Unanswered questions about elderly woman’s death at homeless shelter show why people are choosing tents over beds
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Climate change puts Richmond’s plant and animal populations in a state of flux
Richmond man who survived Camp Fire gifted RV by San Pablo teacher
Moving from Richmond to Paradise saved Bill Crossley. It gave him a life away from the drinking and the partying that defined his teens and 20s in the Bay Area. read more…
Richmond schools slow to adopt Dual Language Immersion programs despite recent success
Why is it important to be bilingual? For some people, being bilingual means having a better chance to find a job or a bridge to understand another culture. For others, read more…
Kathy Robinson: the Richmond mayoral candidate you didn’t hear about
Less than a week before Election Day, Kathy Robinson got into her car, ready to drive around Richmond and tell as many people as she could that she was running read more…
West Contra Costa school board will soon release its trustee-area map after a year of controversy
The journey toward the new voting system in the school district began in 2002, when the California Voting Rights Act of 2001 was enacted, making it easier for minority groups read more…
‘We’re school shopping for mediocre:’ Richmond’s students and parents try to navigate a ‘broken’ education system
Seventeen-year-old Phillip Poe starts his days early. He gets up at 5:45 a.m. so that he can catch a ride to BART with a family member. Then he takes a read more…
Richmond teachers struggle to afford housing on “poverty level” salaries
Diane Maddox sold gold jewelry as a side hustle, just to get by during her 33 years of teaching in Richmond. The single mother raised her two daughters in an read more…
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