Tag Archives: iron triangle

Nevin Park 3-on-3 tournament draws healthy competition

Basketball players and enthusiasts at Nevin Park faced high stakes this Saturday as they entered the community center’s 3-on-3 tournament.

ShotSpotter grows, maintains confidence of police leaders

The gunshot detection and location system is an invaluable investigative and response tool, police leaders say, but it has not been credited with nabbing any...

Affordable housing opens in the Iron Triangle, targeting those in need

When Reina Portillo was diagnosed with breast cancer and her husband, Jose Pedro Albarron Lopez, lost his job, her family, including four children and one...

Richmond struggles to provide public Internet access, but computers proliferate

More than 750 families in the city’s low-income Iron Triangle neighborhood now have computers in their homes thanks to a two-year effort by a coalition...

City requires “Bee Hive” repairs, owner requests time extension

The red-tagged building in the Iron Triangle that housed the “Bee Hive” — an illegal, underground club busted in mid-September — is now hanging in...

In the Iron Triangle, a potluck and a melting pot

The Sixth Street block party was set, tentatively, for noon Saturday. But by 12:15, the foldaway tables and chairs were still empty. The organizers had...

Cops bust illegal night club, close building

After responding to a series of boisterous parties characterized by out-of-town, late-night revelers, police shut down an illegal underground club in the Iron Triangle known...

Teen shot and killed in Richmond Tuesday

The boy, who police have not yet identified, was conversing with a group of teens and young adults near the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and...

$1 million grant hopes to take a bite out of unhealthy food

Kaiser Permanente wants to HEAL Richmond. Not with expensive medicine or shiny surgical knives, but with good old-fashioned Healthy Eating Active Living, or HEAL Zones,...

Another weekend marred by deadly violence in Richmond

After a Sunday night punctuated by deadly gunfire volleys in central and north Richmond, law enforcement officials are scrambling for answers.

Iron Triangle picnic a celebration of cultures

Children rode ponies and a train and had their faces painted, while adults played in a 3-on-3 basketball tournament and danced to live music during...

Iron Triangle picnic at Nevin Park to draw big crowd Saturday

The 18th Annual Iron Triangle Community Picnic is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, and organizers hope that it continues a trend that in...

The power of Richmond’s story

The 2nd annual “Richmond Tales” Family Literacy Festival drew nearly 500 kids and parents.