Safety
Police officers and county sheriffs are investigating a spate of four shootings Richmond and North Richmond Sunday night. The violence left three dead and three injured in just three hours.
Activists, led by Barbara Becnel, gathered in Richmond to learn how to successfully advocate for the abolition of capital punishment. California leads the nation in awarding the death penalty, and Contra Costa County’s court system is among the state’s frequent users of the death sentence.
Richmond has seen a dramatic decrease in deadly gun violence in recent years, but anti-violence advocates and city officials believe only a sustained, multi-partner commitment to violence prevention and intervention in the coming years can make these gains permanent.
California’s prison population must by law get smaller, and that means more ex-convicts in local communities.
With controversy over California’s use of capital punishment intensifying, anti-death penalty activists are looking to expand their outreach statewide – including into Richmond.
In the 1940s and 1950s, the growth of public housing projects swept across urban America. North Richmond was no exception.
The line outside Richmond Municipal Auditorium was long Wednesday morning. Real long. It ran in and out the front door as nearly 860 pairs of feet waited patiently for the day to begin. For these Contra Costa County residents it was a time to reacquaint themselves with county services.
The music scene that emerged in North Richmond featured a strong, bluesy, country twang that represented not only the influx of southerners to the area during World War II, but also other unique geographical and cultural heritages.
Richmond and Oakland students recently graduated from a new college certificate program designed to teach violence prevention skills.