First Woman To Serve as Richmond’s City Manager Sees Opportunity Ahead
Laura Snideman is the first woman appointed as city manager of Richmond....
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Feb
12
Feb
Margaret Shaper Jordan Leaves Legacy of Activism
A celebration of life for well-known Bay Area community activist and Richmond resident Margaret Shaper Jordan will be held Sunday, March 8. She died Jan. 3 at the age of...
10
Feb
RTA Wins First-Ever 3.5 Division Championship
The Richmond Tennis Association women’s team has won the United States Tennis Association Northern California Sectionals 3.5 division....
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Dec
Putting 2019 In Perspective As a New Parent
In September, I welcomed a baby boy. Every day since, I have wondered how I would teach him to embrace the complexities, horrors and beauty of the world that surrounds...
11
Nov
My Grandmother Is the Rock of Our Family
My experiences with my grandmother in Mexico are always full stories she tells, passing down her wisdom. I find it so magical and comforting. Listening to her stories always makes...
16
Oct
CCC Goalie Finds Home Between the Posts
Sophomore Sicaly Sorrell stumbled into collegiate bliss when she joined the Contra Costa College women’s soccer team....
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Oct
How Toni Morrison Helped Me See Myself More Clearly
The world lost a literary legend Aug. 5. Toni Morrison was a writer, editor, theorist and visionary from whom I learned to love my Blackness, femininity and community....
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Sep
Gov’s Wife: Stop Paying Women Less Than Men for Doing the Same Jobs
Even though California has the slimmest gender pay gap in the United States, on average, women still earn about 89 percent of the total money men are paid in the...
17
Sep
RYSE Breaks Ground on Expansion of Youth Center
In front of an estimated crowd of 200 government officials, funders, community leaders and youth, RYSE broke ground Sept. 6 on a new 37,000-square-foot expanded campus, RYSE Commons, with a...
15
Aug
Q&A With Richmond Based Artist Marjé
Marjé Kilpatrick is a 23-year-old Richmond-based spoken word artist and performer. “Groomed by melodies, rhythm, poetry, and expression,”...
11
Aug
Benefitting from Mad City Money
In high school, I learned some financial literacy skills, like how interest works, how to fill out tax paperwork, and how insurance can cover different things. I spent about half...
08
Aug
Tulsi Gabbard says U.S. Needs Diplomacy, Not War
Democratic presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard says the U.S. needs far more sophisticated worldwide diplomatic efforts and a far less aggressive U.S. military stance....
11
Jul
Gender, Family and Being Labeled a ‘Tomboy’
Commentary, Hannah Mendoza In elementary school, people called me a tomboy. I played soccer with my guy friends and could care less about my appearance. I came to school with a low messy...
11
Jul
New Coach Breathes Life Into CCC’s Women’s Soccer
By Joel Umanzor Jr. Coaching at the collegiate level is often more detailed than many people anticipate, especially for first-timers in a newly revamped program with only a handful of players. That’s...
08
Jul
PR for Pot in the Point: Andrea Burnett Public Relations
By Michael J. Fitzgerald | Photo By David Meza The spacious and stylishly decorated Point Richmond office of Andrea Burnett is tucked in the back of the same building that holds...
