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Richmond High School students are hearing a lot more warnings this week about safety measures after the rape of a 15-year-old student, who was attacked on campus following a homecoming dance on Saturday.
The road to basketball stardom has taken some strange twists and turns for former Kennedy High standout Devin Peal. The next stop on his journey? Luxembourg.
In an attempt to stop the exodus of foreclosed-upon homeowners, both the city’s redevelopment agency and a coalition of advocacy groups have decided to implement a tactic new to Richmond: the land trust.
Max Rivera can’t shake the memory. As he lay in bed during the wee hours of Aug. 15, Rivera heard a commotion. The sounds of rustling and some voices – maybe distressed voices – drifted into his small bedroom from out near the railroad tracks a few paces behind his home. Rivera thought about going out to check, but he didn’t. The noises weren’t out of the ordinary. Ever since he had moved his family in a few years earlier,…
Why is the name John Wesley welded to a gate on Espee Avenue?
Following the Sept. 29 tsunami, members of Richmond’s Methodist Church of Samoa united with other Samoans in the Bay Area to collect material aid and send it to their homeland. The youth of the church spent two weeks packing clothes, food and toiletries into boxes. The congregation sent two shipments totaling 160 boxes to Apia, the capitol of Samoa.
Banned pesticides, primarily DDT and dieldrin, continue to poison the Richmond Inner Harbor, despite cleanup efforts more than a decade ago.
Co-athletic director Harry Campbell said Kennedy would forfeit the remainder of its schedule because of a lack of players.