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2025 Richmond Promise Scholarship application period opens
Dec 3, 2024 · The 2025 Richmond Promise Scholarship application period is now open for Richmond residents. Students can apply for a scholarship of up to $1,500 per year that is renewable for up to 4-6 years, depending on a student’s path and petition.
Temple Beth Hillel invites community to Hannukkah Fair
Dec 5, 2024 · All are welcome to Temple Beth Hillel’s festive and free Hanukkah Fair on Sunday, Dec. 8, from noon to 2 p.m. Grab your menorah and join your local Jewish community to light the Hanukkah candles at a “high energy, crazy, noisy light festival with carbs.”
Annie’s Annuals blooms again - Richmond Standard
Oct 25, 2024 · By Kathy Chouteau. After weeks of community despair following news of its sudden closure, the sun has risen at Annie’s Annuals and Perennials, a Richmond garden nursery and mail order business renowned for its exquisite gardens and rare and heirloom plants.
Aaron Osorio rises up ranks to become Richmond’s fire chief
Oct 28, 2024 · By Mike Kinney. For Aaron Osorio, it started with a ride along on a fire truck at age 10. “I thought it was the coolest job,” he said, adding, “I knew being in fire service would make a big difference in the community.”
Richmond Fire Department veteran appointed as new chief
Oct 1, 2024 · By Kathy Chouteau. Richmond has a new fire chief and he’s a familiar face around town. Richmond Firefighters Local 188, the union representing firefighters in the Richmond Fire Department, announced on Facebook that the next fire chief for the City of Richmond is department veteran Chief Aaron Osorio.. Chief Osorio comes to the role with 21 years of experience with the Richmond Fire ...
Done with donuts: councilmember seeks to stop sideshows
Nov 26, 2024 · Richmond Councilmember Cesar Zepeda is demanding urgent action to prevent sideshows and other reckless driving behavior on Canal Boulevard and other locations in the city. Canal Boulevard is known as […]
Four Richmond Tennis Association teams win league championships
Dec 5, 2024 · Four teams from the Richmond Tennis Association (RTA) won their respective U.S. Tennis Association league championships. Both the RTA men’s and RTA women’s 8.5 rated teams completed the regular season as champs.
Firearms seized during tobacco retailer inspection
Nov 29, 2024 · Richmond police uncovered another local shop selling cannabis and psychedelic mushrooms illegally as they continued compliance inspections of tobacco retailers. Except this time they also seized two handguns with extended […]
Bay Area Rescue Mission opens registrations for annual turkey …
Nov 1, 2024 · By Kathy Chouteau. It’s November, and that means the time is near for the Bay Area Rescue Mission’s (BARM) “2024 Annual Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway” in Richmond.