By For Richmond Staff With its state-of-the-art campus, bike paths leading to the Bay Trail, lecture forums and welcoming cafes, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Richmond...
By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Bookworm Sez, LLC Your mother sent you to your room the other day. You hate that. You didn’t think you were being...
By Benjamin Todd Jealous “For a country regarded as the paramount leader in a multicultural world, the United States has yet to embrace its own diversity;...
Former Rep. William H. Gray III, who rose to influential positions in Congress and was the first African American to become majority whip, died Monday at...
By Brea Hammonds Khailey Kwamilele, 7, recently competed at the Amateur Athletic Union West Coast Junior Olympics in Reno. She ran in the 100-meter, 200-meter and...
By Ken A. Epstein The Oakland City Council this week approved a 30-month contract that will allow a truck yard at the Oakland Army Base to...
By Jaron K. Epstein The Oakland Unified School District is starting this month to move its headquarters to 1000 Broadway (11th & Broadway) in downtown Oakland....
The Board of Trustees and the Chancellor of the Peralta Community College District, Dr. José M. Ortiz have appointed Dr. Eric V. Gravenberg as interim president...
By Ken A. Epstein Oakland’s new two-year $2 billion budget – the first in five years to be based on rising city revenues – focuses on...
Brendalynn Goodall (center), who is president of the East Bay StoneWall Democratic Club with partner Nancy Hinds (right). will celebrate 21 years of togetherness. They were...
“The mayor is (also) culpable,” said Grinage. By KenA. Epstein There is growing frustration between local advocates of police accountability and City Administrator Deanna Santana,...
By Louis King The San Francisco Bay Area VotingRightsRestoration Movement is being organized at 6 p.m., Tuesday, July 2, at the West Bay Community Center located...
By Jaron K. Epstein The George P. Scotlan YouthandFamily Center, founded in 1966 and based at the historic DeFremery Park, is heading up an innovative flight...
Members of BART’s two largest unions overwhelming voted this week to give their leaders the authority to call a strike , while AC Transit workers are...
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By Don Lau The YMCA of the East Bay’s West Contra Costa County held its 95th annual meeting and dinner on June 5 at the Richmond...
By Kia Croom Davis Chapel CME will celebrate PastorCassandryR. Keys at a Pastor Appreciation Ceremony on Sunday, June 30 at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, 684 Juliga...
During the summertime at Contra Costa College, weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., classrooms are filled with teenagers solving equations, developing career goals, and free...
By Kyra Worthy The success of Richmond starts withouryouth,and part of investing in our city’s future means ensuring that Richmond’s young people are able to access...
Over 10,000 people joined in the celebration of Richmond’s10th Annual Juneteenth Family Day Parade and Festival, Saturday, June 22, presented by the Neighborhood Block Association, Chevron...
By Jeffrey Norris, UC SF A new $11 million grant to Kaiser Permanente Northern California and UC San Francisco will support a research program aimed at...
Members of BART’s two largest unions overwhelming voted this week to give their leaders the authority to call a strike , while AC Transit workers are...
The City of San Leandro Recreation and Human ServicesDepartmentare partnering with the San Leandro Unified School District to offer a “Free Summer Lunch” program this year....
House Democratic Leader, Nancy Pelosi with M/G FredRoggero,USAF (Retired) (left) and Post’s Capitol editor Conway Jones (right) Photo by Jonathan A. Stivers. Jones interviewed Pelosi on...