26 Mar

By Nancy DeVille It’s the decision that many hoped would never come: Doctors Medical Center is closing April 21. The board of West Contra Costa Healthcare District, which governs DMC, made the decision Thursday after they were advised the hospital is running out of money and has exhausted opportunities to borrow additional...

25 Mar

Read in English Entrevista por Vernon Whitmore Nota del Editor: El nuevo miembro del concejo de la ciudad de Richmond es Vinay Pimple (pronunciado Pim-PLAY), un abogado de 47 años de edad que ha estado en el puesto por menos de un mes. Pimple fue elegido por unanimidad por el concejo de...

25 Mar

By Nancy DeVille | Photo by David Meza As the threat of Doctors Medical Center’s shutdown draws closer, Maria Sahagun says she still hasn’t given up hope. An emergency room nurse at DMC, Sahagun and her colleagues have spent months urging the West Contra Costa Healthcare District to come up with a...

25 Mar

News Report, Edgardo Cervano-Soto The family of 24-year-old Richard Perez III marked the six-month anniversary of his death with a protest March 17 at a Richmond City Council meeting, demanding that prosecutors charge the police officer who shot him, despite a conclusion by the District Attorney’s office that the officer had...

23 Mar

Leer en Español Interview by Vernon Whitmore EDITOR’S NOTE: Richmond’s newest city council member is Vinay Pimple (pronounced Pim-PLAY), a 47-year-old attorney who has been on the job for less than a month. Pimple was selected unanimously by the city council from a group of 17 contenders to fill the seat vacated...

19 Mar

By Leslie Basurto Richmond Police Captain Bisa French was the keynote speaker at this year’s International Women’s Day celebration in Richmond. As the Richmond Police Department’s first ever African-American woman to be captain, French discussed the importance of “planting seeds” in the minds of young people. She took those in attendance on...

19 Mar

By Melvin Willis | Photo by Alice Kantor A new UC Berkeley campus being planned for Richmond must take into account the needs of the city’s residents. That’s the message the Richmond City Council sent UC Berkeley last month, when the council called on UC Berkeley to sign a community benefits...

19 Mar

Leer en Español By Joanna Pulido It was a chilly night in February at the North Coast Section Division II boys soccer championship, and there was Richmond High School computer graphics and animation teacher Mario Ferrari, cheering the home team loudly, clenching the rails of the stands and pacing back and forth...

18 Mar

News Report, Anna Challet | New America Media The safety net for uninsured Californians is full of holes – and those holes are much bigger for the state’s undocumented people. That’s one of the main findings of a new study by the statewide health care advocacy coalition Health Access. The organization’s executive director Anthony Wright says...

16 Mar

[caption id="attachment_5123" align="aligncenter" width="500"] DACA recipient Ana Alcantara, 22, was misinformed by her tax preparer and ended up paying an unnecessary penalty.[/caption]  News Report, Viji Sundaram| New America Media A new scam targeting immigrants has gotten the attention of Uncle Sam. Health advocates are concerned that tax preparers have been misinforming, and some even outright...

15 Mar

By Chanelle Ignant A national campaign to make environmental groups more racially diverse is asking Bay Area non-profits to share their diversity data with the public. It’s the first step in addressing a problem that’s been going on for decades: People of color are disproportionately affected by environmental problems like pollution, yet...

13 Mar

Commentary • David Meza  | Photo •  Sara Lafleur Vetter, Richmond Confidential "When was the last time you were you in jail?" A young white police officer asked me this question after he pulled me over while I rode my bike in Pinole, CA, close to Richmond, where I live. It was Feb....

10 Mar

Photo Essay, Malcolm Marshall Children and families explored their creative spirits together by seeing and making art at a bilingual art tour hosted by the Richmond Art Center March 7. Lauren Ari, a teacher at the art center, led the group of about 10 on a guided tour of the center's galleries, along...

07 Mar

By Nancy DeVille Two new charter schools focusing on technology, high graduation rates and college readiness will open near Hilltop Mall this fall, and are taking applications now. Aspire Public Schools will open Aspire Richmond Technology Academy with an enrollment of 244 students in grades K-5 and Aspire Richmond California College Preparatory...

Enjoy our content?  
SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER
JOIN TODAY
close-image