07 Aug

Photo Essay, Ann Bassette This year, as they do every year, hundreds of Richmond residents came together to join communities around the country in celebrating National Night Out — a program that promotes neighborhood spirit and better police-community relations....

06 Aug

News Report, Nancy DeVille As California’s record-breaking drought extends into its fourth year, small farmers are struggling. But you wouldn't necessarily know it by a trip to the local farmers’ market. That’s because small farmers are doing everything they can – from ancient techniques to high tech – to become...

31 Jul

By Nancy DeVille | Photo Courtesy of Richmond Confidential Richmond residents may want to think twice before heading across the bay Aug. 1-2 and again on Labor Day weekend Sept. 5-7, as a Bay Area Rapid Transit tube closure is expected to displace about 100,000 transbay BART passengers....

30 Jul

Review, Edgardo Cervano-Soto Many students may not have heard of the “school-to-prison pipeline,” but they experience the reality up close. It is a series of steps the criminal justice and education system are taking to over-police, criminalize and punish students of color, specifically black and Latino students....

28 Jul

Commentary, Keisa Reynolds I am from Richmond. Despite attending K-12 in El Cerrito and being more familiar with its sites and people, it never felt right to claim being from there. I am from Richmond, where I can hop on a bus and run into at least two people who know...

28 Jul

Viji Sundaram, News Report | New America Media SAN FRANCISCO -- Even as health care advocates are celebrating California’s recent “landmark victory” in getting its undocumented children health care, Latino and Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities should show a united front and make sure that all of the state’s undocumented...

28 Jul

Reportaje, Malcolm Marshall A partir del 1° de diciembre, Richmond se convertirá en la primera ciudad de California en décadas – y la primera en el Condado de Contra Costa jamás – de promulgar una ordenanza de control de renta, después de una aprobación de 4-1 por el Ayuntamiento de Richmond....

24 Jul

By Ronvel Sharper, age 16 ­ On July 17, 2015, I joined about a hundred other people taking to Richmond’s streets for a Ceasefire night walk through neighborhoods impacted by gun violence. The weekly walks are the community’s attempt to lessen shootings in the city...

23 Jul

By Alison Ehara-Brown In the early morning of July 11th, I joined a group walk along the “blast zones” – the mile-wide sacrifice zones along the rail lines that would be destroyed in any kind of an oil railway explosion. ...

23 Jul

Photo Essay, David Meza Catahoula Coffee, a local go-to caffeine spot in Richmond since 2008, opened its doors last Sunday to say, “thanks,” to its many loyal patrons with a customer appreciation day. ...

22 Jul

By Corey Monroe When I heard that Fontino Jr. Hardy was shot and killed in Richmond on July 15, at 29 years old, I cried, big time. Losing this cool, young brother hurts....

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