Isolation Common Among Local Elders During Pandemic
Four older women who live in Richmond or San Pablo share how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected their lives and their mental health....
Four older women who live in Richmond or San Pablo share how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected their lives and their mental health....
Now that the Richmond Swim Center and Plunge have reopened, two women say they missed the pain relief and health benefits of being in the water....
The Hacienda was closed in 2015 due to shoddy conditions. Now, the complex is expected to reopen next year with homes for low-income seniors....
The coronavirus has severely affected nursing home residents, but vaccines have brought deaths and infections way down, allowing homes to cautiously reopen....
The coronavirus has separated Richmond's usually tight-knit Laotian community, making it even harder for Laotian seniors — who are often linguistically, culturally and physically isolated — to access vital information....
Two "Days of Action" are planned in Oakland and San Francisco following attacks on Asian and Pacific Islander people, including one that left a man dead....
County Health Officer Dr. Chris Farnitano said it was a priority to give the coronavirus vaccine to "those at greatest risk of dying from COVID, our senior citizens."...
Many fled Laos to escape war and communist rule and eventually landed in Richmond. The coronavirus and cost of living have put their community at risk again....
Eleanor Thompson said she is running for Richmond City Council to do more for the community she has lived in for decades, in our series of interviews with the candidates....
Former mayor Gayle McLaughlin explains why she is making a bid to add on to her more than a decade on the Richmond City Council in our interview series....
Bienvenida Meza found a taste of home as an instructor at North Richmond’s Verde Elementary School garden after a long journey from her home country of Honduras....
Without internet access, getting health care is harder than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic for many older and low-income adults....
A focus on systemic injustices against Black people has sparked many youth-led protests in West County and beyond, showcasing a movement’s new blood while carrying on a tradition of activism....
Local luminary 98-year-old Betty Reid Soskin is the subject of a new documentary, "No Time to Waste," premiering July 4 at 7 p.m. on NBC Bay Area....
COVID-19 provides a nearly perfect storm of risks to older people and those in nursing homes are in the most dangerous situation....
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