10 Sep

Photo Essay, Luis Cubas 
It was a beautiful, sunny day, and the rhythm of the music was perfect, along with the scent of food being cooked. For the fourth consecutive August, the RYSE Center, a nonprofit youth center in Richmond, organized its own Summer Jam, an event that features live music,...

04 Sep

Sabiduria de un Líder Comunitario, Khalid Elahi Nunca conocí el valor completo de la vida hasta que perdí a mi amigo más cercano a la brutalidad de una arma en 1991. Vi los efectos que su muerte tuvo en su familia entera y las metas que nunca cumpliría....

Read in English Reportaje, Malcolm Marshall La estudiante de último año en Richmond High School Maribel Navarro recuerda lo que se siente tener que ir a la sala de emergencia cada vez que tenía un ataque de asma, lo que solía ser seguido. “Cuando era pequeña, mi asma era muy fuerte. Iba...

01 Sep

Leer en Español News Report, Malcolm Marshall Richmond High School senior Maribel Navarro remembers what it felt like to have to go to the emergency room every time she had an asthma attack, which was often. “When I was little, I'd get my asthma really bad. I would go to the hospital...

29 Aug

By Yaquelin Valencia My name is Yaquelin Valencia. I am 21-years-old, an undocumented Dreamer and a recent recipient of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). I was born in Aquila, Michoacán, Mexico. My mother brought me to the U.S. at the age of two, and I was raised in Richmond, California....

28 Aug

Por Yaquelin Valencia Mi nombre es Yaquelin Valencia. Tengo 21 años, soy una DREAMER indocumentada y recién beneficiaria de DACA (Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia). Nací en Aquila, Michoacán, México. Mi mamá me trajo a los Estados Unidos cuando yo tenía dos años, y crecí en Richmond, California....

16 Aug

By Antoinette J. Evans If all goes according to plan, Richmond public schools -- and the students they serve -- will have something positive to look forward to, this fall and beyond. Back in 2010, California’s State Board of Education voted to adopt a new...

13 Aug

News Report • Susan Ferriss, The Center for Public Integrity Minors with mental health problems and other disabilities are held in “unconscionable conditions” of 23-hour solitary confinement and deliberately cut off from education and other rehabilitation at a San Francisco Bay Area juvenile hall, alleges a lawsuit filed Thursday in federal...

12 Aug

Profile, Pendarvis Harshaw In 2008, Reinaldi Gilder promised himself that he would never go back to jail. Since his release in December of that year, he’s not only managed to keep his word, he has also shown others that they can do the same. “Being on probation [is] kind of like being...

by Adrienne Chaney For Here Or To Go, a feature film being shot this summer in San Francisco and other locations across the Bay Area, is a commanding portrayal of the trials and challenges confronting Indian immigrants to the U.S., representing a first for the silver screen. And the story is...

07 Aug

Photo Essay, Luis Cubas [flagallery gid=7] For most, the word “anniversary” evokes memories of happy times. But on August 6th, the word took on an entirely different meaning in Richmond. It was on that date last year that a huge black cloud was seen pluming out of the Chevron Refinery, which was...

06 Aug

Leer en Español By Edgardo Cervano-Soto For over 100 years, the histories of Richmond and Chevron have been intertwined, to the extent that they sometimes seem like reflections of one another -- rival siblings who share the same DNA yet can’t stop squabbling. Last summer the relationship was strained once again, due to...

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