Posts Tagged ‘North Richmond’
A new Great Migration: the disappearance of the black middle class
After the great recession of 2008, inequality widened along racial lines as people lost their homes, often their only major asset. Earlier this month the Institute for Policy Studies, a Washington, D.C. think tank, reported in “Billionaire Bonanza: The Forbes 400 and the Rest of US,” that the average white family today has net assets of $141,900, compared with the $11,000 for African American families. This hollowing out of the African American family asset base is a nationwide phenomenon that can be explained by the shrinking African American middle class. It’s even more a factor in “strong market” regions like the Bay Area, where housing costs are soaring.
Read MoreNorth Richmond Shoreline Festival attracts, educates families
Families braved a chilly wind billowing across the bay Saturday to learn about nature conservation at the 12th annual North Richmond Shoreline Festival. The free event was held at the Point Pinole Regional Shoreline Park in north Richmond.
Read MoreLittle Free Library movement begins to blossom in Richmond
The concept is simple: a handful of books in a wooden box, mounted in a public space. The books are free. Peruse the selection. Take a book if you’d like. Leave a book in its place if you can. Enjoy. Called the Little Free Library, these informal neighborhood lending libraries have popped up in front…
Read MoreNorth Richmond project transforms gardens — and gardeners, too
The Davis Chapel community garden in North Richmond didn’t always look like this: twenty members of the community planting and digging in the angled November sunlight.
Read MoreAs violence stalks Richmond streets, so does Ceasefire
“Two months ago we were celebrating a low and all of a sudden, it just reoccurred. So now we are all just baffled at what’s going on.”
Read MoreThe horticultural haven of North Richmond
Richmond’s Small Businesses series continues with a look inside “Annie’s”, a refreshing garden nursery in North Richmond.
Read MoreExperts weigh in on Google’s delayed removal of dead teen’s image
Google says it will take more than a week to replace the disturbing image of a 14-year-old boy’s body near North Richmond railroad tracks. Others say the company should take more urgent steps to remove the photograph.
Read MoreShields-Reid neighborhood council helps unite North Richmond
The Shields-Reid neighborhood council recently received a crime-prevention award from the city of Richmond. At the awards-ceremony, the group was applauded for having 32 “block Captains”—more than one captain for each block in the neighborhood.
Read MoreNorth Richmond church grapples with recent killings
Linetta Cooper said she can no longer live in North Richmond, a place she’s called home for 54 years. “You’ve got people riding around with guns,” Cooper said. “I’m ready to move.” Her remarks came during Sunday service on Sept. 29 at North Richmond’s New Hope Missionary Baptist Church following a recent spate of violence in the neighborhood.
Read MoreOp-ed: Contra Costa County Sheriff Livingston on relationship with North Richmond
Contra Costa County Sheriff David O. Livingston sent a letter to Richmond Confidential in response to an article we ran earlier this month, “North Richmond not receiving the benefits of Ceasefire,” by reporter Joaquin Palomino. Below is the Sheriff’s response.
Read MoreNorth Richmond not receiving the benefits of Ceasefire
Since Richmond’s Ceasefire was founded in 2011 homicides have dropped, although violent crime in general has been declining since 2007. But some residents and activists in North Richmond feel that they’re not benefitting from the program.
Read MoreBaseball on a hot afternoon in North Richmond
It’s a hot afternoon at the Lucky A’s field in North Richmond, and the dozen or so kids who showed up for baseball practice today are sticking to a strip of shade next to the chain link fence. A couple boys are playing catch. Three others take up as a pitcher, a batter and a…
Read MoreRestoration Hardware moves for bigger horizons
Upscale luxury furniture retailer Restoration Hardware has outgrown its former Marina Way South location, and now has put down roots in a larger warehouse at 2900 Atlas Road. Plans started last November for the big move, about the same time the national furniture chain went public. The company, headquartered in Corte Madera, signed a 10-year…
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