While police are saying that a longstanding feud between Central Richmond’s Deep-C gang and the Project Trojans gang in North Richmond may be heating up, a number of groups in the city are trying to address systemic violence by engaging the community to encourage non-violence. Operation Richmond, a faith-based collaborative organization that promotes non-violence, is organizing an event called “Making Noise for Peace” on April 23—a day before Easter—in response to the recent spate of shootings and homicides in unincorporated North Richmond.
Police are saying that some of the violence that has been brewing in the city recently, which has left three dead and four wounded over the last two weeks, seems to be part of an escalating feud between gangs in North and Central Richmond.
In the wake of a series of apparent gang-related shootings and homicides, police have responded by increasing the number of officers patrolling the city’s streets and are working more closely with other local police departments who may have information related to the ongoing violence.
Richmond High School now has a new state-of-the-art computer lab that will provide students with intensive engineering training. The lab is the result of a wide-ranging partnership between the school, the City of Richmond, the West Contra Costa Unified School District, Chevron, and Project Lead the Way—a national, educational nonprofit that helps schools to expand their work in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math.
In the time since the renovation of Ford Point—originally the Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant—was completed in 2009, the site has won a string of awards that have helped return the historic landmark to its former stature. The building most recently earned architecture’s most coveted recognition: the American Institute of Architects’ Honor Award for Excellence in Architecture.
All three of the city’s homicide victims this year were shot and killed in South Richmond, find out how the city and the community are responding.
Richmond hip-hop duo is first in a new video series on East Bay music.
When Richmond’s code enforcement manager Tim Higares realized his unit was bringing in less money this fiscal year than the last, he was actually happy. He said less money means more clean-up cooperation from property owners—mostly banks—who face steep fines for allowing foreclosed properties to fall into disrepair. “We need to stabilize these communities,” said Higares. “The drop in penalty fees means that we’re getting compliance.” Richmond was hit particularly hard by the foreclosure crisis. Higares said code enforcement receives…
In the past few years Richmond has hired nearly 50 new police officers.
Dozens of community volunteers fanned out across Contra Costa County early Wednesday morning to help with the county’s 2011 homeless count. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires all cities and counties receiving federal dollars for homeless services to conduct a count at least every other year.
A gunman shot and killed a 16-year-old student on Monday in the year’s first murder.
Why is former senior deputy District Attorney Dara Cashman no longer prosecuting the case?
In the early morning of December 23rd, a mother and daughter found themselves trapped in their burning apartment.