Tag Archives: youth

Local teens escape to new video game store

By: Mitzi Mock | October 10, 2011 – 12:20 pm

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...

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

By: Vanessa Carr | May 17, 2011 – 1:24 pm

“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...

It’s a go for Pogo

By: Becca Friedman , Christina Lopez and Kamila McDonald | November 10, 2010 – 3:00 pm

A Richmond organization wins crucial $1.9 million to completely rebuild Iron Triangle playground.

Laotians teach their young how to honor the dead

By: Mark Oltmanns | September 30, 2010 – 2:53 pm

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...

RYSE kicks off school year with street festival

By: Robert Rogers | August 24, 2010 – 5:00 am

Hundreds of youths, community members and civic leaders turned out for the RYSE Center’s 2nd Annual “Back to School Summer Jam.”

‘Most of my childhood memories were tragic events’

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...

Year-end showcase of youth arts at Civic Center

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...

Youth employment program on the rise

By: Robert Rogers | November 9, 2009 – 11:35 pm

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...

Parent sees sports as shield from trouble

By: Yuanxi Huang | November 8, 2009 – 6:00 am

After Friday’s rainy weather, only about ten parents came to watch the Richmond High football team’s last game this season at Pinole Valley High School....

Richmond speaks on rape

By: Diana Jou, Jerome Hubbard | November 3, 2009 – 5:29 pm

The rape at Richmond High School has generated a community-wide disscussion about values, actions, and the response to violence. We went on the streets of...