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Community members from the Coronado, Iron Triangle, and Santa Fe neighborhoods in Richmond came together on César Chávez’ 84th birthday to honor the farm labor leader by planting vegetables, trees, and other vegetation in local schools and neighborhoods. The first annual César Chávez’ Community Garden Day brought nearly 100 people out of their homes and into a garden at Richmond College Prep Charter School, sparking a true grassroots movement.
All three of the city’s homicide victims this year were shot and killed in South Richmond, find out how the city and the community are responding.
For the past five months, the city of Richmond, along with a slew of partners, has worked to renovate Nevin Community Center. On Saturday, the community space will hold it’s grand reopening with activities, educational information, and food. For the people in the surrounding community, changes from inside the center are already being reflected within the Iron Triangle neighborhood.
Since 2005, the Elders Learning Community has paired professionals in the community with elderly seniors learning lessons in areas such as astronomy, history, art. But time spent in these learning partnerships is teaching local volunteers other life lessons outside of these subjects.
The wastewater treatment plant in Point Richmond will soon restart full operations, said Aaron Weiner, district manager at Veolia Water, the company that runs the facility. Solid waste processing at the plant was shut down in early October, 2010. Since then, the company has been hauling about a hundred trucks of solid human waste each week to an East Bay Municipal Utility District facility in Oakland.
In the early morning of December 23rd, a mother and daughter found themselves trapped in their burning apartment.
It’s time the kids have a say. That’s the new mantra of Jose Loaiza, longtime volunteer and teacher at the Nevin Center, a community center in the Iron Triangle neighborhood of Richmond. Loaiza, who grew up in Richmond, said he wants young people in the area to have an opportunity to take a more active role in community events. It will start, he hopes, with the first Iron Triangle Neighborhood Youth Council, an organization where young people will set the…
Tooth pulling is usually a last resort, but it’s common among those without dental care.
Hundreds gathered at the Greater Richmond Souper Center for a Thanksgiving meal.