The case of a 16-year-old girl who was raped at Richmond High, while as many as 20 people watched and did not call police, has inspired...
Assault Aftermath
Real men don’t stand by
Days after the Richmond High rape, crisis center director Rhonda James said that she had a training that could have prevented or lessened the severity...
Blogging for Jane Doe
News of the brutal Oct. 24 rape at Richmond High School stunned people nationally and internationally, as one Marin resident saw firsthand when she began...
No urgency before emergency
There’s a white wall at the east end of Emeric Avenue, a street that flows directly into the Richmond High School courtyard where a 16-year-old...
Police release 911 call reporting rape
The Richmond Police Department on Thursday released the 911 call that helped end a reported two-hour rape of a Richmond High student outside of her...
Knowledge — not emotion — stops rape
More than 40 community leaders and city residents filled a conference room at the RYSE Center, Richmond’s community center for youth, two days after a...
Hundreds gather to support rape victim
Dozens of Richmond High students passed out strips of white cloth to people attending the community-healing rally on Tuesday. People tied the cloth around their...
Religious leaders launch volunteer campaign
Local religious leaders Rev. Andre Shumake and Pastor James Wheeler were fingerprinted at the Richmond Police Station last week, not because they had done anything...
Rev. Kamal Hassan: “What will we do?”
A photograph of Malcolm X and paintings portraying Jesus in shades of brown and black adorn the walls of Rev. Kamal Hassan’s office, where he...
Pastor calls for faith over fear at victim’s church
At the church attended by the 15-year-old Richmond High School rape victim, the pastor told his congregation that last week’s attack provides an opportunity for...