10 Mar
09 Mar
Not Just “Child’s Play”: Designing Parks With Kids in Mind
Report: Karina Guadalupe / Video: Min Lee SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- The important role of play in the development of children is commonly underestimated; generally viewed as insignificant or frivolous at best. As a result, neighborhood parks are often designed without children in mind, thus failing to reach their full...
02 Mar
Richmond Bus Shootings a Major Safety Issue
Blog, D'Vondre Woodards, Feb 28, 2011 Editor's Note: Following the shooting of a Richmond public transit bus, police are now being required to escort the 376 bus line as it makes it's way through North Richmond. I take the bus everyday in North Richmond to get across town, it helps me get to...
28 Feb
Richmond’s Daytime Curfew: A Matter of Perspective
Last October, Richmond adopted a daytime curfew for young people in an effort to decrease school truancy. But some residents say the policy will only end up hurting, not helping, the community....
19 Feb
Richmond’s Secret Art Gallery
Photos and Text by Karina Guadalupe When I need some time to myself I walk along the shoreline trail at Miller Knox Park in Point Richmond. I’ve been going to this park for a couple years now, most of the time by myself but sometimes with a close friend. There is...
06 Feb
Settlement for Rape Victim Isn’t Enough
Blog, Kalei Meyers If you ask me even four million dollars is not enough to give that teenage rape victim victory. Each and every one of those men who raped her deserves to face life in prison. It doesn’t really matter how drunk she was, or what did or didn’t happen. No...
26 Jan
I Miss My Friend — R.I.P. Tyree
Editor's Note: Tyree Brown, 17, recently committed suicide in Richmond, CA. He was a student at Kennedy High. A candle light vigil was held at RYSE Center on Tuesday. Omm Alishlah, a friend of Tyree, was interviewed by Richmond Pulse at the vigil. "At first when I heard about Tyree, I was...
21 Jan
Youth Honor King, March For Peace In Richmond
Blog, Tania Pulido, Jan 21, 2011 Just days after 16 year-old Gene Grisby was gunned down in front of his grandmother’s home in Richmond, California - becoming the city’s first homicide of 2011 - over 400 school children rallied for peace on the Richmond Greenway, a stretch of hiking trail on...
16 Jan
When a Fight Never Ends—Richmond’s First Murder of 2011
Text: Sean Shavers //Video: Malcolm Marshall, Posted: Jan 16, 2011 Editor’s note: The first murder of 2011 in the 6th most dangerous city in America started with a fist fight and months later ended in Gene Grisby, 16, being gunned down in front of his grandmother's home in Richmond, Calif. On Thursday, two suspects -...
09 Jan
Making ‘Strides’ in the Iron Triangle
Video, Malcolm Marshall, Ann Bassette and Donny Lumpkins, Posted: Jan 08, 2011 Editor's Note: David Benjamin is becoming a computer expert at the Stride Computer Center in Richmond, CA. With help from the city's Office of Neighborhood Safety, David in on his way to completing his career goals. Donny Lumpkins is...
31 Dec
Football Saved Their Lives
News Feature, Christina Lopez, Posted: Dec 31, 2010 To listen to the audio report click here. Three boys. One dream. Kennedy High School football players JaVon Jones, Isaiah McClain and Leonard Waldon have all become star players of their high school football team. But not long ago, they didn’t imagine themselves getting off...
24 Dec
Re-Inventing Parks in the Iron Triangle
Pogo Park from New America Media on Vimeo. Editor's Note: Though Richmond California has been ranked the 6th most dangerous city in the country, that hasn't stopped residents like Toody Maher from trying to revitalize the Iron Triangle with a new community park called Pogo Park. Sean Shavers is a content...
The Mehserle Effect—Vallejo Shooting Tests Era of Police Accountability
New America Media, Video, Commentary:Kevin Weston // Video: Ann Bassette, Malcolm Marshall and Paul Billingsley, Posted: Dec 21, 2010 VALLEJO, Calif.—In the Bay Area, the veneer of police impunity seems to be thinning even as high-profile cases of police shooting unarmed black men – in Oakland and nearby Vallejo -- continue...
20 Dec
The “Alive and Free” Prescription to Save Richmond, Calif.
News Report, Donny Lumpkins //Produced by Malcolm Marshall, Posted: Dec 20, 2010 Editor's Note: The Alive & Free Training has just been introduced to Richmond. It is designed to inspire individual behavior change and reduce risky behaviors that often contribute to homicide or other violent crimes. We spoke to one of...
10 Dec
To Combat Violence in Richmond: Let’s Build a School
Khalid Elahi directs Way Out Incorporated, an organization dedicated to combating youth violence in Richmond, California. He shared his insights into how to break the youth cycle of violence in his hometown, as told to reporter Malcom Marshall. My name is Khalid Elahi. I’m a community activist and football coach, and...
