Hundreds of youths, community members and civic leaders turned out for the RYSE Center’s 2nd Annual “Back to School Summer Jam.”
By Robert Rogers
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Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Development, Front, Uncategorized
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Tagged art, Contra Costa County, gioia, hip hop, mclaughlin, richmond, RYSE center, youth
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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.
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.
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.
The restored East Brother Light Station, turned into a unique bed and breakfast, is still standing and kept alive thanks to its dedicated innkeepers.
By Veronica Moscoso
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Posted in Front, History, Photography
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Tagged Anne Witts, bed and breakfast, Coast Guard, East Brother Island, East Brother Light Station, Ed Witts, fog, foghorn, Inc., innkeeper, lighthouse, Marin, Marin coastline, Mount Tamalpais, National Register of Historic Places, point san pablo yacht harbor, San Francisco, San Francisco skyline, Victorian lighthouse, volunteers
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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.
An innovative and in many ways unique educational program is flourishing on the other side of the Richmond-San Rafael bridge, in an institution through which many of Richmond’s sons have cycled over the years.
By Robert Rogers
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Posted in Crime, Education, Front, Uncategorized
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Tagged corrections, Education, jody lewen, patten university, prison, prison university project, richmond, san quentin
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City leaders applauded groundbreaking on a new parking garage at the Richmond BART station during a Tuesday morning ceremony.
Three months after being imprisoned for missing parole appointments and failing drug tests, a corrections bus scooped him up from San Quentin State Prison and dumped him a few blocks from his mother’s home just off Cutting Boulevard.
By Robert Rogers
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Posted in Crime, Development, Economy, Front, Uncategorized
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Tagged California, Crime, drugs, news21, parole, prison, recidivism, richmond, san quentin, violence
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Despite pleas from the owners and patrons of Richmond’s medical marijuana dispensaries, the city council decided Monday during a special, closed session to continue with court cases aimed at shutting down the city’s pot clubs. Each of the city’s eight dispensaries have been faced with cease-and-desist orders from city prosecutors, who say that because Richmond…
By Ian Stewart
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Posted in Crime, Development, Economy, Front, Government, Health
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Tagged city council, gayle mclaughlin, Holistic Healing Collective, jim rogers, marijuana, medical marijuana, politics, Rebecca Vasquez, richmond
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The 40 or so people who gathered Wednesday to discuss alternatives to the Indian casino development plan at Point Molate appeared to have more frustrations so far than new ideas.
By Ian Stewart
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Posted in Development, Economy, Environment, Front, Point Molate
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Tagged casino, Community and Environment, David Early, Design, Don Gosney, Indian casino, Michael Beer, point molate, Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians, upstream
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Richmond residents had fun celebrating National Day Out Tuesday evening, hosting block parties in 24 different neighborhoods.
By Veronica Moscoso
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Posted in Crime, Development, Front, Photography, Richmond Faces, Video
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Tagged Belle, block parties, Building Blocks for Kids, City Manager Bill Lindsay and Fire Chief Mark Banks, community, Contra Costa County Conflict Resolution Program, crime prevention, Elizabeth Thompson, firefighters, Gossamer, Marina Bay, Mayor Gayle McLaughlin, Michael Rogers, National Night Out, Police Chief Chris Magnus, police officers, Richmond Heights, Tyler Park, Winnie the Pooh
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This evening 24 neighborhoods in Richmond will join National Night Out, an annual nationwide event celebrated since 1984.
By Veronica Moscoso
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Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Crime, Front, Uncategorized
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Tagged block parties, caravan, communities, crime prevention, Michelle Milam, National Association of Town Watch, National Night Ou, neighborhood, richmond, Richmond Fire Department, richmond police department, safety, Target, The East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, watch group
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