Plant a Tree, Help Richmond Go Green
On Jan. 9, volunteers huddled together in the much-needed rain for the area's second street-tree planting event of winter. ...
16
Jan
16
Jan
It’s Not ‘Just a Name’ – End Racial Slurs in Sports
With Super Bowl 50 right around the corner, fans are gearing up for the battle of 2016. But another battle has been raging in football and other sports over the last few years....
14
Jan
Eduardo Martinez: My First Year on Richmond’s City Council
2016 marks Eduardo Martinez’s first year as a Richmond City Councilmember. The retired educator and community activist was elected in 2015 in a historic election in which the Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA) defeated a $3 million dollar Chevron-backed campaign for opposition candidates, and in the process, claimed three of the...
12
Jan
Richmond Mosque Boosts Security in Wake of Bay Area Vandalism
Richmond mosque leaders are increasing security in the face of growing fears of attacks on American Muslims....
06
Jan
Bay Area Low-Income & Homeless Residents Push to Build Own Housing
In the Bay Area, where demands for affordable housing and solutions to homelessness have reached fever pitch, some low-income and homeless residents are taking things into their own hands – by trying to build housing themselves....
05
Jan
Richmond Raises Its Minimum Wage to $11.52
Some of Richmond’s workers are getting a boost in pay as the city’s minimum wage increases from $9.60 to $11.52 an hour on Jan. 1, 2016....
03
Jan
Recovering Addicts Give Back at Children’s Toy Giveaway
The day before Christmas Eve, the Bay Area Rescue Mission held an event to give away toys to needy children. But it was the adult volunteers – many of them in recovery – who really inspired me....
03
Jan
Exiting Police Chief Looks Back at 10 Years in Richmond
EDITOR’S NOTE: In the last of a series of interviews with The CC Pulse, Police Chief Chris Magnus discusses his departure from Richmond. Magnus recently accepted a new position as police chief of Tucson, Ariz....
31
Dec
2015: The Rise of Millennials
Millennials, especially teenagers, have a reputation of being apathetic and apolitical. We proved that wrong in 2015. Young people are not exempt from discrimination and violence and we are not afraid to fight back....
31
Dec
FUNdraising Good Times: Building Consensus and Reaching Agreement
Column, Mel and Pearl Shaw This is the second in a series focused on the prerequisites for fundraising success. Agreement is the cornerstone upon which a healthy nonprofit is built. Without agreement amongst an organization’s leadership it is almost impossible to sustain successful fundraising. You may be in a situation where there was...
31
Dec
Local Happenings: January 2016
Richmond will honor Martin Luther King Jr. with a national day of service from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18 on the Richmond Greenway. The event will feature volunteer projects from 9 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., a kids’ zone from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. and a commemoration ceremony...
30
Dec
Richmond Aumenta su Salario Mínimo a $11,52
Algunos de los trabajadores de Richmond están recibiendo un aumento de salario a medida que aumenta el salario mínimo de la ciudad de $9,60 a $11,52 por hora el 1° de enero 2016....
27
Dec
Making Juvenile Hall the Mental Health Provider of Last – Not First – Resort
According to a new study by the San Francisco-based Young Minds Advocacy, as many as 70 percent of the kids in California’s juvenile detention centers are in need of mental health care, and most of them are not getting it. Attorney Patrick Gardner, the organization's founder and one of...
26
Dec
Richmond Residents Show Support for Local Mosque
On Christmas Eve, nearly 150 residents of Richmond gathered at Masjid Al Rahman to show their support for the city’s Muslim community. Neighbors and allies who convened at the mosque, many for the first time, wrote paper messages of support such as “We Are One” and “Solidarity, ” and posted...
26
Dec
The Doom Generation Of American Minorities
Have you ever wondered, "Will I live past the age of 35?" The way you answer that question might be related to your ethnicity....
