Richmond police on Saturday called on the public to help them in the search for a driver who fatally struck a 4-year-old boy and sped away from the scene of the collision. Marianne Favro reports.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations on Wednesday expressed solidarity with the Bay Area’s Sikh community after a 57-year-old Richmond man was attacked near his home Sunday.

A rally will be held Tuesday afternoon in Fairfield to demand justice for two men shot dead from behind by police, organizers said.

Vallejo police on Tuesday said an off-duty Richmond police sergeant fatally shot a man who took a gun out of his vehicle and approached the sergeant during a confrontation in a Vallejo shopping center parking lot earlier this month.

Two very different stories are surfacing about why an off-duty Richmond police officer shot and killed a Vallejo man.

A San Pablo woman was indicted for fraud on Friday for allegedly collecting deposits for rental housing that she did not own and had no legal authority to rent, according to the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office.

A man accused of kidnapping and brutally raping an elderly woman who died of her injuries six months later is facing life in prison after a Contra Costa County jury Thursday found him guilty of murder and various sexual offenses.

Jordan Morris scored in stoppage time and the Seattle Sounders beat the San Jose Earthquakes 1-0 on Sunday.

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.

A former National Football League player died in a shooting at a home in Richmond on Wednesday afternoon, a police sergeant said.

Major changes have been announced at the Richmond Police Department.

Major changes have been announced at the Richmond Police Department. Jodi Hernandez reports.

A Richmond High School teacher was arrested Monday on suspicion of having “an inappropriate relationship” with an underage student, police said.

The practice of “sextortion” is becoming increasingly common, and authorities are issuing warnings as well as tips on what people should do if they are targeted.

An East Bay family could soon be homeless after they got caught in a rental scam online.

An East Bay family could soon be homeless after they got caught in a rental scam online. Melissa Colorado reports.

A woman convicted of pimping two women was sentenced Thursday to three years in a state prison, according to Richmond police. Police intercepted the victims of Nicole Hernandez, 33, while they were loitering for prostitution March 21 in the 23rd Street Corridor. According to police, Hernandez had rented them a room at the nearby Civic Center Motel.

An unusually violent 48 hours in the city of Richmond has police calling in the FBI and patrolling vulnerable neighborhoods to discourage retaliatory shootings this week, according to a message from Chief Allwyn Brown.

Richmond police officers shot and killed a domestic violence suspect who broke into a residence early Thursday morning and injured two family members with a knife.

Police were investigating a shooting Monday night that prompted a lockdown at Richmond’s Hilltop Mall, according to Richmond police.