Workers fired from foundry, community provides support
Richmond leaders were on hand to oppose the imminent firings of more than 200 undocumented workers in Berkeley who were flagged in a work eligibility...
Evelyn Xiaoqing Pi
Reporter
Stories by Xiaoqing
Schoolchildren take home toys from 23rd Street Merchants Association
By Evelyn Xiaoqing Pi Posted
About 2,000 Richmond and San Pablo elementary school children took home a toy each at the annual 23rd Street Merchants Association Toy Giveaway in Richmond...
Richmond Rockets suffer first loss to San Francisco Rumble
By Evelyn Xiaoqing Pi Posted
For the Richmond Rockets, it was a game of two halves. And a Richmond audience of roughly 800 people did not want to believe the...
Civil rights lawsuit against city, police chief drags on
By Evelyn Xiaoqing Pi Posted
The City Council approved $900,000 Tuesday to continue to defend the city in two civil rights lawsuits filed by a group of high-ranking Richmond police...
LBNL community members support Richmond
By Evelyn Xiaoqing Pi Posted
Although Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory representatives didn’t reveal the lab’s preference for a new location at Thursday night’s Community Advisory Group meeting, community members once...
RYSE Center turns three
By Evelyn Xiaoqing Pi Posted
What’s the party like when an anniversary and Halloween are tied together? RYSE Center, a community-based development and educational center for youth, had its third...
Richmond Writes! Poets present their work at city council
By Evelyn Xiaoqing Pi Posted
Mayor Gayle McLaughlin honored the Richmond Writes! Poetry Contest winners. Among them are 18 students from four elementary schools – Mira Vista, Sheldon, Washington and...
From anti-graffiti to anti-tag: Richmond considering new graffiti ordinance
By Evelyn Xiaoqing Pi Posted
Last October a group of student artists from Gompers High School pooled their money to buy paint and spent two weeks splashing vibrant blues and...
Fun run on the Home Front
By Evelyn Xiaoqing Pi Posted
More than 200 people ran or walked the Bay Trail at Marina Bay on Saturday as part of the Home Front Festival. Runners and walkers...
City spends 1.8 million on transMETRO despite disputes
By Evelyn Xiaoqing Pi Posted
The City Council decided last week to spend most of a $2 million tax settlement with Chevron on a conditional contract with transMETRO, a transportation...
Rough road ahead: Richmond’s pavement program to suffer budget cuts
By Evelyn Xiaoqing Pi Posted
Sit for a minute and watch cars drive the stretch of road on Barrett Avenue from Harbor Way to Seventh Street, and you can see...
City decides to support CyberTran’s dream
By Evelyn Xiaoqing Pi Posted
The City Council will spend $20,000 to lobby for a federal transportation grant to help light-rail company CyberTran develop 13 ultralight rail stations throughout the...
Richmond joins regional approach to ban plastic bags
By Evelyn Xiaoqing Pi Posted
The council passed a unanimous resolution to collaborate with the West Contra Costa Integrated Waste Management Authority to develop a single-use bag ordinance and to...
