Monthly Archives: March 2011

Violence flares again in North Richmond, tensions mount

Two men were shot, one fatally, while standing on Third Street on Wednesday night.

North Richmond man slain, neighborhood on edge

Ervin Coley III, 21, worked as a gardener in his community.

Meet Jazz Hudson, the revolutionary poet

Twenty-two year old spoken word artist Jazz Hudson has been rocking East Bay mics since the eighth grade. From her first writer’s workshop at the West Oakland Library — where her father sent her to “curb that mouth of hers” — she has performed from the streets of Oakland and Richmond to the national stage, often with her three-year-old son Nassor at her side.

A $22 million hunk of rock

Located west of the Richmond shoreline, the only private island in the San Francisco Bay is on the market.

Bandwidth: Piano duo the John Brothers makes street performance pay

Oakland residents John Morgan and John Boomer graduated from UC Berkeley in 2009. A few months later, they faced a decision: make some quick cash, or move back home. On a lark, Morgan wheeled a full-size piano out to Macarthur BART station, sat down, and played.

Bandwidth: Texan sibling band brings honky tonk to the East Bay

Brother and sister Sarah Lynn and Aaron Goeth were raised on church service and bar music while growing up in San Antonio, Texas. Now living in Oakland, the ginger-haired duo have been playing as Aquarena Springs, a country, honky-tonk band that incorporates the ukelele, drums, bass, melodica and keyboard.

Students from Shimada, Japan, tour Richmond

Six students from Richmond’s sister city introduced themselves to the public at Tuesday’s special City Council meeting.

Evicted pastor joined by police chief, county supervisor in denouncing bank, asking for support

Pastor Sydney Keys of the recently evicted Bible Way Community Church in Richmond joined community leaders Tuesday to denounce the church’s mortgage holder, Torrey Pines Bank, for foreclosing on the church last week, and asked the community for financial support.

Richmond makes pitch for coveted Berkeley lab

City officials on Tuesday said the city was in strong position win the competition to be the site of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s new campus.

Roller derby teams battle it out at Richmond’s Craneway Pavilion

Meet the B.ay A.rea D.erby (B.A.D.) Girls Roller Derby league.

Richmond icon recounts a past of trials and triumphs

George Livingston, the city’s first elected black mayor.

Efforts to save Iron Triangle church end in arrests

Two days of civil disobedience to save the Bible Way Apostolic Church from foreclosure ended yesterday when Contra Costa sheriff’s deputies arrested Pastor Sydney Keys, his wife, mother and two other activists.

Students from Japanese sister city to visit despite tragedy

Seven guests from Shimada, Richmond’s sister city in Japan, are set to visit Saturday for a nine-day stay. As they celebrate the 50th anniversary of the relationship between the two cities, the visitors from Shimada will also be recovering from of the biggest tragedies in their country’s history.