The photos in this essay attempt to capture the tragic beauty, fierce independence and irrepressible hope on display in North Richmond every day.
James Brown and B.B. King were just two of the titans who once played Richmond’s circuit of Blues clubs.
Mayor Gayle McLaughlin gathered with residents and city officials to pay respects to the 21 people who were killed in Richmond during the first 11 months of 2010.
Will Corky Booze realize his long-held dream of a seat on the council?
The smell in Point Richmond is likely the result of a cracked wastewater treatment dome.
A Richmond resident and native Puerto Rican is one of 5 million people who will have to reapply for their own birth certificates thanks to a new law passed on the island.
Hundreds of youths, community members and civic leaders turned out for the RYSE Center’s 2nd Annual “Back to School Summer Jam.”
Like thousands of children in Richmond, 12-year-old Jaquan Smith has lost a parent to crime and imprisonment. The boy lives with family friends in Parchester Village.
Like many African American families, Mary “Peace” Head and her brood migrated to the Bay Area from Louisiana in search of work and opportunity. She remains a local icon ensconced in her beloved Parchester Village.
After two years of tireless fundraising, intensive construction and nearly $8 million in costs, the 324,000 gallon Richmond Plunge swimming pool is now open to all. June Albonico, 83, gives a video tour of this famous landmark’s history.
California’s sprawling prison system, the nation’s largest, retains deep racial divisions five years after a court-mediated settlement set in motion a plan to limit race-based cell assigning practices.
An innovative and in many ways unique educational program is flourishing on the other side of the Richmond-San Rafael bridge, in an institution through which many of Richmond’s sons have cycled over the years.
City leaders applauded groundbreaking on a new parking garage at the Richmond BART station during a Tuesday morning ceremony.