The concentration of poverty tends to concentrate other problems like violent crime. Criminologists have long agreed on this relationship between poverty and crime. The city of Richmond, as the map to the left suggests, is plagued by both social ills.
How hard is it to excel in a hunting education and safety class at the Richmond Rod and Gun club? Let’s just say not hard for one eight-year-old but a little bit more difficult for me. Listen to my journey at the gun club.
Competing in a sport described as “heaven and hell on wheels” and “roller skating on steroids,” this local squad dominated the Bay Area Derby Girls league, achieving a perfect season.
Some Richmond residents are concerned that local jobs created by the federal stimulus package aren’t going to local residents.
It was a classic Thanksgiving dinner – except for the burning sage, a prayer to the Great Spirit and a history lesson about Richmond’s Santa Fe Indian Village.
By Callie Shanafelt
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Posted in Front, History
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Tagged Acoma, Bertha Hicks, History, Katherine Lewis, Kurt Medina, Laguna, Native Wellness Center, richmond, Ruth Sarracino Hopper, Santa Fe Indian Village, Thanksgiving
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A Civic Center audience enjoyed an aural dash of Dvorak, a call to a West African divinity and some Miles Davis on Community Music Day.
By Phoebe Fronistas
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Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Front, Uncategorized
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Tagged civic center, community music day, david ramadanoff, east bay center, fofui, jordan simmons, laura zaylea, performing arts, richmond jazz collective, son de la tierra, west african music and dance ensemble, winters building, young people's symphony orchestra
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People on the streets of Richmond talk about what they are looking forward to on Thanksgiving.
In the huddle with the California School for the Deaf football team.
