‘Put the Guns Down’ Celebrates 10 Years
It was all about stopping the violence and encouraging the kids at this year’s 10th annual Put the Guns Down Block Party led by Richmond community organizer Elana Bolds....
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Oct
18
Oct
“Ban The Box” Law Gives More Californians a Fair Chance at Employment
The California Endowment commends Governor Jerry Brown and the legislature for enacting AB 1008, also known as the “Ban the Box” law....
15
Oct
North Richmond Has Always Been Different
The conversation about annexing North Richmond has many residents divided. I grew up in Richmond, but North Richmond is my home....
12
Oct
Abandoned House Fire Damages Richmond Teacher’s First Home
First-time homeowner Elora Henderson of Richmond was forced from her home when a fire at an abandoned house spread to her home and another home next door. ...
11
Oct
‘We Are All Excludeds’ – Ethnic Media Panel Discuss New Exhibit on Japanese Internment
Could voices of ordinary citizens have stopped the internment of Japanese Americans in WWII? This is the question panelists discussed during a forum in San Francisco's focusing on how and why more than 120,000 Japanese Americans were rounded up and interned in concentration camps during WWII....
11
Oct
Volunteers Clean Up the City, One Alley at a Time
Staff at Portumex Restaurant on 23rd Street received welcome support on Saturday, Oct. 7 when community members came to clean up their back alley. Neighbors and volunteers from Kennedy High School and the Richmond Police Department began a remodel to transform it from a dark, trash-filled alley to a freshly...
09
Oct
Why You Shouldn’t ‘Dress Up Like a Native’ on Halloween
Halloween is normally my favorite holiday but over the years I’ve come to cringe when the day gets closer and closer. I dread having to think about non-natives or those who say, “It's okay, my great grandmother was a Cherokee princess,” dehumanizing me and my culture as if it's all...
09
Oct
A Toxic Tour With Tales of Resilience
Less famous but no less impressive as a narrator of local history is Andres Soto. Every few months, he conducts a “Toxics and Resilience Tour” of Richmond....
04
Oct
First Richmond, Now California: Can Our Progressives Transform State Politics?
Two of Richmond’s most popular politicians have their sights set on the California State Capitol. Vice Mayor Jovanka Beckles is running for California Assembly and former councilmember Gayle McLaughlin is running for Lieutenant Governor. But can these two progressive candidates win outside of Richmond?...
02
Oct
Beyond the Bay: ‘Edge of Youth Culture’ Shifting to Outer Suburbs
The edge of Bay Area youth culture may be shifting to the outer suburbs, yet the infrastructure of youth centers there to support young people is threadbare....
01
Oct
The Marijuana Industrial Complex Comes to Richmond
We need to be far more thoughtful and strategic about how we work with the new marijuana industrial complex if we are truly looking out for the most vulnerable in our society....
30
Sep
To Annex or Not to Annex North Richmond
The debate continues over whether the City of Richmond will move forward to annex unincorporated North Richmond....
28
Sep
Bringing Tech to Antioch – The Dream That Turned My Life Around
Deciding that I wanted to become an entrepreneur is what saved my life. Before that there wasn’t anything else in the world that I would have saw myself doing other than being out in the streets....
27
Sep
Working the 24-Hour Shift, With No Time to Be a Teen
I take a deep breath before opening the door to my first Friday class. I am once again ten minutes late....
27
Sep
Chris Finn: To Make BART Safer for All, Listen to Its Frontline Workers
BART Train Operator Chris Finn recently sat down with The CC Pulse to discuss what it’s like to work for BART and what would make the system safer....
