better wages?

Some Richmond Uber and Lyft drivers are cautiously optimistic about a new California law granting them union rights, but many question if it will reverse their deteriorating earnings in an industry ...
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Is Chevron’s air monitoring website useful to Richmond residents? The public is asked to weigh in.

At 6:33 p.m. on Aug. 6, 2012, two days after moving into her new house in Atchison Village, Marisa Goul looked out her window and saw a towering pillar of black smoke curling into the sky over the ...
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UPDATE: WCCUSD teachers and Teamsters return to the bargaining table during strike

This story was co-published with KQED. Bundled against the morning cold, teachers marched outside the Nystrom Elementary School entrance in Richmond early Thursday, cheering as passing cars honked, ...
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California Legislature passes bills to counter fed’s immigration policies

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed several bills this fall to curb the Trump administration’s aggressive immigrant enforcement. From mandates that require schools to notify parents about immigration ...