Richmond High School

A Richmond High School teacher was sentenced last week to three years in prison for unlawful sex with a minor, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office said Friday. Israel Ayala-Lopez, 27, was a physical education teacher and a soccer coach at Richmond High when he was arrested last summer for having sexual relations with a minor, identified in the…

Two teenagers were seriously wounded Friday night in a shooting in which a third teenager was also shot about a block from De Anza High School, Richmond police said.

Israel Lopez, a Richmond High School teacher arrested Monday on suspicion of sex crimes involving a student, was charged Wednesday with eight felonies for conduct that allegedly occurred earlier this year.

Classes were canceled for a second day at Richmond High School Thursday after power outage caused by faulty or damaged school equipment shut the school down the day before.

Classes were canceled for a day-and-a-half at Richmond High School due to a power outage apparently caused by faulty or damaged school equipment and by Wednesday afternoon it was unclear if the school will reopen on Thursday, according to West Contra Costa Unified School District officials.

A state appeals court in San Francisco on Wednesday upheld the convictions and lengthy prison sentences of two men in the brutal gang rape and beating of a 16-year-old girl outside a Richmond High School homecoming dance in 2009.

A teenage suspect is dead after shots were fired at an Indiana middle school Thursday morning, Indiana State Police said.

Long before Samuel L. Jackson played him on the big screen, the real “Coach Carter” was teaching his students the value of hard work and discipline at Richmond High School.

Richmond High School was locked down early Friday morning when a student showed a gun – later found to be a replica – to fellow school-goers, police officials said.

Richmond police late Tuesday were searching for a missing 16-year-old boy diagnosed with autism.