After a disastrous 2009 season, the Kennedy High Eagles are looking for redemption. For months, the team has been preparing for Friday’s season opener versus...
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RYSE center kicks off school year with street festival
Andre Taylor did his best to steel his nerves. Brave face. Inner monologue reminding him that his raps were sharp. But Taylor’s 16-year-old vocal chords...
Local children growing up without parents
Jaquan Smith, 12, likes the Los Angeles Lakers and afternoons filled with video games. But his face has aged just a bit beyond his years....
A Richmond Jewel, reborn
After two years of tireless fundraising, intensive construction and nearly $8 million in costs, the 324,000-gallon Richmond Plunge swimming pool is now open to all....
Integrating California prison cells
Editor’s Note: This story, video and photos were produced by Robert Rogers and Guilherme Kfouri as part of News21, a national journalism initiative led by...
Prison University at San Quentin Prison
// Click on the images to find out more about their stories. Donning cap and gowns, four students walked to their commencement ceremony as relatives...
Prison’s revolving door
Editor’s Note: This story, video and photos were produced by Robert Rogers and Guilherme Kfouri as part of News21, a national journalism initiative led by...
Richmond neighborhoods celebrate National Night Out
This evening 24 neighborhoods in Richmond will join National Night Out, an annual nationwide event in which the community partners with the police to promote...
City Council takes a mulligan on marijuana ordinance
A week after throwing its support behind a medical marijuana ordinance that many saw as one of the most pot-friendly in the area, Richmond’s City...
Council passes ‘liberal’ medical pot ordinance
By the slimmest of margins, Richmond’s City Council voted Tuesday night to pass a significantly more liberal version of an ordinance regulating medical marijuana dispensaries...