Crime

Trial begins in 2011 shooting death of Gene Deshawn Grisby-Bell

By: Robert Rogers | April 24, 2012 – 8:41 pm

For Gene Deshawn Grisby-Bell, a toxic mixture of neighborhood feuds, searing juvenile emotions, a small-caliber handgun and bad luck led to the end of his...

Ritterman to step aside, field open for candidates for Richmond City Council

By: Robert Rogers | April 23, 2012 – 1:19 pm

Jeff Ritterman is out. Marilyn Langlois and Eduardo Martinez want in. The campaign kickoff event at the Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA) downtown offices Sunday drew...

Questions swirl around flap between ONS and sheriff at scene of North Richmond shooting

By: Robert Rogers | April 20, 2012 – 3:31 pm

The day after Tuesday’s shooting in unincorporated North Richmond left a 22-year-old man dying on the sidewalk, a city anti-violence agency filed a complain tagainst...

Postponed: North Richmond youth forum held off after recent violence

By: Robert Rogers | April 18, 2012 – 5:30 pm

A youth forum in North Richmond has been postponed in light of a deadly shooting Tuesday in front of a corner store a few blocks...

Berkeley students chip in to work with North Richmond

By: Robert Rogers | April 18, 2012 – 12:00 pm

North Richmond is no stranger to challenges – or proposed solutions. But a class of UC Berkeley grad students, backed by The California Endowment and...

Shooting rocks North Richmond corner market

By: Robert Rogers | April 17, 2012 – 3:35 pm

A midday shooting in front of a North Richmond corner market left two people shot Tuesday. Contra Costa County Sheriff’s deputies and detectives cordoned off...

City has spent $4.5 million defending against discrimination lawsuit

By: Rachel Waldholz | April 13, 2012 – 9:41 am

Now that a jury has cleared the city and police Chief Chris Magnus of racial discrimination and harassment charges—after five years of legal wrangling and...

Police Chief Magnus, Richmond, cleared of wrongdoing in racial discrimination suit

By: Robert Rogers | April 10, 2012 – 3:57 pm

Police Chief Chris Magnus, retired Deputy Chief Lori Ritter and the city of Richmond were cleared by a Contra Costa County jury on Tuesday of...

Richmond’s Congressman George Miller discusses healthcare, crime, pollution, and food policy

By: Wendi Jonassen | April 9, 2012 – 2:35 pm

Representative George Miller is an unabashedly left-leaning Democrat and Richmond’s congressional representative, who is currently focused on the national healthcare and budget debates.

Richmond police department discrimination suit goes to the jury

By: Mark Oltmanns | April 6, 2012 – 2:15 pm

Following three months of courtroom battles, and five years after seven high-ranking African American Richmond police officers first filed a discrimination lawsuit against the city,...

Defense begins closing arguments in Richmond police discrimination trial

By: Spencer Whitney | April 5, 2012 – 9:31 am

Defense attorneys Arthur A. Hartinger and Geoffrey Spellberg, representing Richmond Police Chief Chris Magnus, began their closing arguments on Wednesday morning in the discrimination suit...

Community letter on ONS controversy: Councilman Jeff Ritterman

By: Robert Rogers | April 5, 2012 – 8:13 am

Editor’s Note: The following is a letter submitted to RichmondConfidential.org by Councilman Jeff Ritterman. As a cooperative news organization and forum for community discourse, we...

Plaintiffs ask for millions in damages in closing arguments of Richmond Police discrimination suit

By: Robert Rogers | April 4, 2012 – 4:18 am

The attorney for six of the seven plaintiffs in the discrimination lawsuit against the city, Police Chief Chris Magnus and former Deputy Chief Lori Ritter...