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Healthy Relationships, Violence Prevention and Lessons from a Whitney Houston Soundtrack
Commentary, April Suwalsky Lucia came into the dorm hall lounge and crashed on the couch across from me. “The counselor said I am addicted to him,” she whispered, and immediately burst into tears. Tears became deep and guttural sobs. It was our first year of college, and Lucia was stuck in...
Rockets Season a Success, Despite Off-Court Challenges
News Report, Kia Croom | Photo, Robert Rogers Despite losing their first-ever American Basketball Association (ABA) playoff game to the Bay Area Matrix by a score of 126-86, the Richmond Rockets can take pride in their inaugural season, which ended with a winning record of 18-8. Although their stint in the playoffs...
Rockets Season a Success, Despite Off-Court Challenges
News Report, Kia Croom | Photo, Robert Rogers Despite losing their first-ever American Basketball Association (ABA) playoff game to the Bay Area Matrix by a score of 126-86, the Richmond Rockets can take pride in their inaugural season, which ended with a winning record of 18-8. Although their stint in the playoffs...
19
Mar
Youth Organize to End Violence, “Reclaim Richmond”
News Feature, Taisa Grant Late last month, the City of Richmond caught a glimpse of its own future when teachers, activists, youth mentors, police officers, the mayor and others came together for a town hall style meeting called "Reclaiming Richmond.” Young people from the group RAW Talent hosted the dialogue, which focused...
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San Pablo Community Welcomes a Very “Green” Wanlass Park
News Report, Edgardo Cervano-Soto With a huge platinum scissor, Marilyn Wanlass and San Pablo Mayor Cecilia Valdez, snipped the red ribbon in celebration of opening Wanlass Park to the public this past Saturday, March 3rd. Following the cut, a wave of children rushed to the playground. Close to 200 parents, children...
Richmond Mayor Honors Local Youth Poets
News Report, Monica Quesada Poetry, applause and laughter reigned at last week’s “Meet with the Mayor” event, a monthly gathering held at the Richmond Public Library and hosted by mayor Gayle McLaughlin. This month, the mayor’s special guests included a number of local, award-winning youth poets. Danica Garcia, a...
Grassroots Anti-Violence Efforts Starting to Bear Fruit in Richmond
News Report, Monica Quesada Richmond, long burdened by the reputation of being one of the Bay Area’s most dangerous cities, experienced an overall decrease in violent crime last year, according to data recently made public by the city’s police department. Overall, violent crime decreased 14 percent citywide between 2010 and 2011,...
Local Dietician Helps Richmond Fight Obesity Epidemic
News Report, Karina Guadalupe Jan Schilling has been working as a registered dietitian for over 40 years, during which time she has seen the percentage of Americans who are overweight and suffer from high cholesterol skyrocket from 10 percent to 67 percent. The number is even more startling - 70...
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Mar
Fired Steel Workers March for Dignity
Video, Josue Rojas, Posted: Feb 29, 2012 EDITOR'S NOTE: Two hundred immigrant workers and their families joined hundreds of supporters in a march through downtown Berkeley February 17, protesting their firing from Pacific Steel Castings. The company is one of the city's biggest employers, and the largest steel foundry west of...
Wired In: Untangling Digital Literacy, Advocacy and Lady Gaga
Wired In is a series of daily reflections from The CC Pulse reporter Edgardo Cervano-Soto on his participation in Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation launch at Harvard University and The California Endowment’s Building Healthy Communities campaign. February, 27, 2012-Day 1: Downtown Los Angeles When I first learned I would be attending...
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Feb
Suspensions at Richmond High Plummet
News Report, Donny Lumpkins and Malcolm Marshall, Posted: Feb 28, 2012 By this time last year Richmond High had recorded close to 500 suspensions. This year the school, which caters to one of the poorest and most underserved student populations in the Bay Area, has halved that number through an...
Making Waves of Peace In Richmond’s Neighborhoods
News Report, Robert Rogers | Richmond Confidential George Mitchell stood in front of the mic, glanced at his notes, and let fly. It’s not always easy for Richmond’s young people like Mitchell to express their feelings and their fears, especially to their peers. But Mitchell was bold, thanks in part...
