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		<title>Richmond leaders hail completion of J.O. Ford Elementary construction project</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/05/21/richmond-leaders-hail-completion-of-j-o-ford-elementary-construction-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 23:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[City and school district officials joined more than 100 residents and students to officially open the new facilities at J.O. Ford Elementary School in Richmond on Saturday, including new classrooms and playgrounds and modern, colorful facade. “When our kids can go to a first-class, world-class facility like this,” Councilman Jim Rogers told the crowd, “we...]]></description>
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		<title>Richmond police ramp up presence to head off escalating tensions</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/05/18/richmond-police-ramp-up-presence-to-head-off-escalating-tensions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 00:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A flare up of deadly shootings in Richmond and unincorporated North Richmond has police and anti-violence workers mobilized in an effort to quell further violence. A version of this article appeared first in the Contra Costa Times. On Monday morning, 22-year-old Orlando Yancy was killed in a drive-by in unincorporated North Richmond, the second homicide...]]></description>
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		<title>Blacknell sentenced to life without parole for 2009 crime spree</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 22:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joe “Fatter” Blacknell III was sentenced to life in prison plus more than 200 years without possibility of parole for the March 2009 murder of an up-and-coming East Bay rap artist and a September 2009 shooting and carjacking spree in Richmond and Oakland. Blacknell, now 21, was arrested after a brief foot pursuit with Richmond...]]></description>
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		<title>Jailhouse interview with Joe &#8216;Fatter&#8217; Blacknell, who faces life in prison for &#8217;09 slaying</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you say hello to a convicted murderer? The thought darted through my head as I strode through the Martinez Courthouse jail facility’s winding corridors of concrete and steel. In moments I would be face-to-face—albeit divided by two-inch thick Plexiglas—with Joe Blacknell III, the young man described by police and District Attorney’s Office officials...]]></description>
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		<title>Richmond leaders reflect on Cinco de Mayo beatings in 2002</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/05/14/richmond-leaders-reflect-on-cinco-de-mayo-beatings-in-2002/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 17:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cinco de Mayo celebration on the 23rd Street corridor has become one of Richmond’s grandest events But it wasn’t always that way. Ten years ago, the street and the holiday became synonymous with an incident that would become a turning point in the city’s history, ushering in a new generation of political leaders and...]]></description>
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		<title>Where is this in Richmond? Challenge 1</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/04/27/where-is-this-in-richmond-challenge-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 02:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roberto Daza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richmond Confidential is introducing a new guessing game. The eight images above have been carefully shot, giving you just enough information to try to guess where and what this is. The only thing you can count on is that this place is in Richmond. ]]></description>
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		<title>Accused takes stand in trial of killing of Gene Deshawn Grisby-Bell</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/04/27/accused-takes-stand-in-trial-of-killing-of-gene-deshawn-grisby-bell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Tyris Franklin, the rest of his life could depend on what was going through his 16-year-old mind when he shot Gene Deshawn Grisby-Bell four times, killing the unarmed student-athlete. “I don’t remember what happened,” Franklin said Thursday, testifying on his own behalf. “Things just boiled up and boiled up to where I had no...]]></description>
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		<title>Richmond General Plan approved</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/04/25/richmond-general-plan-approved/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After six years, Richmond&#8217;s long-awaited General Plan update was passed by the City Council early Wednesday after a lengthy City Council meeting. The vote was 5-2, with Councilmen Corky Booze and Nat Bates dissenting. The plan was passed as recommended by city staff, with two modifications and a series of recommendations proposed by Mayor Gayle...]]></description>
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		<title>Richmond&#8217;s hip hop community comes together for industry photo shoot</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/04/22/richmonds-hip-hop-community-comes-together-for-industry-photo-shoot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The baseball field at Kennedy High School was abuzz with activity Saturday. But the sounds weren’t the cracks of bats or the smacks of leather. They were laughs, and rhythmic staccatos of some of the city’s finest hip hop voices. More than 70 people, mostly local rap artists, gathered at the baseball field for an...]]></description>
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		<title>Top McLaughlin aide resigns, joins 2012 electoral field in Richmond</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The race for Richmond City Council 2012 just got more interesting. Longtime mayoral aide and local activist Marilyn Langlois has resigned her post in Gayle McLaughlin’s office to run for a chance to govern beside her former boss. “I will still be very close with the mayor and volunteering in the community,” Langlois said by...]]></description>
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