Front
Every year since 1970, on and around April 22 individuals and organizations worldwide have demonstrated their commitment to environmental protection and sustainability. This year, Richmond’s citizens will have plenty of opportunities to support this global idea.
Meet RichmondPulse.org, the newest – and youngest – news team in town.
A 33-year-old female Richmond resident died in Oakland on Monday.
Hundreds gathered at Richmond’s Civic Center auditorium Saturday for the Financial Freedom IV and L.I.F.E. Conference. Healthy Community Richmond and Citibank have put on the annual conference for the last four years featuring panels and workshops on various aspects of personal finance.
More than 500 people filled Hilltop Community Church on Thursday to mourn Ervin Coley III.
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.
Hundreds of people from the Bay Area and as far away as Seattle flocked to a sprawling North Richmond nursery last weekend to celebrate its annual Spring party.
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.