An audio slideshow gives readers an intimate portrait, told in vivid images, audio interviews and sounds from the streets, of Saturday’s historic collaboration of more than 80 area churches in a march against local violence.
As part of an anti-violence campaign in response to a recent church shooting, more than 300 black men took to the streets Saturday, canvassing 23 of the city’s most troubled neighborhoods in hopes of reducing local violence.
Workers on Thursday labored on the concrete floor of the dry, 300,000-plus gallon capacity pool. Overhead shower pipes hung in the locker rooms. New toilets were mounted in the wall. The wood skeleton of the greeting kiosk stood sturdy.
Prompted by a Feb. 14 shooting inside a local church, religious and civic leaders are set to embark upon a two-week schedule of public outreach, mass prayer, rallies and symposiums in opposition to violence.
When residents and city leaders spoke one-by-one of their admiration for Vernon Whitmore, they didn’t talk of racy scoops or screaming headlines. They talked about his steadfast consistency in telling their unique Richmond stories.
In the Fall of 1912, a Western town nested against a deep-water point in San Francisco Bay stood poised before a seemingly limitless future. A report produced that year describes a Richmond as endowed with an energetic population and broad industrial shoulders, providing rare perspective on how the city evolved into what it is today, and where it may go tomorrow.
City leaders and residents publicly discussed the possibility of a future without the largest enterprise in the city as uncertainty swirls over Chevron’s intentions for its local refinery.
Corky Booze, Lillie Mae Jones, Rev. Phil Lawson and Eula Averhart were honored for “past and on-going commitment to positive social change” in a ceremony celebrating Black History Month.
The City Council approved a resolution naming the yet-to-be-constructed Marina Bay Parkway underpass after fallen officer Bradley Moody.
Two outbursts of daytime gun violence just days apart have local police and community leaders scrambling for answers.
Two women and two men will be honored at Tuesday’s City Council meeting for their continuing efforts to improve the lives of Richmond’s people.
Take a stroll down McDonald Avenue near Ninth Street west of downtown, and you might come face-to-face with a local legend.
After a long and sometimes contentious public debate, the Council voted 5-1 to declare the city in recognition of a lower standard of carbon dioxide levels in the air.