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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.
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.
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.
Robbie Deloris Hurtado remembered for legacy of service
Dec 5, 2024 · Robbie Deloris Hurtado is remembered for her legacy of service and dedication to her community in Richmond/West Contra Costa County. For 21 years, Ms. Robbie was a City of Richmond employee working on workforce development and employment.
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 […]
Charles Reid Foundation preps for 77th Annual Christmas Party
Dec 6, 2024 · By Mike Kinney. Known as Richmond’s longest-running seasonal tradition, the Charles Reid Christmas Party in Richmond is set to happen for a 77th year on Sunday, Dec. 15.. The nonprofit event, which will run from noon to 3 p.m. at Richmond PAL, 2200 Macdonald Ave., brings the community together to spread holiday cheer by providing children ages 2-12 a meeting with Santa along with a free gift.
Richmond gym source of inspiring weight loss journey
Dec 3, 2024 · By Mike Kinney Today, Shaneeka Payne is nearly 200 pounds lighter than she was in 2015. In fact, she is currently just 10 pounds from achieving her ultimate weight loss […]
Native American Powwow to honor future generations
Nov 11, 2024 · By Kathy Chouteau. A collaborative celebration of Native American culture will occur at the “14 th Annual Richmond Contest Powwow” Sunday, Nov. 17 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Richmond Police Activities League’s (RPAL) gym.. The theme of the event, which is presented for free by the Richmond Powwow Committee, is “Honoring our next generations.”
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 […]