Helping Foster Care Youth Succeed
By Malcolm Marshall and Dameion King | Photo, Dameion King In California tens of thousands of children are part of the foster care system, and according to experts those who “age...
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Apr
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Apr
Black Families on Front Lines of Displacement in Richmond
News Report, Edgardo Cervano-Soto Richmond resident J.C. Farr, 72, remembers the days black families populated his neighborhood in Richmond’s Southside. Walking through Booker T. Anderson Park, Farr points to a house where...
09
Apr
The Most Ignorant Among Us? Sometimes It’s College Students
Commentary, Sean Shavers Last month, a video surfaced online of University of Oklahoma fraternity members singing a racist song that joked about lynching black people. In the video, white members of...
09
Apr
Tackling Poverty in the Bay Area
News Report, Ann Bassette Concerned residents, researchers and public officials came together at the Regional Poverty and Policy Community workshop in Richmond last month to discuss causes and solutions of poverty...
08
Apr
When Richmond Men Read, Kids Listen
By Nancy DeVille When Ron Shaw stood up to read the children's book, "Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears," his audience -- second-graders at North Richmond's Verde Elementary School -- stared,...
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Apr
Indian or American? Fight Over Yoga in US Can Tie Us Up in Knots
Commentary, Sandip Roy | New America Media, Posted: Apr 07, 2015 Criss-cross applesauce? That's what a school in Encinitas, California, calls the padmasana or lotus position in its effort to make yoga sound more all-American. It worked. A...
03
Apr
Egg Hunt Offers Fun for Kids and Families
Photo Essay, The CC Pulse Editors On a sunny Saturday morning last month, hundreds of people came out to the Spring Egg Hunt and Recreation Day at Civic Center Plaza for...
03
Apr
Activists Call on Immigrant Communities to Keep Applying for DACA
News Report, Nayoon Jin |New America Media Posted: Apr 03, 2015 OAKLAND – Putri Siti is on track to graduate from UC Berkeley this year. But as an undocumented student, there was a time...
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Mar
Adiós, Ferrari: Cae una Estrella en Richmond High
Read in English Por Joanna Pulido Era una noche fría en febrero en el campeonato de fútbol masculino North Coast Section Division II, y ahí estaba el maestro de animación e infografía...
Local Happenings March 2015
From the Pulse news desk Richmond to Survey Residents The City of Richmond is conducting its 2015 Community Survey. In the next few weeks questionnaires will be sent to a random sample...
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Mar
Khalid’s Corner: I Speak for Them
Wisdom from Community Leader, Khalid Elahi I am the voice for all the brothers that don't have a voice. Maybe they are in the bowels of one of these prisons, confined...
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Mar
DMC to Close April 21
By Nancy DeVille It’s the decision that many hoped would never come: Doctors Medical Center is closing April 21. The board of West Contra Costa Healthcare District, which governs DMC, made the...
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Mar
Nuevo Concejal Discute Trabajar con la Comunidad Empresarial
Read in English Entrevista por Vernon Whitmore Nota del Editor: El nuevo miembro del concejo de la ciudad de Richmond es Vinay Pimple (pronunciado Pim-PLAY), un abogado de 47 años de edad...
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Mar
ER Nurse: Closure of DMC Will Be ‘Catastrophic’
By Nancy DeVille | Photo by David Meza As the threat of Doctors Medical Center’s shutdown draws closer, Maria Sahagun says she still hasn’t given up hope. An emergency room nurse at...
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Mar
Six Months Later, Family of ‘Pedie’ Calling for Officer to Be Charged
News Report, Edgardo Cervano-Soto The family of 24-year-old Richard Perez III marked the six-month anniversary of his death with a protest March 17 at a Richmond City Council meeting, demanding that...
