Connecting the Uninsured
News Report, Ann Bassette | Richmond Pulse Rosa Garay is a mother of 8-year-old twins and like tens of thousands of Contra Costa County residents she’s uninsured and worried about her...
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Jul
19
Jun
Undocumented Kids to Get Health Coverage in State Budget
News Report, Viji Sundaram, New America Media Calling it one of the “best” budgets the state has ever had, California Gov. Jerry Brown said the $167.6 billion dollar budget the legislature...
15
Jun
Family Justice Center Opens at New Location
News Report, Keisa Reynolds After breaking ground in 2013, the West Contra Costa Family Justice Center held its grand opening this month at 256 24th Street. In the first year at...
16
May
Richmond’s Native American Health Center Hosts Children’s Mental Health Day
by Malcolm Marshall More than 15 years after a landmark Surgeon General’s Report on Mental Health brought attention to mental illness as an “urgent health concern,” many youth and adults with...
21
Apr
The Great Tomato Sale
Photo Essay • David Meza Did you know that Russia has its own special tomato? How about Japan? Kentucky? If you attended the Great Tomato Plant Sale, "Heirlooms Of The World," at...
26
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...
25
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...
18
Mar
Study Shows Gaping Holes in Safety Net for California’s Uninsured
News Report, Anna Challet | New America Media The safety net for uninsured Californians is full of holes – and those holes are much bigger for the state’s undocumented people. That’s one of the...
18
Feb
Ceasefire Walks, Rain or Shine
Commentary, Leslie Basurto It was 7 p.m. on a Friday night and I was attending my first Ceasefire night walk — a weekly trek where members of the community walk together...
12
Feb
Residents at Troubled Housing Complex to Soon Move Out
News Report, Malcolm Marshall During the first week of February, newly elected Mayor Tom Butt announced that residents of the dilapidated Hacienda public housing complex will receive federally funded Section 8...
26
Dec
Building a Bike Culture in Richmond
By Nancy DeVille When Matthew Schwartz moved to Richmond earlier this year, he noticed the city offered plenty of miles to bike, but no shop where he could take his bike...
03
Dec
Getting Richmond Covered
By Nancy DeVille As open enrollment continues for benefits under the Affordable Care Act, Richmond health advocates are making an extra push to help residents learn what their options are. Through...
30
Nov
Transformation on the Richmond Greenway
Story, Malcolm Marshall | Photos, David Meza It was a warm fall day, with temperatures near 70 degrees, when Iron Triangle residents and community members gathered to celebrate the grand opening...
19
Nov
Study: Trauma Follows Children Into Adulthood, Threat to Public Health in CA
News Report, Anna Challet | New America Media Past experiences of childhood trauma are common among California adults, and those experiences correlate with harmful behaviors and chronic disease at a level...
24
Oct
A School Lunch I’d Gladly Eat
Commentary, Sean Shavers | Video, Ann Bassette When I was in high school in Oakland, I never really questioned the cafeteria menu, I just knew that I wasn’t eating it because...
