06 Nov

So what do you do when everybody's scared and everybody's got a gun? Good question. And what do I say to the kids who are smart enough to look at everybody else and see that everybody else's justification--to protect themselves--is pretty much the same as theirs?...

04 Nov

Her heart rate starts rising. Her hands begin to sweat and shake. She paces back and forth. “I feel like something is going to happen to me but nothing is really there,” she says. “[I tell myself,] ‘There is nothing wrong. It’s okay. This is just your body being weird again.’” This...

02 Nov

District officials are hoping the merger of two West Contra Costa schools into a new high school with more academic and behavioral resources will give students the edge they need to succeed. But the move in September to combine Gompers and North Campus continuation high schools into the new Sylvester...

02 Nov

Nota del Editor: El tutor Iván Rodríguez de Richmond High School ayuda a más de 100 estudiantes que no hablan inglés entender a sus maestros y sobrevivir la high school. La mayoría de los estudiantes son de El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras y México....

27 Oct

African immigrants in the Bay Area are upset that many of them have to go through a secondary review process in order to apply for a California driver’s license under AB 60. But DMV officials say the reason some countries don’t appear on the list of acceptable passports has to do...

26 Oct

For Kerry Walls, carrying the weight of a decade-old drug related felony was exhausting. A recent call to the Contra Costa Public Defender’s office offered a ray of hope. Walls was told he was eligible to have his two drug-related felonies cleared through California’s Prop 47, a measure passed last...

25 Oct

The Richmond Grinders won a medal at the junior Olympics nationals in Virginia this year. And as their coach, I can tell you that what they accomplished is only the beginning. Their success is part of a bigger movement in Richmond and across the country, and its inspiration dates all...

22 Oct

A new center in downtown Richmond aims to help individuals navigate the process of rejoining society after prison. The Reentry Success Center, which celebrated its grand opening on Oct. 13, is financed in large part by Contra Costa County's prison realignment funds....

22 Oct

I understand why some people might hesitate to use the term "leader." A leader is expected to be brave, intentional, on point and real. You see leaders go off on their own with confidence and make things happen....

21 Oct

Knowing your rights in the workplace can be the difference between being exploited and getting a living wage. That was a key message for women immigrants at the third annual API Women’s Summit that took place in September in Oakland....

17 Oct

The ACLU of California is making it even easier to upload recordings of police encounters with the new app Mobile Justice, which allows the videos to be sent directly to the ACLU. ...

16 Oct

Flooding into the Craneway Pavilion, Marina Bay Park and the SS Red Oak Victory Ship, locals celebrated the ninth annual Richmond Homefront Festival this past Saturday, Oct. 10, recognizing the special role that the city's shipyards played in World War II....

13 Oct

Marking a decade of community gardening, about 225 people came from across the Bay Area to the Craneway Pavilion on Saturday, Oct. 3 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the non-profit Urban Tilth....

13 Oct

Five hours of sleep. Six hours of school. Two hours of community service because you can’t get into college unless you’ve raised money for a Third World country. Another five hours of homework because you thought you would be able to handle four AP classes. ...

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