RICHMOND -- The City Council took a unanimous step forward Tuesday night to allocate $15 million in promised community grants from Chevron toward the beset Doctors Medical Center, with the aim of keeping the community hospital open as a full-service, acute care facility. Continue reading

On Monday October 20th the last candidate forum for the West Contra Cost Unified School District School Board was held at Richmond High School. Continue reading

I am writing this series of articles to shed light on the African American experience in Richmond from the 1940's to the present. In today's Richmond there seems to be an air of superiority coming from the “new” Richmondites who have located here from other cities as it relates to the minority community. Continue reading

The streets surrounding the Iron Triangle's Elm Playlot were paved with gold this weekend. Pogo Park, the community organization which transformed the playground into a community hub, presented a demo of its latest venture, the "Yellow Brick Road." Over the two-day trial, residents of the Iron Triangle got their first glimpse at a unique vision for their neighborhood. Continue reading

Many of our city's young people expect political change to happen overnight. Their excitement is great, but that's just not how the process or the system works. To educate and prepare Richmond's young people to help create a local government that truly represents them, they need to understand the hard facts and details of the mechanics behind change. The Black American Political Action Committee (BAPAC) is planning to develop a leadership academy in Richmond, and the political process and engagement will be the main focus of our training. Continue reading

On your next lunch break, do yourself a favor and skip the chain restaurant. Instead, head over to Angelo's Gourmet Delicatessen on San Pablo Avenue and take part in the history of a local deli that has served the community for over 80 years. Continue reading

Every week, Radio Free Richmond provides an offering of events in the city. Here is what's happening from October 17th through the 23rd. Continue reading

Chris Finch didn't expect to become an expert jeweler when she first entered the Richmond Art Center (RAC). Finch, a local painter, just had a simple repair to make to a single bracelet, and so she signed up for a metal working jewelry class. Without knowing it, Finch was following the intended path for everyone who enters the RAC. Several jewelry and enameling classes later, Finch has joined the canon of hundreds of local artists who have passed through the RAC since its doors first opened 78 years ago. In the hopes of inspiring artistry among the everyday, the RAC has worked to give everyone -- no matter their background or artistic ability -- a chance at creative self-expression. Continue reading

The law is the law—or at least that’s the way it ought to be.  The law says that one person cannot vandalize the property of another person.  Whether that property belongs to a person or to a company, vandalism is still vandalism. Continue reading

Marible Mendoza has lived on the 6th floor the Richmond Housing Authority's Hacienda complex for the past five years. In this time, Mendoza, who is just 20 years old, has experienced on a daily basis the conditions that RHA Executive Director Tim Jones described as "uninhabitable." She talked with Radio Free Richmond about her experience: Continue reading