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Office of Neighborhood Change Agent James Houston mentors young people in the community as a way to interrupt gun violence in Richmond.
How Cesar Zepeda, the President of the Hilltop District Neighborhood Council, is putting Hilltop back on the map.
Founder of Rich City Rides, Najari Smith, is using bikes to support Richmond’s community through Covid-19.
A veteran longshoreman reflects on the state of union labor on the Bay Area waterfront.
Even amid a pandemic, Garry and Maryn Hurlbut can send rubber balls ricocheting to the other side of the net or watch from the sidelines as their friends and fellow players square up for a singles match.
We’re back! This semester, you’ll see stories about Richmond’s residents, communities and surrounding areas. Despite the restrictions of COVID-19, our UC Berkeley graduate student reporters will bring you stories on the latest happenings in education, the environment, health, politics, safety, music, art and many more important issues. Most importantly, we are seeking help from you, our readers. Do you have a story you’d like to share? Please let us know. While we may not be able to get to the…
Richmond Art Center’s 57th Holiday Arts festival brought together residents, children, art lovers and shoppers with independent artists and craftspeople sharing their art and handcrafted holiday gifts for the season. Here is a sampling of artists and vendors from the festival, displaying and discussing their work: TheArthur Wright “I’m a painter that uses bleach as a medium,” says TheArthur Wright. Most of his works use bleach to remove, rather than add, color from black backgrounds revealing a golden color. Wright…
The city of Richmond experienced no homicides in the month of November but had shootouts with large magazines of rifle ammo used.