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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>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>Soda tax voted on to Richmond ballot</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 20:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spencer Whitney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[City council leaders In Richmond voted 5-2 on Tuesday night to put a special soda tax proposal on the November 6 ballot. The soda tax would add a one cent per ounce surcharge to soda and other sugary fruit drinks that contain less than ten percent juice.
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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>Berkeley students present findings at North Richmond community meeting</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/05/10/berkeley-students-present-findings-at-north-richmond-community-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 20:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Richmond is a unique Bay Area community poised for growth and investment in the coming years. But it’s also saddled with a history of decades of poverty and violence, and a jaded outlook toward political leaders and outside forces. How well the tiny community of about 4,000 residents can reconcile those clashing realities could...]]></description>
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		<title>Local nonprofits report progress made in education and employment with Chevron support</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/04/26/local-nonprofits-report-progress-made-in-education-and-employment-with-chevron-support/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chevron Corp. invested $1 million in seven nonprofits focused on improving science and math education and enhancing economic development in Richmond. On Wednesday, about more than 100 people came to the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts to hear leaders from the seven organizations report on what they accomplished with the money over the...]]></description>
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		<title>Earth Day in North Richmond is about honoring past, looking to future</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/04/22/earth-day-in-north-richmond-is-about-honoring-past-looking-to-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 100 residents and activists turned out in force to work and celebrate Earth Day in North Richmond on Saturday. But they had a lot of help from those no longer here in body, but very much loom over this historic community in spirit. “It feels so good that the community thinks so much...]]></description>
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		<title>Residents come together to clean Point Molate Beach</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For eight years, a jewel in Richmond has been kept from public view. It’s a stretch of sandy beach, where gentle swells lap against the shore and each day closes with a brilliant sunset framed by the San Rafael Bridge. But Point Molate Beach has been closed since 2004, when the city’s fiscal troubles forced...]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy Richmond protesters celebrate Earth Day, criticize Chevron</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Kleinveld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Around two hundred people gathered Friday at the Richmond BART for a rally in celebration of Earth Day. During the event, organized by Occupy Richmond, protestors carried signs, sang songs and chanted slogans against Chevron.
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