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Editor’s note: Nosh covers food and restaurant news across the East Bay, and each week we publish one article covering all the restaurant openings and one article covering closings. Have a tip for Nosh? Submit it here. After five years in downtown Oakland, Baba’s House and 13 Orphans shared that they will be closing its doors after September: “We’re not shutting down the business, just the shop,” chef Eman Garcia said.

Editor’s note: Nosh covers food and restaurant news across the East Bay, and each week we publish one article covering all the restaurant openings and one article covering closings. The openings and closings for each month are then compiled into a round-up. Have a tip for Nosh? Submit it here. 08.04.26: Chef Saboor Zafari is opening his new restaurant on Webster Street on the west side of Alameda Tuesday, Aug. 4.

The Bay Area Air District is hosting a public meeting to discuss a report that found that emissions from the Chevron refinery could negatively impact the health of people in the surrounding neighborhoods. The district released a preliminary health assessment stating that refinery neighbors face an elevated risk of developing cancer over a lifetime and have a higher risk of illness from short-term exposure to excess emissions.

On Nov. 3 Richmond voters will choose a new mayor in the city’s first-ever primary run-off election. Richmondside is giving residents a chance to prepare by hosting a moderated forum where you can ask candidates Ahmad Anderson and Claudia Jimenez your questions. When: Oct. 1 from 6:30–8 p.m. Where: Memorial Auditorium, 403 Civic Center Plaza Get tickets: The event is free, but please RSVP.

A police officer was shot and wounded by a woman Thursday evening during a mental health crisis incident at a home in East Richmond. According to police, the incident happened around 6:45 p.m. in the 2200 block of Key Boulevard when Contra Costa County’s A3 team asked Richmond police to help them on a call to conduct a mental health check on a resident. When the first officer got the home, police said, he was shot. “The officer is expected to survive,” a press release reads.

A Hollywood star crashes her siblings’ quiet farmhouse life in the latest Masquers stage production. “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” follows siblings Vanya and Sonia as their routine unravels when their movie star sister, Masha, shows up at their Bucks County home with her young boyfriend, Spike, in tow. The comedy opens Friday and runs through Sept. 27, with performances Friday and Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons, plus a special performance on Thur., Sept. 10.

The city of Richmond wants to deter reckless drivers — in this case those who like to spin “donuts” — as part of an ongoing effort to make its streets safer for all. From 2023 through July 2025, the city received nearly 80 requests to address the problem of curb donuts and sideshows, according to Janney Lockman, project manager of the city’s new Donut Deterrence Program.

Editor’s note: Nosh covers food and restaurant news across the East Bay, and each week we publish one article covering all the restaurant openings and one article covering closings. Have a tip for Nosh? Submit it here. Subscribing to the Nosh newsletter is the best way to stay up to date on all of the openings and closings, breaking news, deeper developments, and events in the East Bay food scene. A popular Taiwanese boba tea shop has opened a new location in Pleasanton.

This story was told by Abigail Montejo to Kyonda Trass in an interview. It has been edited for length and clarity. My parents are both from Mexico and moved to the U.S. when they were pretty young. They met and got married in Los Angeles and that’s where they had me and my little brother. But when people ask me where I’m from, I say I’m from Richmond. Amplify Richmond is our new series featuring stories told by residents in their own words. Got a story to tell? Learn more.

Richmond police have arrested a 66-year-old man in connection with a hit-and-run that killed a man on 23rd Street about a week ago. Don Mack of Richmond was taken into custody at about 6 p.m. on Sunday at an apartment building in the 400 block of Fourth Street, police said at a press conference held at the police substation on Monday.