Council Considers Cuts to Fill $27M Budget Deficit
The Richmond City Council held a special meeting Tuesday to discuss potential budget balancing strategies to address a projected $27.1 million deficit....
14
May
14
May
El Concejo se Prepara para Abordar el Déficit Presupuestario de $27.1 Millones
El pasado martes, el Concejo de Richmond escuchó una actualización sobre un déficit presupuestario de $27.1 millones para el año fiscal 2020-21, como resultado de la pérdida de ingresos durante el brote de coronavirus....
13
May
Free Coronavirus Testing Now Available For All County Residents
Contra Costa Health Services is now offering free coronavirus testing for all county residents, regardless of whether they have insurance or are showing symptoms. ...
12
May
El Sobrante Auto Shops Can’t Count on Federal Aid to Survive
The shelter-in-place order has not stopped many of the small business auto repair shops along San Pablo Dam Road....
12
May
COVID-19 Impacting Immigration, Migration, World Hunger
Migration around the world has essentially ground to a halt because of the COVID-19 pandemic....
11
May
Asiáticos Enfrentan un Acoso Creciente Durante la Pandemia
El aumento del racismo en toda la nación en los últimos meses dirigido a los asiáticos se documentó el jueves en una teleconferencia nacional de medios presentada por la organización Chinese for Affirmative Action (chinos para la acción afirmativa, CAA por sus siglas en inglés)....
11
May
How California Community College Foundations Are Trying to Help Students
Community college foundations are giving extra aid to undocumented and low-income students, whose needs are unmet by federal pandemic relief programs....
10
May
Working From Home Has Given Me Time I Needed With My Son
My first year of parenthood has become unpredictable, not due to raising a kid, but the state of the world. It is scary to raise a kid in the middle of a pandemic. All he wants to do is explore the world around him, but, for now, he is limited...
08
May
City Council Prepares to Tackle $27.1 Million Budget Shortfall
The Richmond City Council on Tuesday heard an update on a $27.1 million budget shortfall for fiscal year 2020-21, resulting from lost revenues during the coronavirus outbreak....
07
May
Kaiser Employees Hold Demonstration Over Reusing N95 Masks
Thirty nurses from the California Nurses Union rallied in front of Richmond’s Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Tuesday afternoon to direct the public’s attention to their concerns over staff and their safety....
06
May
Small Businesses Closed by the Coronavirus Have Much at Stake
In Richmond, where small businesses have proliferated in recent years, the spread of COVID-19 is leading business owners and officials to weigh public health against economic health....
05
May
CCC Student Reflects on College and His “High School Mindset”
During my first semester at Contra Costa College, I still had a high school mindset. My head was not all that into the game because I kind of just breezed through high school, so I thought college would be the same....
04
May
Essential Workers and Their Kids “Unsafe” As States Reopen
As several U.S. states reopen their economies, a panel of health and policy experts caution that certain ethnic groups will continue to be at greater risk for catching and dying from COVID-19....
04
May
Asians Face Increasing Harassment During Pandemic
A surge in racism across the nation in recent months directed at Asians was documented Thursday in a national media teleconference presented by the Chinese for Affirmative Action organization....
30
Apr
Shelter-in-Place Orders Extended But Eased in Bay Area
The shelter-in-place orders across six Bay Area counties that began in mid-March have now been officially extended through May 31 but with some easing of the restrictions....
