From Contra Costa College to Netflix, Marvel and ‘The Matrix’
Local actor Alonso Saravia has gone from working with Contra Costa College campus police to getting cast as an FBI agent in the upcoming "Matrix 4."...
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Feb
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Feb
Games Are Good, but Not as Nice as the Real World
Video games helped one young man learn about analytics and storytelling, but during the pandemic, he discovered how much his feelings about them had changed....
05
Jan
MF Doom, a Villain and Champion, Made His Mark on Music With a Mask
Rapper and producer MF Doom styled himself as a supervillain, but he was a champion of underground hip-hop culture....
03
Jan
What Do Basketball, Ballet and Parties Have in Common? All 3 Live-Event Industries Are in Trouble
Countless low-wage workers in spectator sports, catering and the performing arts have lost their jobs due to the pandemic, with no recovery in sight....
29
Nov
Mariachis Began Booking Events Only to Lose Jobs Again
Mariachis are coming together to help those musicians most financially hurt by the coronavirus, which prevents them from putting on performances....
29
Oct
Día de los Muertos: A Day to Celebrate Life, not Death
Richmond teens tell us what the Day of the Dead means to them and how honoring their deceased loved ones helps their families cherish life....
23
Oct
Music at Home: the Sounds That Shaped Us
We asked local teens to tell us about their earliest memories of music and what their families listened to while they were growing up....
15
Oct
Social Media Puts Users Like Me in Quite a ‘Dilemma’
The Netflix documentary "The Social Dilemma" prompted one young man to consider his own smartphone addiction and the good and bad of social media....
16
Sep
Without Art, the Stark Realties of COVID Would Make the World Unbearable
The COVID-19 pandemic has largely decimated the arts scene in California, wiping out local theater companies, many of which offer a cultural lifeline to their communities....
15
Jul
Motivational Music: Youth Share Songs for These Trying Times
In this time of coronavirus and protests, The CC Pulse asked young people to tell us what political and hopeful music they are listening to right now....
24
Jun
Richmond Revolution Celebrates ‘Black Joy’ for Juneteenth
A Juneteenth celebration at Richmond’s Marina Bay Park on June 20 showcased African American history and featured Black businesses and performers....
21
Jun
Te’s Corner: To the Ones Who Sowed the Seeds and Stayed
Donté Clark writes a poem in honor of the fathers "who fought, cried and died for our freedom when the world would never show."...
15
Jun
Black with a Capital “B”: Mainstream Media Joins Black Press in Uppercasing Race
The Los Angeles Times, BuzzFeed News and MSNBC are among major outlets that recently decided to uppercase Black, "finally catching up" with Black publishers....
20
Apr
This 4/20, California’s Famous Weed Culture Took A Hit, Too
Like every other activity and public function, 420 will be happening, if it does at all, privately, away from public spaces, as the global COVID-19 pandemic that has now killed...
17
Apr
Virtual Talent Show Promotes Richmond Artists
Community organizer Evan Francis is hosting a free virtual talent show on Zoom to promote local artists at 7 p.m. on April 18....
