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The former police officer accused of killing Andre Hill interacted “two to three” times with Hill before the shooting and became concerned he was a burglar, the officer’s attorney said Friday as he defended his client with never-before-heard details about the night of the fatal shooting
Photo courtesy of the City of Richmond Richmond City Council on Tuesday voted to suspend ticketing for street sweeping violations during the COVID-19 shelter-in-place period, and to consider modifying the program so that it is less punitive in its efforts to gain compliance. The city suspended street sweeping citations earlier in the pandemic. But officials reversed course and resumed ticketing on Oct. 1, stating that blocking access to street sweepers had prompted “numerous complaints of trash and debris accumulating on the street.” On Tuesday, Richmond’s council voted 6-1 to suspend...
Busy phone lines and crashed websites: Bay Area seniors hit hurdles in race to get vaccinated FacebookTwitterEmail 8 1of8Marian Sullivan (left) of San Francisco receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccination from medical assistant Lori Viramontes (right) at the new COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Sutter Health in San Francisco on Thursday, January 14, 2021 in San Francisco, Calif. Sutter Health is only vaccinating seniors aged 75 and older and not yet vaccinating those seniors 65-74 years old.Lea Suzuki/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of8Nurse Stephanie Contreras (hands at right) shows...
Richmond Fire Chief Adrian Sheppard in his office at City Hall. (Photos by Mike Kinney) Richmond Fire Chief Adrian Sheppard has accepted the position of fire chief in Redmond, Wash., a city with a population of about 70,000, city officials announced Friday. Sheppard will start his new job in February, City Manager Laura Snideman said in a notice to City Council that was shared in Richmond Mayor Tom Butt’s e-forum newsletter. Snideman said she will select an interim chief before Sheppard’s departure and initiate an open recruitment process for the city’s next fire chief. ” I am gratefu...
Macy's To Close Store At Hilltop Mall Bay City News Service FacebookTwitterEmail RICHMOND (BCN) The Macy's store at the ailing Hilltop Mall in Richmond will close in March, the chain said Monday in a letter to city and county officials. The closure, which follows the loss of the JC Penney and Sears stores, leaves Walmart as the lone major tenant at the 45-year-old shopping center. Macy's said the closure would happen between March 14-27, and some 133 employees would be laid off, according to Richmond Mayor Tom Butt. Many in Richmond blame the decision to approve the mall, which opened in Sept...