Civic leaders who seriously grapple with the question of how North Richmond can break its ruinous cycle of crime, poverty and decline often come to the conclusion that its current political ...

The phone rang shortly after 6:30 p.m. It was a Monday night in August and Sam Singer was still at his office in downtown San Francisco, writing and brainstorming strategies for clients. He picked up.

On Tuesday, the Richmond City Council received pitches from four developers to build waterfront housing on the pristine Point Molate shoreline. Orton Development, Samuelson Schafer, SunCal, and Point ...

Richmond has an image problem. And its residents are well aware of it. They see it in outsiders’ faces, hear it in their derogatory comments and sense it when they tell others where they are from. The ...

The North Richmond of today emerges from a history marked by bad reputation, bad luck and, often, bad intentions.

The city of Richmond is considering a redevelopment plan for a brownfield located between Marina Bay and Point Isabel known as the Zeneca site.

Richmond’s Black population has been declining. In 1980, about half the city's residents were Black, and in 2020, only 18% were.

In his songs and videos, he is “Macho,” the North Richmond everyman who sneers at his harrowing surroundings through jaundiced eyes. But despite the overt bravado and taunts toward rivals, the real ...

After Richmond promised traffic calming devices to reduce sideshows, only one has been completed and little has changed.

Richmond's plan to add 150 affordable homes near the Richmond BART station has hit a snag, as tax credits elude developer.

When San Francisco Bay ferries retire from the fleet, they also go to new places like Puget Sound after being refurbished.

There’s a strange monolithic structure on Richmond’s shoreline just north up the highway from the San Rafael Bridge. With castle-like towers and fortifications, the red brick structure stands in high ...