Three Years Later
By Tania Pulido The memory is a vivid one for me. It was a beautiful day in Richmond; I was hanging out in my backyard in Richmond Annex when I heard...
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Plan Ahead, Richmond: BART Shutdowns To Affect 100K
By Nancy DeVille | Photo Courtesy of Richmond Confidential Richmond residents may want to think twice before heading across the bay Aug. 1-2 and again on Labor Day weekend Sept. 5-7,...
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Richmond Is First California City in Decades to Pass Rent Control
News Report, Malcolm Marshall Beginning Dec. 1, Richmond will become the first California city in decades — and the first in Contra Costa County ever — to enact a...
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Local Happenings July 2015
The City of Richmond will sponsor its annual 3rd of July Celebration from 6 to 10 p.m. on Friday, July 3 at Marina Bay Park. The (mostly) free event will...
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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...
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Jun
Richmond Celebrates First Pride Family Day
By Malcolm Marshall | Photos by Darryl Pelletier Richmond celebrated its first-ever Pride in the Park Family Day June 6 at Marina Bay Park. More than 200 people of all ages came...
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Q&A: Mayor Tom Butt and the Search for Richmond’s Bright Future
Interview • Vernon Whitmore and Malcolm Marshall Editor's Note: Richmond Mayor Tom Butt spoke to Chamber of Commerce Chair Vernon Whitmore and The CC Pulse Publisher Malcolm Marshall about rebranding the...
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Mumia Case Highlights Lack of Health Care in Prison
Commentary, Asani Shakur Mumia Abu-Jamal’s recent trip to the hospital should make us take a second look at the way we provide health care to those who need it most. Abu-Jamal, who...
Walking the Line: Reporting on Protests and Police Response
Video, Ann Bassette EDITOR"S NOTE:The Bay Area Black Journalists Association hosted "Walking the Line: Reporting on Protests and Police Response," on April 4 at the UC Berkeley Journalism School. The conversation featured...
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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...
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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...
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Mar
Uncle Sam Wants DACA Recipients to Avoid Tax Scams
[caption id="attachment_5123" align="aligncenter" width="500"] DACA recipient Ana Alcantara, 22, was misinformed by her tax preparer and ended up paying an unnecessary penalty.[/caption] News Report, Viji Sundaram| New America Media A new scam targeting immigrants...
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Young, Brown and ‘Looking Unsafe’
Commentary • David Meza | Photo • Sara Lafleur Vetter, Richmond Confidential "When was the last time you were you in jail?" A young white police officer asked me this question after he...
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Community Gathers for a Summit on Peace
By Ann Bassette Miracle Temple Apostolic Church on the south side of Richmond was the site of the “Get the Hell Outta Richmond and Put More Love Into It,” peace summit...
