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14-Year-Old Girl Killed, 11-Year-Old Critically Injured in Richmond Stolen Car Crash

Three teens and an 11-year-old were in a stolen Infinity G35 that crashed into two trees and a pole in Richmond early Monday morning, leaving a 14-year-old girl dead, and her 11-year-old sister hospitalized.

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Day Around the Bay: Alleged Copper Wire Thief Found Dead Inside East Bay Manhole

A man found dead inside a Richmond manhole was apparently stealing copper wire; charges were filed against two people in a Hayward freeway shooting; and one of SF's craft breweries has announced its closure.

Arts & Entertainment

Richmond Woman on Verge of Holding World Record for Longest Scarf Ever Crocheted

An East Bay woman has crocheted what appears to be the world's longest scarf at 982 feet long, and that scarf’s measurements are currently under review to grant her the Guinness World Record.

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SF Shakespeare Festival Van Was Stolen In Oakland, and They're Asking the Public to Look Out For It

Police in the East Bay don't exactly have the bandwidth to track down stolen vehicles. But the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival thought for sure someone would have spotted their stolen 12-person passenger van, with their name and logo emblazoned on it, by now.

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State Raid of Richmond Home Turns Up Tons of Guns, a Million Rounds of Ammo

The California Bureau of Firearms raided a home in the East Bay city of Richmond, and arrested a man for having nearly 250 guns and a million rounds of ammunition. And for good measure, the fellow had already been prohibited from owning weapons.

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BART Announces the Next Eight Stations Getting Those ‘Evasion-Proof’ Fare Gates

The new and supposedly gatehopping-proof BART fare gates are already in use at the West Oakland station, and now BART has announced the next eight stations that will get them. Of course, SF’s notorious Civic Center station is on the list.

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Richmond Pastor Arrested on Charges of Sex Crimes Allegedly Against Underage Church Members

Victor Hernandez Pineda, a Pentecostal pastor in the East Bay, is accused of sexual assault of multiple children.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

East Bay Fried Turkey Specialists Offering Whole Deep-Fried Turkeys For Thanksgiving

You may have tasted, or heard about, the glories of a proper deep-fried turkey at Thanksgiving. But trying this yourself at home, without an experienced fry cook on hand and without some serious distance between the fry pot and your house, is not advised.

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U-Haul Truck Full of Shadow Puppets Found Abandoned In Richmond, Puppeteer Very Grateful

A puppeteer passing through San Francisco has been reunited with hundreds of Persian shadow puppets that were inside a U-Haul van stolen from Van Ness Avenue Sunday night.

SF Politics

Richmond City Council Spends Seven Hours Debating, Passing Resolution Supporting Gaza and Palestine

Tuesday night’s Richmond City Council meeting went past 1 a.m. Wednesday morning, as the council passed a resolution “affirming Richmond's support and solidarity” for Gaza and Palestine, with a highly charged public comment session that went for almost five hours.

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Richmond Couple Found Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter In Death of Five-Month-Old Son

A 2021 incident at a Richmond hotel saw the death of a five-month-old boy, but the parents were just found guilty of manslaughter after the infant turned out to have broken bones, burns, and methamphetamine in his system.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

The Richmond's Prik Hom and Noodle In a Haystack Both Honored on New York Times Restaurant List

The New York Times has updated its nationwide Restaurant List for 2023, and two new San Francisco restaurants have been added, replacing two that were on the list last year.

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Stolen Car Chase Sparks Cross-Bay Pursuit and Dramatic Richmond Standoff

A dramatic high-speed chase led authorities across the Bay Bridge twice before the teenage driver was arrested. No human injuries were reported but a K-9 officer was struck.

SF News

Sideshows Sprang Up Saturday In Multiple East Bay Cities and Vallejo

Saturday was a big night for sideshows in multiple places in the Bay Area, as police chased down gatherings of hundreds of cars in Vallejo, Richmond, Rodeo, and Hayward in a span of hours.

SF Politics

Richmond Mayor Tells Homeless to Camp In Front of Political Rivals’ Houses, Gives Out Their Addresses

Here's a political dirty trick we haven’t seen before, though it’s drawing comparisons to Ron DeSantis’s Martha’s Vineyard stunt; the mayor of Richmond revealed the home addresses of city councilmembers, and told RV dwellers to set up camp in front of those officials’ houses.

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Woman Allegedly Groped and Punched in Face on BART Near El Cerrito Del Norte Station, Suspect in Custody

A 21-year-old San Francisco man is in custody at the Martinez Detention Facility after a Wednesday incident in which he’s accused of groping a woman on an East Bay BART train — and when she told him to stop, he allegedly punched her several times in the face.

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Hundreds of Richmond Residents Complained About an Incessant, Late-Night Bass Beat, Mayor Uses Reward to Find Culprits

A lot of people living in Richmond and nearby towns posted to Nextdoor and Facebook late Saturday/early Sunday to complain about a never-ending, droning bass beat coming from somewhere, and keeping them up well past 2 a.m. Mayor Tom Butt got on the case, and apparently has figured it out.

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100-Year-Old National Park Ranger Betty Reid Soskin Has Retired

East Bay icon “Ranger Betty” had the distinction of being the oldest active national park ranger in the U.S., until her retirement Thursday at the ripe, young age of 100.

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Police In Richmond Fatally Shoot Apparently Drunk Man Holding Airsoft-Style Handgun

A man was fatally shot by San Pablo police Wednesday in North Richmond after he appeared to be playing with a handgun in a menacing fashion outside some businesses — but the gun turned out not to be real.

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Sunday’s Storms Made Gas More Expensive, Thanks To Yet More East Bay Refinery Flare-Ups

San Francisco gas prices are poised to hit their all-time high, as the heavy storms caused Richmond and Martinez refineries to experience what they call an “operational upset.”

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Richmond Police Chief Bisa French Goes On Leave Over Family Drama, Claims of Violence

The chief of police in Richmond is on administrative leave, and so is her husband who's a sergeant in the Oakland Police Department, amid what the department is referring to as a "family situation."

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Richmond Drive-by Shooting That Killed Three Possibly Linked to Earlier Shooting In Oakland

A drive-by shooting in Richmond that killed three people and wounded five others at a house party on Sunday was similar to one that occurred in Oakland several weeks earlier, investigators say.

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Chevron Spills 600 Gallons of Fuel Into SF Bay; Cleanup and Damage Assessment Underway

The Chevron refinery in Richmond had some sort of rupture or accident on Tuesday afternoon at a wharf where fuel tankers dock that leaked around 600 gallons of "a petroleum-water mixture" into San Francisco Bay.

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Richmond Couple Arrested On Suspicion of Murdering Five-Week-Old Infant

A Richmond couple was arrested Thursday night following the death of an infant they brought to a local emergency room who was not breathing, and who showed clear signs of abuse.

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Michelle Obama School in Richmond Gets Officially Christened With Grand Opening

The West Contra Costa Unified School District hosted a virtual grand opening ceremony Thursday for the elementary school that it has renamed after former First Lady Michelle Obama.