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RYSE Center turns three

What’s the party like when an anniversary and Halloween are tied together? RYSE Center, a community-based development and educational center for youth, had its third...

Hearing opens Monday on Chevron’s $58 million property tax appeal

Chevron will present its case for a $58 million tax refund before an appeals board on Monday, as the company seeks to prove that it...

North Richmond’s struggle to decide who will lead

North Richmond is no stranger to conflict, but this is a strange conflict for North Richmond. The small community, which straddles the boundary separating the...

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...

Power struggle erupts in North Richmond

It was North Richmond. The little neighborhood that has historically suffered from a lack of leadership was suddenly over-represented. It was a dubious honor.

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...

Bill Clinton headed to Richmond’s Craneway

Former President Bill Clinton will be the keynote speaker at a highly anticipated public health summit to be held in Richmond in October.

Part 10: A hopeful vision for the future

North Richmond knows the blues of economic and social decay, but a brighter day will come – the real question may be when.

West County voters to decide on parcel tax to save Doctors Medical Center

Residents of West Contra Costa County will vote this fall on a special parcel tax to support the ailing Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo....

Part 8: North Richmond, where the city’s boundaries end

Civic leaders who seriously grapple with the question of how North Richmond can break its ruinous cycle of crime, poverty and decline often come to...

Richmond’s neighborhoods come alive for National Night Out

Nearly two dozen parties sprung up in Richmond Tuesday afternoon, and all of them entertained local police as guests.

Part 7: North Richmond’s troubled environmental history

From the corner of Filbert Street and Chesley Avenue, the unofficial center of North Richmond, a person gets the full sensory onslaught that the community...