News Report + Photos, Marco Villalobos Beneath a mural depicting salvation outside St. Mark’s Church, Ruben Pedroza stood trying to figure out his family’s health insurance. Inside the church hall, a meeting was underway to educate residents as to what health coverage they might qualify for due to the Affordable Care...
By Nancy DeVille Scores of cyclists took to Richmond streets Wednesday in a silent ride to draw attention to bike safety issues on the local roads. About 50 cyclists participated in the Ride of Silence, a global event to remind motorists to safely share the road with cyclists. The event, sponsored locally...
News Report + Photos, Sukey Lewis Pregnancy and parenthood can be both scary, and exciting; bringing a new life into the world comes with a host of new responsibilities and uncertainties. With that in mind, community groups and healthcare organizations in Richmond invited new and expecting parents to celebrate their...
by Edgardo Cervano-Soto Teresa Jimenez, 22, found a surprising way to deal with the stress of high school. “Honestly, I wasn’t doing so [well],” Teresa explains. “I was cutting a lot of school. There was a lot of pressure to be a certain way and I didn’t feel I could socially relate...
Photo Essay, David Meza Bike to Work Day is an annual spring event held in cities across the United States and Canada that promotes biking as a healthier and more environmentally friendly commuter option. This year in the Bay Area, cyclists observed the day on May 8, and roughly 20,000 bicyclists...
News Report, Chanelle Ignant Editor's Note: Their numbers on campus shrinking, black students at Richmond High feel ignored -- but new parent and student groups seek to change that. It’s a Thursday evening at Richmond High School, and the hallways of this normally bustling campus have fallen quiet. Behind closed doors in...
Photo Essay, David Meza Verde Elementary School in North Richmond hosted an anti-bullying rally on April 16th. The "Anti Bully Machine" event was organized by second grade teacher Lola Sims, with the goal of encouraging and teaching children how to treat each other with decency and respect at all times, and...
Khalid's Corner • Khalid Elahi I value life so much more now. I reminisce back on my younger days, how I used to play with my life -- I kept it on the line, all the time. Power, dominance and control were traits that I picked up from nursing...
By Will Harper On any given Tuesday night at the RotaCare Richmond Free Medical Clinic, there is a steady stream of uninsured patients seeking health care from volunteer doctors and nurses. The weekly clinic, which provides free non-emergency care to adults and children, regularly operates at capacity. The Richmond clinic – one...
New America Media, News Report, Anna Challet SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Salmon Hossein, an Afghan-American Muslim working on a joint law and public policy degree at UC Berkeley and Harvard, says that his own family hates that he has a beard. The outward sign of his Muslim faith, he says, makes...
Interview + Photo • David Meza Editor’s Note: Tanya Rovira is a Health Education Specialist and Food Security Coordinator for Contra Costa Health Services Community Wellness and Prevention Program. She is also co-chair of the Richmond Food Policy Council, a collaboration of community organizations, government agencies and individual community members whose mission is to...
By Zaira Sierra YES Nature to Neighborhoods, a local nonprofit that creates opportunities for Richmond residents to connect with nature, held its second annual Walk to Nature event on March 29. The walk was meant to bring community members out to enjoy public spaces like Miller Knox, a local park that is...
Read in English Entrevista por Vernon Whitmore Nota del Editor: El veterano editor de periódicos del Área de la Bahía y colaborador de The CC Pulse, Vernon Whitmore recientemente se sentó con el supervisor del Condado de Contra Costa John Gioia para discutir los esfuerzos en marcha para evitar el cierre del...
Leer en Español Interview by Vernon Whitmore Editor’s Note: Longtime Bay Area newspaper publisher and The CC Pulse contributor Vernon Whitmore recently sat down with Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia to discuss efforts underway to avoid the closure of Doctors Medical Center (also known as Doctors Hospital), a full-service non-profit medical...
News from the Mayor's Office | Written by Nicole Valentino On Saturday, April 19, while many adults and families from the Richmond community were gathering at Point Molate Beach for the grand re-opening, young people of the city gathered for the 2014 Richmond Youth Summit. Mayor Gayle McLaughlin hosted the summit, at the...
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