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07 Feb

Convening Brings Parent Leaders Together

About 60 parents from various ethnic backgrounds, with children in schools around Richmond, recently gathered to celebrate local parents’ commitment to making schools better and their role as community leaders....

06 Feb

Paid Family Leave Benefits Expand — Workers Pay For It But Rarely Use It

California wage earners welcoming a new child to the family or caring for a seriously ill relative this year can expect increased support from the state’s Paid Family Leave Program....

05 Feb

Save Our Sisters: Indigenous Voices at the Women’s March

For the second year in a row, women from all walks of life gathered in the streets the streets of the Bay Area and across the country for the Women’s March. ...

01 Feb

Local Happenings: February 2018

The Richmond Community Services Department will host its annual Black History Celebration from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3, at the Richmond Memorial Auditorium, 403 Civic Center Plaza....

01 Feb

Black Student Union Aims to Unite, Uplift

For Jarschire Dennis, launching the Black Student Union at Kennedy High School was long overdue....

30 Jan

Thousands Take to the Streets for Women’s March Kern County

Hundreds of women descended upon downtown Bakersfield Saturday, marching, chanting and sharing inspirational stories of female empowerment during Kern County’s first Women’s March....

30 Jan

Unity Park Abre el Día de MLK

Cuando Jaccari Meriwether tenía ocho años, sabía que no debía acercarse a las vías ferroviarias fuera de función de Atchiston Train en Richmond. El área era conocida por el crimen, incluidos robos y asaltos. Ahora con más de 20 años, y viviendo en San Francisco, Meriwether decidió pasar las vacaciones...

29 Jan

Festival Aims to Inspire People ‘Into Action’

The main goal of the Into Action Social Justice was to encourage people to act and prepare folks to leave the event ready to commit to a social justice cause....

24 Jan

Author Discusses ‘Color of Law’ in a Segregated Richmond

Housing bias in the suburbs, like race-based segregation of renters and home-owners in post-war Richmond, was no accident, Richard Rothstein explains in his new book, The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America....

24 Jan

Unity Park Opens On MLK Day

More than 400 community members gathered at the Richmond Greenway trail on January 15 to celebrate the grand opening of Unity Park during the 11th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service....

22 Jan

What’s So Special About Oakley

I love Oakley for the energy and good hearts of the people who work to improve the community, and now that I’m an adult, I want to be one of them....

19 Jan

Curbside Kitchen Food Truck Serves up Filipino Gourmet

Curbside Kitchen, a mobile food truck and brainchild of Richmond brothers Russell and Raynard Lozano, is cooking up Filipino inspired gourmet, served American style, for the masses....

18 Jan

Mama

For black mothers who are single there are no trophies made to honor their bearing....

17 Jan

Keeping Soul Food Soulful in San Pablo

Food Handlers Café’s menu is made up of American diner classics including burgers and pancake breakfasts. They also have dishes that reflect their Southern flare like chicken and waffles, and French toast made with Texas toast....