News Feature, Karina Guadalupe In an effort to remodel Crescent Park's Multicultural Family Resource Center, 49ers tight end Vernon Davis was in town to introduce the launch of The Positive Impact Project - a partnership between The Vernon and Vontae Davis Family Foundation, Modern Class Design (the interior design company Davis...

05 Apr

News Report, Donny Lumpkins Editor’s Note: Last October, California began implementation of AB109 and AB117, laws intended to reduce overcrowding in its state prisons. Since then, more than 22,400 inmates – many who are non-violent offenders - have shifted to county jails where some await trials that could result in their...

21 Mar

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...

21 Mar

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

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...

09 Mar

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...

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...

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,...

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...

01 Mar

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 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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