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Berkeley students present findings at North Richmond community meeting

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...

Earth Day in North Richmond is about honoring past, looking to future

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...

Premiere of part 4 in North Richmond film saga draws crowd

North Richmond is unique, and it’s a place with heart. That was the undeniable theme Wednesday night, as about 200 people packed City Council chambers...

Santa returns to Verde Elementary in North Richmond

For more than a decade, Santa Claus and his natural white beard regaled the children at Verde Elementary in North Richmond every December.

Goodbye to you, Fred Jackson

Nearly 400 friends, family, dignitaries and well-wishers turned out for the midday service, which was a medley of love and music and anecdotes that all...

A North Richmond tribute to the man, the ‘Fred Jackson Way’

As one of the dozens of buoyant well-wishers put it Thursday night, these services didn’t have the feel of a funeral – there was too...

Fred Jackson, North Richmond leader, dead at 73

As odes from well-wishers flow from Washington D.C. to the Bay Area, North Richmond mourns one of its greatest products. Fred Jackson was born in...

Lifting spirits through North Richmond blues

Service was a recurring theme at the 2nd Annual North Richmond Music Festival, which drew more than 250 neighborhood residents for a day of barbecue,...

Richmond icon steps into history at Oxford debate

Long time anti-death penalty advocate Barbara Becnel represented her point of view with a triumphal debate at Oxford Union.

Part 5: North Richmond man

For more than a decade, one man has been the de facto elected representative of the nearly 3,000 residents of unincorporated North Richmond.

‘Local treasure’ Fred Jackson honored by city

One of Richmond’s greatest community leaders was honored for his lifetime of work during an emotional ceremony Tuesday night.