Tag Archives: violence

Richmond councilman and agency at odds, city manager and others in between

The Office of Neighborhood Safety is in the spotlight at City Hall again, and growing unrest between the agency and its critics threatens to engulf...

Teens and young adults look to forge peace among Richmond’s neighborhoods

George Mitchell stood in front of the mic, glanced at his notes, and let fly. It’s not always easy for Richmond’s young people like Mitchell...

North Richmond drive-by shooting kills one, ends peaceful streak

A drive-by shooting on Monday night in the unincorporated part of North Richmond broke an 80-day spell without gun murders in the city of Richmond...

Pimps as Predators: Richmond Police seeing prostitutes in a new light

The scene isn’t new, but the way the police officer driving by views them might be. Richmond is taking the lead on a county-wide project...

Residents describe shooting rampage in South Richmond apartment complex

Rendell Pierce was watching television in his bedroom just after 10 p.m. Wednesday when he saw a flurry of lights through the window, accompanied by...

Advocates call on community to end violence

There were fewer bodies in the audience at Thursday night’s Office of Neighborhood Safety meeting than have been laid out in blood on Richmond’s streets...

Richmond, North Richmond, to gather tonight for anti-crime meeting

With the city and its unincorporated North Richmond neighbor still in the throes of a month wracked with violence, city and county leaders are inviting...

Part 6: North Richmond’s unceasing struggle

From 2005 to 2010, at least 28 homicides occurred in the county area of North Richmond alone, an area with a population that has averaged...

Live theater performance aims to “increase the peace” at home and on the playground

“Peace Signs,” one of Kaiser Permanente’s educational theater performances, came to Peres Elementary School Monday in an effort to open a conversation with students about...

North Richmond lays to rest a native son

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

Violence flares again in North Richmond, tensions mount

Two men were shot, one fatally, while standing on Third Street on Wednesday night.

Murder rate on the decline

There have been 15 homicides so far in 2010, down from 41 at this point last year.

Prison’s revolving door

Three months after being imprisoned for missing parole appointments and failing drug tests, a corrections bus scooped him up from San Quentin State Prison and...