With a new coach and game plan, John F. Kennedy High School’s once proud football program is poised to return to glory in this Friday’s season opener versus El Cerrito at Contra Costa College.
RYSE center kicks off school year with street festival
Hundreds of youths, community members and civic leaders turned out for the RYSE Center’s 2nd Annual “Back to School Summer Jam.”
Local children growing up without parents
Like thousands of children in Richmond, 12-year-old Jaquan Smith has lost a parent to crime and imprisonment. The boy lives with family friends in Parchester Village.
“Peace” is her middle name
Like many African American families, Mary “Peace” Head and her brood migrated to the Bay Area from Louisiana in search of work and opportunity. She remains a local icon ensconced in her beloved Parchester Village.
A Richmond Jewel, reborn
After two years of tireless fundraising, intensive construction and nearly $8 million in costs, the 324,000 gallon Richmond Plunge swimming pool is now open to all. June Albonico, 83, gives a video tour of this famous landmark’s history.
Innkeeping at the East Brother Lighthouse
The restored East Brother Light Station, turned into a unique bed and breakfast, is still standing and kept alive thanks to its dedicated innkeepers.
Integrating California prison cells
California’s sprawling prison system, the nation’s largest, retains deep racial divisions five years after a court-mediated settlement set in motion a plan to limit race-based cell assigning practices.