Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area, a local chapter of one of the nation’s biggest youth mentoring organizations, has about 750 children and...
It’s 2:45 p.m. and Benita Kapoor keeps checking the time on her laptop. In 15 minutes they’ll be here—ready to choose their weapons, hijack cars...
“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...
A Richmond organization wins crucial $1.9 million to completely rebuild Iron Triangle playground.
Around two hundred Laotian Buddhists gathered at the Bay Area’s only Laotian temple last Saturday to pay homage to their ancestors on the holy day...
Hundreds of youths, community members and civic leaders turned out for the RYSE Center’s 2nd Annual “Back to School Summer Jam.”
By: Phon Chanthanasak |
April 8, 2010 – 5:00 am
In a deeply personal essay, a Richmond teen describes the harrowing effects of violence and gang culture on his childhood, and his key to breaking...
By: Kristine Wong, Callie Shanafelt |
December 19, 2009 – 6:00 am
Richmond’s young talent shared their skills with family and friends at The East Bay Center for the Performing Arts winter show at the Civic Center...
Richmond’s YouthWORKS, a city-run youth-employment program, employed 705 local teens and young adults ages 16-21 last summer at 140 Bay Area public and private work...
