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North Richmond’s struggle to decide who will lead
North Richmond is no stranger to conflict, but this is a strange conflict for North Richmond. The small community, which straddles the boundary separating the city of Richmond and unincorporated Contra Costa County, has become the site of an acrimonious power struggle between ambitious community leaders.
Read MorePower struggle erupts in North Richmond
It was North Richmond. The little neighborhood that has historically suffered from a lack of leadership was suddenly over-represented. It was a dubious honor.
Read MorePart 10: A hopeful vision for the future
North Richmond knows the blues of economic and social decay, but a brighter day will come – the real question may be when.
Read MorePart 9: North Richmond crime, tragedy beyond the stats
The kids walked east on Silver Avenue, tossing back and forth a frayed, half-deflated football. It was the afternoon of March 30, 2011.
Read MorePart 8: North Richmond, where the city’s boundaries end
Civic leaders who seriously grapple with the question of how North Richmond can break its ruinous cycle of crime, poverty and decline often come to the conclusion that its current political arrangement is untenable – and that the city would fare better if it was annexed to Richmond.
Read MorePart 7: North Richmond’s troubled environmental history
From the corner of Filbert Street and Chesley Avenue, the unofficial center of North Richmond, a person gets the full sensory onslaught that the community has endured for decades.
Read MoreCommunity members, leaders meet, cross lines
Roughly 100 residents of Richmond and unincorporated North Richmond gathered at the Civic Center Monday to hear an assortment of city, county and industry leaders weight in on how to ease the unemployment and crime that plagues their communities.
Read MoreBlues to return to North Richmond Saturday
Bluesman Jesse James will headline an array of performers set to let the music fly Saturday at Shields-Reid Park for the second annual North Richmond Music Festival. The event is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Read MorePart 5: North Richmond man
For more than a decade, one man has been the de facto elected representative of the nearly 3,000 residents of unincorporated North Richmond.
Read MoreRichmond grapples with budget, political boundaries
A divided council on Tuesday weighed in on several issues, including increasing funding to local housing programs and projects and proposed Congressional reapportionment that would move Richmond into the same district as Berkeley and Oakland.
Read MorePlanting a healthier North Richmond
In North Richmond, a community farming project may be the answer to providing healthy choices to residents who have long lived in a “food desert.”
Read MoreNorth Richmond lays to rest a native son
More than 500 people filled Hilltop Community Church on Thursday to mourn Ervin Coley III.
Read MoreNorth Richmond activists rally outside county office
About 20 people gathered in front of the El Cerrito offices of Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia late Friday to protest a transfer of funds away from an urban ecology program.
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