Plant a Tree, Help Richmond Go Green
On Jan. 9, volunteers huddled together in the much-needed rain for the area's second street-tree planting event of winter. ...
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Jan
09
Dec
How Would You Love Your Block?
Richmond, CA is one of seven cities nationwide to plan and implement Love Your Block, a three-year initiative to engage community members in revitalizing their neighborhoods one block at...
08
Sep
Nature Walk Draws Out Hundreds
By Luis Cubas Clouds couldn’t stop the annual Walk to Nature, hosted by local nonprofit YES Nature to Neighborhoods, on August 29. Nearly four hundred people came out to attend...
24
Jul
The Night My View of Richmond Changed
By Ronvel Sharper, age 16 On July 17, 2015, I joined about a hundred other people taking to Richmond’s streets for a Ceasefire night walk through neighborhoods impacted by gun...
23
Jul
Walking Against Oil and Coal Trains
By Alison Ehara-Brown In the early morning of July 11th, I joined a group walk along the “blast zones” – the mile-wide sacrifice zones along the rail lines that would...
08
Jun
Demonstrators Call for UC Campus to Benefit Richmond
News Report • Keisa Reynolds | Photos • David Meza Close residents rallied in front of City Hall on June 4 to support a community benefits agreement for the...
03
Jun
White, Upper-Middle Class and Living in Richmond
Commentary, Sonya Mann I was ashamed to live in Richmond when I first moved here 10 years ago. It wasn’t until halfway through high school that I realized that my reaction was...
02
May
Documentary About Young Richmond Poets Premieres at El Cerrito High
Story and Video • Ann Bassette Hundreds of people filled the El Cerrito High School theater to watch the world premiere of the film “Romeo is Bleeding,” a candid and revealing...
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...
10
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...
25
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...
19
Mar
Who Will Benefit From Berkeley Campus at Richmond Bay?
By Melvin Willis | Photo by Alice Kantor A new UC Berkeley campus being planned for Richmond must take into account the needs of the city’s residents. That’s the message the...
09
Mar
Study: Gentrification Isn’t in Full Force in Richmond Yet – But It’s a Real Threat
News Report, Malcolm Marshall As concerns about affordable housing and gentrification grow in Richmond, a new study finds that it may not be too late to prevent residents from being displaced. The study,...
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...
