21 Jun

Controlled Burns to Begin June 25

The smoke Richmond residents might see June 25 and June 28 from Point Pinole Regional Park will likely be coming controlled burns and firefighter training - not a wildfire....

20 Jun

Fears of Undercounting People of Color Rise Before 2020 Census

Combatting a predicted major undercounting of people of color in the 2020 U.S. Census was the focus of a national roundtable discussion, featuring key representatives of civil rights and voting...

17 Jun

Two New Reports Chop Up the Data And Make It Easy To Connect With Black California

Two new reports, “Counting Black California” and “The State of Blacks In California” provide hyper-localized data on where Blacks live, who they are and a gives a scale of the...

01 Jun

Local Happenings: June 2019

Richmond’s "Juneteenth" celebration Saturday, June 15 will include a parade through four Richmond neighborhoods as well as a family festival....

20 May

Two 49ers Jerseys, Two Vastly Different Ideals

Nick Bosa has the potential to become a popular face for the 49ers franchise because of his abilities on the field. While someone like former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick —...

10 May

Fears and Doubts About 2020 Census? – Do It For The Kids

California – with one out of eight of the nation’s children – risks being seriously shortchanged for another decade if its youngest children are undercounted in the 2020 Census....

03 May

GRIP Tries to Help People Get Off the Streets, Just like I Did

On April 15, GRIP, in collaboration with Contra Costa Health Services' Division of Health, Housing and Homeless Services, and the city of Richmond, opened a Warming Center. ...

01 Mar

Local Happenings: March 2019

In honor of Women’s History month, Bridge Storage and ArtSpace will be hosting a conversation with Betty Reid Soskin and Brenda Williams from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, March 15...

15 Jan

Obama Foundation Names Richmond as a ‘Seed Community’

Richmond is one of five communities that will receive a $50,000 grant and support from the Obama Foundation to expand and create programs that “measurably improve the lives of boys...

09 Jan

Remembering Oscar Grant and His Unifying Legacy

The Rev. Wanda Johnson, mother of the late Oscar Grant III, sang from a stage at the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland. Ten years after her son’s death, Johnson led...

06 Jan

Local Happenings: January 2019

Richmond will soon be on the San Francisco Ferry System’s weekday destination list. ...

06 Jan

Khalid’s Corner: The Streets Is a Lie

But there I was, concentrating only on the moment. My jokes came to an end when everyone from my class and football team went off to the military or college,...

01 Jan

A Year of Steps Forward, Steps Back and, Yes, Black Panther

It is safe to say many of us had a rough year. For many, 2018 might have felt never-ending....

01 Dec

Local Happenings: December 2018

Celebrate Christmas early on Wednesday, Dec. 12 at the 7th annual Richmond Holiday Festival at the East Bay Center for Performing Arts, 339 11th Street....

19 Nov

For a Second Language, My Home, Not the Classroom, Was the Greatest Teacher

Since being multilingual is important to me, and I wasn’t offered many options in school, I’ve taken it upon myself to learn on my own...