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		<title>Richmond clergy talk crime, politics and community over breakfast in Parchester</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 18:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About 50 people, including more than a dozen influential African American clergy members, two councilmen and Police Chief Chris Magnus gathered for breakfast Saturday at Greater El Bethel Baptist Church in Parchester Village. Like they do on a Saturday every month, the religious and civic leaders discussed issues facing Richmond, including health, politics and public...]]></description>
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		<title>Richmond leaders hail completion of J.O. Ford Elementary construction project</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 23:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[City and school district officials joined more than 100 residents and students to officially open the new facilities at J.O. Ford Elementary School in Richmond on Saturday, including new classrooms and playgrounds and modern, colorful facade. “When our kids can go to a first-class, world-class facility like this,” Councilman Jim Rogers told the crowd, “we...]]></description>
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		<title>Men and Women of Purpose draw Richmond leaders to open house event</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 16:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 120 people crowded into the parking lot of the Neighborhood House of North Richmond around noon Friday for music and food. They also learned more about the Men and Women of Purpose, the new community-based nonprofit a that offers programs aimed at reducing violence, recidivism, homelessness, drug abuse and chronic unemployment. “The turnout,...]]></description>
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		<title>Richmond police ramp up presence to head off escalating tensions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 00:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A flare up of deadly shootings in Richmond and unincorporated North Richmond has police and anti-violence workers mobilized in an effort to quell further violence. A version of this article appeared first in the Contra Costa Times. On Monday morning, 22-year-old Orlando Yancy was killed in a drive-by in unincorporated North Richmond, the second homicide...]]></description>
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		<title>Blacknell sentenced to life without parole for 2009 crime spree</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 22:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joe “Fatter” Blacknell III was sentenced to life in prison plus more than 200 years without possibility of parole for the March 2009 murder of an up-and-coming East Bay rap artist and a September 2009 shooting and carjacking spree in Richmond and Oakland. Blacknell, now 21, was arrested after a brief foot pursuit with Richmond...]]></description>
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		<title>Ride of Silence raises awareness for Richmond bicyclists</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/05/18/ride-of-silence-raises-awareness-for-richmond-bicyclists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 16:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A version of this story first appeared in the Contra Costa Times. David Meza was the victim of a hit-and-run incident in March. A white sedan struck him as he rode his bicycle near Pennsylvania Avenue and Harbour Way, then sped away. The incident left him with abrasions on his face, palms and knees, and...]]></description>
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		<title>Richmond police arrest wanted suspect, investigate homicide, pot cultivation fire</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/05/16/richmond-police-arrest-wanted-suspect-investigate-homicide-pot-cultivation-fire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 02:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richmond police have had a busy 18 hours. Since 10 p.m. Tuesday, police and other emergency personnel have dealt with a seven-hour standoff with an attempted murder suspect, an early morning fire at an illegal marijuana cultivation warehouse and a deadly shooting at 10 a.m. Wednesday. The pot fire is the lowest priority investigation, according...]]></description>
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		<title>Richmond City Council to consider soda tax ballot measure</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/05/15/richmond-city-council-to-consider-soda-tax-ballot-measure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 22:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A version of this story first appeared in the Contra Costa Times Richmond leaders hope to reduce consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in the city, and they want voters to approve a fee on local businesses’ sales of those products. The city council on Tuesday will consider placing a measure on the November 6 ballot asking...]]></description>
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		<title>Jailhouse interview with Joe &#8216;Fatter&#8217; Blacknell, who faces life in prison for &#8217;09 slaying</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you say hello to a convicted murderer? The thought darted through my head as I strode through the Martinez Courthouse jail facility’s winding corridors of concrete and steel. In moments I would be face-to-face—albeit divided by two-inch thick Plexiglas—with Joe Blacknell III, the young man described by police and District Attorney’s Office officials...]]></description>
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		<title>North Richmond man killed in drive-by shooting</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 19:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man was shot and killed Monday morning as he walked in front the North Richmond Senior Center. No suspect or motive is yet known. By 8:20 a.m., the victim’s body was covered with a yellow tarp at the southwest corner of Silver Avenue and Fifth Street. Contra Costa County Sheriff’s deputies and detectives roped...]]></description>
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