Ride of Silence honors cyclists injured or killed on the road
He doesn’t remember the exact street he was on when he flew into traffic. But Najari Smith does remember riding in a shared lane—a section...
Wendi Jonassen
Wendi Jonassen covers environmental issues for Richmond Confidential. She has been published in Creative Loafing Atlanta, The San Francisco Bay Guardian and Sacramento News and Bee. Her undergraduate degree is in biology, highlighted by her field work with conservation projects. She wants to bring environmental and scientific issues into the public realm through communication. Send news tips and feedback to wendi.jonassen@richmondconfidential.org.
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Stories by Wendi
For those in detention centers, calling home can be an expensive problem
By Wendi Jonassen Posted
Roberto dela Rosa’s mother has been in detention centers for almost two years, trying to get refugee status to stay in the United States. During...
Housing plan sparks arguments on rent control, just cause evictions
By Wendi Jonassen Posted
After several hours of confusion and bickering, last week the Richmond City Council approved a housing element—a part of the general plan that will address...
Financially struggling Richmond hospital seeks partnership
By Wendi Jonassen Posted
Luis Moreno brought his 17-year-old stepdaughter to Doctors Medical Center last Monday after she missed two days of school due to flu symptoms. She is...
Special meeting to discuss vacant City Council seat this Thursday
By Wendi Jonassen Posted
After running out of time to officially declare the council seat left by Gary Bell as vacant at last week’s city council meeting, Mayor Gayle...
Urban Tilth to host 6th Annual MLK Day of Service
By Wendi Jonassen Posted
Even though Martin Luther King is technically a holiday, Urban Tilth is asking residents to spend the day helping beautify the city to celebrate the...
Richmond’s Toxics
By Sara Bernard and Wendi Jonassen Posted
Decades of industrial pollution have left toxic contaminants in Richmond's air, water, and soil. Click on the icons to learn more.
Asthma hospitalization rates for children in Contra Costa County
By Sara Bernard and Wendi Jonassen Posted
Environmental health advocates have often linked asthma rates in Richmond to nearby industrial polluters like the Chevron refinery. But while science has established some strong correlations...
Air Quailty District hosts informative session on refinery fire
By Wendi Jonassen Posted
A dozen Richmond residents, most donning shirts that read ‘Clean Air for All,’ rode a bus to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District office...
ACLU sues School District over alleged inadequacies
By Wendi Jonassen Posted
The West Contra Costa Unified School District’s Community Day School Program will start school in a new location at the Richmond Police Activities League this...
Urban agriculture organizations want their soil tested after Chevron refinery fire
By Wendi Jonassen Posted
After the Chevron refinery fire sent plumes of black smoke laden with chemicals into the air, Urban Tilth, one of Richmond’s urban agriculture organizations, wants...
Particulates below state standard after refinery fire, testing proved difficult
By Wendi Jonassen Posted
Results from a Bay Area Air Quality Management District analysis of particulate matter in the air over Richmond following the Aug. 6 Chevron refinery fire...
Veolia hires and trains two Richmond residents in wastewater management
By Wendi Jonassen Posted
In an effort to build better a more amicable relationship with the community, Veolia, the company that manages the wastewater treatment plant in Richmond, has...
