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By Mike Kinney Five hundred families in need lined up in their vehicles today to pick up gift cards for the holidays thanks to a community effort that dates back to 1989. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers of the annual Richmond Fire and Police Holiday Program were concerned they may not be able to do the program this year. Michelle Milam, City of Richmond Crime Prevention Manager, said the need has been so great this year that it was important to move forward with a modified version. And so Richmond’s public safety agencies again teamed up with usual community partners such as Ri...

Fire breaks out at empty warehouse in Richmond By KTVU staff RICHMOND, Calif. - A fire broke out Friday morning at an empty warehouse in Richmond.  The two-alarm blaze was reported at the intersection of Wright and Marina Way at 3:45 a.m., firefighters said. Fire Capt. Rico Rincon said, "So far, we have no firefighter or civilian injuries and fire investigators are beginning their preliminary investigation to determine the cause." 

Flames engulf Richmond warehouse FacebookTwitterEmail A two-alarm fire engulfed a vacant warehouse adjacent to Highway 580 in south Richmond early Friday morning, fire officials confirmed. Richmond fire crews were called to reports of a tree fire at 2030 Wright Ave. at 2:25 a.m. Firefighters arriving on the scene found a vacant warehouse consumed by flames, said Rico Rincon spokesman for the fire depatment. The cause of the fire remained under investigation. It took firefighters two hours to contain the two-alarm blaze, Rincon said. Crews continued to snuff out smoldering hotspots in the vaca...