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On June 2, Richmond voters will cast ballots in a primary election. Richmond Confidential interviewed mayoral candidates either in person or by phone or video, unless noted. We are publishing their verbatim responses, with light editing for clarity or brevity. Ahmad Anderson, mayoral challenger Why do you want to be mayor? I’ve lived in the city of Richmond for 66 years. I’ve had the opportunity of watching this city grow for a half a century. What I have noticed is…
Richmond Confidential is teaming up with Richmondside and The Advocate student newspaper at Contra Costa College to host the last of three candidate forums tonight. The City Council District 4 forum, at the De Anza High School library, will run from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. The candidates are: incumbent Councilmember Soheila Bana and challengers Keycha Gallon and Jamin Pursell. UC Berkeley students are live-streaming the forum on YouTube, where it will remain available in the Richmond Confidential channel‘s archive.
When Richmond City Council District 4 voters go to the polls next month in the city’s first primary election, they will be choosing between incumbent Councilmember Soheila Bana and challengers Keycha Gallon, a pharmacy technician who runs an anti-violence organization, and Jamin Pursell, a small-business owner. To help voters make informed decisions, Richmond Confidential is teaming up with Richmondside and The Advocate student newspaper at Contra Costa College to host the last of three candidate forums on Wednesday. The candidates will take reporters’ and…
Richmond Confidential is teaming up with Richmondside and The Advocate student newspaper at Contra Costa College to host the second of three candidate forums tonight. The City Council District 3 forum, at Easter Hill Methodist Church, will run from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The candidates are: incumbent Councilmember Doria Robinson and challenger Brandon Evans, both of whom run nonprofits. UC Berkeley students are live-streaming the forum on YouTube, where it will remain available in the Richmond Confidential channel‘s archive.
When Richmond City Council District 3 voters go to the polls next month in the city’s first primary election, they will be choosing between incumbent Councilmember Doria Robinson and challenger Brandon Evans — both CEOs of local nonprofits. Both will advance to the November election, unless one gets more than 50% of the votes. To help voters make informed decisions, Richmond Confidential is teaming up with Richmondside and The Advocate student newspaper at Contra Costa College to host the second of three candidate…
For the first time, Richmond voters will get to whittle down the ballot in a primary election, which will be held on Tuesday, June 2. Voters will choose a mayor, and City Council members in districts 2, 3 and 4. To help voters make up their minds, Richmond Confidential is teaming up with Richmondside and The Advocate student newspaper at Contra Costa College to host three candidate forums, offering opportunities for the public to question those running for office. El…
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed several bills this fall to curb the Trump administration’s aggressive immigrant enforcement. From mandates that require schools to notify parents about immigration enforcement activities on their campuses to face mask bans and identification display requirements for law enforcement, the bills aim to protect immigrant students and communities across the state. Whether the laws have any teeth depends on the federal government’s willingness to follow them and the state’s determination to enforce them. Ashton Desmangles, a…
Richmond City Councilmember Doria Robinson pulled up to Hilltop Park on a recent Sunday with a trunk full of lawn signs, tote bags and colorful voter handouts emblazoned with “VOTE YES ON 50.” Robinson showed up at the park to thank canvassers who had volunteered to knock on doors and to convince people to vote in the special election, which is on Tuesday. “People can finally stop talking about how upset they are,” Robinson said, referring to so many Democrats’…
Jeanne Gibson was 18 when she learned to weld massive warships known as destroyers in 1944. She was one of about 12 million women tending the homefront war effort, operating cranes, riveting and welding — work that earned them the nickname Rosie the Riveter. “ Being a Rosie kind of asserted my spine,” Gibson said, referring to the attitude it gave her. “We can do it!” At 99 and half this month, Gibson is eager to get back to work. She…