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Will Haynes, 16, has no problem telling you what’s on his mind. Just ask him. Or don’t. He might tell you anyway. The Kennedy High School junior and RYSE youth center staple has wisdom beyond his years and a flair for media skills to match.
“The proposed casino project at Point Molate will have a profound impact on the landscape. The Point is not necessarily beautiful or majestic; relics of its past lay rusting and falling apart. Gates and fences restrict access.”
Dueling visions for the city’s future could be heading for a day of reckoning with city voters in November. A Chevron Corp-backed measure to slash utility taxes for residents has paid hands fanning throughout the city on a mission to collect 4,000 signatures.
Richmond’s City Council delivered a unanimous verdict against Arizona’s controversial immigration law. The council voted 6-0 to cease all public business with the state and companies that operate there.
Former Mayor George Livingston spent a lifetime on the front lines of progress. Meeting with Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., becoming one of the city’s first black elected officials, and now sharing his wisdom with the next generation.
It’s a neighborhood that has absorbed hard knocks over the years, but at a community-building block party in North Richmond on Saturday the vibe was strictly soulful sounds and sweet sentiments.
Earth Day in Richmond was cause not just to honor the environment, but recap the infusion of funds the city has received to help build a greener economy.
Ten days after a gaping yawn in the earth swallowed two cars and sent incredible images beaming around the world, Richmond’s ground has stabilized. Meanwhile, new footage of the massive terrain shift is available here.
Faith and music are the orders of the day in North Richmond, where organizers expect a block party event to draw hundreds and spread a positive message.