Eleanor Thompson: ‘A Voice for the People’
City Council candidate Eleanor Thompson spoke with The CC Pulse about safety, homelessness, and fair representation in local politics....
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Sep
22
Sep
Diego García: “No me Considero un Político”
Diego García, quien se postula por primera vez para el concejo, habló con The CC Pulse sobre la desconexión entre la ciudad y el distrito escolar, aumentando la participación de la comunidad y aumentando los servicios de salud....
22
Sep
Nat Bates: ‘Richmond Is Changing’
Nat Bates, 86, is a former two-time mayor and eight-term city councilmember in Richmond seeking a seat on the city council once again. Born in Texas, and raised in Richmond, he is also an Army veteran and a former probation officer....
20
Sep
Richmond’s Summer Ends with Spirit and Soul
As local bands belted out soulful renditions of classic songs under the warm afternoon sun, the annual Spirit and Soul Festival took over two blocks of Downtown Richmond, signaling the end of the city’s summer festival season....
20
Sep
Virginia Ramirez: ‘I’m Very Proud of Richmond’
Virginia “Vicky” Ramirez, 28, is a 20-year Richmond resident, originally from Salinas, CA. She is making her first run for city council. Ramirez is an immigration legal assistant for Catholic Charities of the East Bay in Richmond. She recently sat down with The CC Pulse to discuss voting, housing, and...
19
Sep
Eduardo Martinez: ‘I Have a Vision’
Eduardo Martinez, 69, is a current member of the Richmond City Council who is running for re-election. He was elected in 2012. Originally from Dumas, Texas Martinez moved to the Bay Area in the 1970s. He is a retired elementary school teacher. Martinez sat down with The CC Pulse to...
14
Sep
Richmond’s First BMX Bike Park
The Dirt World bike park, which started as only an idea in 2015, now features a pump track, a BMX practice track and a jump garden. Open from sun-up to sun-down all year, Dirt World is the East Bay’s only BMX dirt park....
13
Sep
Diego Garcia: ‘I Don’t Consider Myself a Politician’
Diego Garcia, 43, has lived in Richmond for 40 years. In his early years, Garcia struggled with violence, finding himself in a gang, shot and eventually jailed. By the age of 20, he turned his life around and began a youth group in the Easter Hill neighborhood. For the following...
13
Sep
Homeless Task Force Addresses Sanctioned Encampments
Shay is one of over 2,200 people who are homeless in Contra Costa County, according to the 2018 Point in Time Count, conducted by members of the county’s homelessness outreach team, known as CORE....
13
Sep
Ada Recinos: ‘Richmond Needs a Deeper Investment’
Ada Recinos, 27, is running for her first full term on the Richmond City Council. She has been on the council since 2017 after being appointed the position last fall. Prior to her time on the council, Recinos worked on Richmond’s Human Rights and Human Relations Commission....
11
Sep
Vinay Pimple: ‘We Can Make It Happen’
Vinay Pimple, 50, was appointed to fill a vacant seat on the Richmond City Council in 2015 and served as a councilmember until January 2017. He is making his second run for the council. Originally from India, he moved to Richmond in 2010. He is an attorney and former teacher...
09
Sep
Gaia Opens Its Doors to Yogis of All Skills
The soft sounds of breathing filled the room as students practiced Hatha Yoga under dim lights on a Wednesday evening at Gaia Yoga in Point Richmond....
07
Sep
Dave Schoenthal: ‘I Want to Be Servant Leader’
Dave Schoenthal, 50, is originally from Redondo Beach, but has lived in Richmond for nearly two decades. Making his second run for city council, the self-described “volunteer-aholic” and is a part of Richmond’s Economic Development Commission, the Point Richmond Business Association Board of Directors and Richmond’s Homeless Taskforce....
07
Sep
Carole Johnson: ‘All Hands on Deck Are Needed’
Carole Johnson, 48, is a community activist making her first run for City Council. Johnson has lived in Richmond for over 20 years and is a member of the City of Richmond Homeless Task Force and the Contra Costa Racial Justice Coalition. ...
05
Sep
Demnlus Johnson: ‘Richmond Needs to Make More Money’
Demnlus Johnson III, 25, is a fourth-generation Richmond native on his second run for city council. After graduating from college in 2015, Johnson returned to his hometown and now serves as chair of the city’s Economic Development Commission...
