Editor's Note: Young people in the San Francisco Bay Area write about how they see their future with the regional Internet giant Facebook. Molly Raynor, 27, Richmond I am a 27-year-old transplant from Ann Arbor, Michigan. I run a creative arts program in Richmond, California, live with my best friend in Oakland...

Editor's Note: Young people in the San Francisco Bay Area write about how they see their future with the regional Internet giant Facebook. Molly Raynor, 27, Richmond I am a 27-year-old transplant from Ann Arbor, Michigan. I run a creative arts program in Richmond, California, live with my best friend in Oakland...

Commentary, D'vondre Woodards Probation. If you ever did a crime in your life, you know what the word means. I’ve been on probation for two and a half years, since June 15, 2009. But the story really started on October 23, 2008, the day I was...

News Feature, Edgardo Cervano-Soto Editor’s Note: Liberty Ship Café not only serves tasty Latin-fusion lunches at the Farmer’s Market in Richmond, Calif., it’s cooking up a cooperative business dream. It is 8 o’clock on a Thursday night, and inside a commercial kitchen at Veterans Hall members of the Liberty Ship Café, a...

Photo Essay, Richmond Councilmemeber Tom Butt In perhaps the best organized ever Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service in Richmond, a crowd of hundreds turned out to clean, plant, weed and mulch a dozen different projects stretching along the Richmond Greenway from 5th Street to 16th Street and at 22nd...

News Report, by Kia Croom More than 150 public officials, faith leaders and residents of the Iron Triangle, Shields-Reid and Parchester Village neighborhoods marched last Saturday under the banner “Marching for Change,” to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Walkers of all ages lined...

News Report, Donny Lumpkins On a recent tour of Contra Costa County public schools, Congressman George Miller (D- Martinez), a Richmond native, stopped by Richmond High School to speak to about 20 students who are members of the Bay Area Peacekeepers (BAP), a program that helps “at-risk” kids stay in school...

News Report, Edgardo Cervano-Soto Editor’s Note: California’s DREAM Act gave bright undocumented students new hope for going to college, but issues like low funding could undermine the act for many. Despite the announcement of Gov. Jerry Brown signing into law the California DREAM Act last October, students applying for colleges at Richmond...

News Analysis, Taisa Grant Editor's note: Earlier this month, the Richmond City Council voted in favor of placing an inititiative on the November ballot for a citywide tax on sugar-sweetened beverages. Responding to the proposed intitiative, The CC Pulse reporter Taisa Grant wrote the following piece based on a report...

News Report, Kia Croom Richmond voters will get a chance to weigh in on a penny-per-ounce soda tax next year. The city council directed staffers to prepare a measure for the November 2012 ballot that would impose a sales tax on "sweetened beverages." Councilman Tom Butt said that the city...

News Report, Sean Shavers, Posted: Dec 09, 2011 Editor’s Note:  The CC Pulse reporter Sean Shavers spoke to young people from various Bay Area neighborhoods, as well as law enforcement officials and youth workers, to gain an understanding of today’s drug trends and how they impact health at a community level. Across the...

News Feature, Iraida Santillan//Photos Briana Brooks Brianna Brooks is a senior at Middle College High School, an alternative high school located on the campus of Contra Costa College in San Pablo, CA. On a trip to Africa, Brooks says she “found the meaning of life,” which she believes is “through helping...

Food Review, The CC Pulse The best way to get fresh and nutritious food is to get it straight from the source: Right out of the ground it was grown in. Luckily for residents of Richmond, the 6th Street community gardens are free and open to everyone. Anyone can come and volunteer...

Video, William Haynes William Haynes has his own youtube video channel, WilliamHaynesTV, where since 2009, he has produced and uploaded videos that address issues ranging from climate change to peer pressure and youth culture. In this installment, Haynes reminds us why confidence is good! ...

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