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Gilroy also plan to add more beds, but it still may not be enough. When people are homeless and we have over 7,000 people in this community that are homeless on any given night and we have extreme weather, the risk of death is high. And its really not acceptable that we would lose people to the cold ore hypothermia in our community. Reporter this afternoon, outreach teams handed out 1,000 blaskts to people in homeless camps in the san jose area, but the big goal is to let people on the streets k...

The couple’s relationship has been an open secret at work, raising the eyebrows of colleagues. And his time in Richmond has brought its own concerns.

It comes despite good government watchdogs having criticized Alameda County for lacking a nepotism policy.

By Mike Kinney After creating more than 20 documentaries over several decades, from films shining a light on the history of North Richmond to the Emmy-nominated “Out: The Glen Burke Story” – about Major League Baseball’s first openly gay player – filmmaker Doug Harris takes a lot of pride in what his compelling films have taught others. In in newest work, “Uzikee: Washington DC’s Ancestral Sculptor,” Harris has managed the same feat, while also learning a...

By Mike Kinney About 150 Richmond children will have a sugar-coated holiday season thanks to a sweet gesture by Sacramento cupcake makers. Last year, Mrs. LaQueanya Henry, who owns Sacramento-based Sugar-Coated Cupcakes with her daughter Mechiala, founded the Sugar-Coated Toy Shop Giveback program that benefited students at three Richmond elementary schools. This year, Nystrom Elementary was selected to benefit from the program. On Sunday, the school saw its library fill up with toys to benefit...