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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...

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.

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.

Part 9: North Richmond crime, tragedy beyond the stats

The kids walked east on Silver Avenue, tossing back and forth a frayed, half-deflated football. It was the afternoon of March 30, 2011.

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...

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...

Community members, leaders meet, cross lines

Roughly 100 residents of Richmond and unincorporated North Richmond gathered at the Civic Center Monday to hear an assortment of city, county and industry leaders...

Blues to return to North Richmond Saturday

Bluesman Jesse James will headline an array of performers set to let the music fly Saturday at Shields-Reid Park for the second annual North Richmond...

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.

Richmond grapples with budget, political boundaries

A divided council on Tuesday weighed in on several issues, including increasing funding to local housing programs and projects and proposed Congressional reapportionment that would...

Planting a healthier North Richmond

In North Richmond, a community farming project may be the answer to providing healthy choices to residents who have long lived in a “food desert.”

North Richmond lays to rest a native son

More than 500 people filled Hilltop Community Church on Thursday to mourn Ervin Coley III.

North Richmond activists rally outside county office

About 20 people gathered in front of the El Cerrito offices of Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia late Friday to protest a transfer of...