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On Friday, June 3rd my aunt was the target of a protest by the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE), a group well known in the City of Richmond for protests against landlords.  Continue reading

A stretch of Interstate 80 in West County will be closed to all traffic for eight hours overnight on June 18-19. Continue reading

The West Contra Costa Unified School District Board of Education on Wednesday night approved a contract with Matthew Duffy to become its ninth permanent superintendent. Continue reading

  Marcus E. Walton ~ Communications Director ~ West Contra Costa Unified School District   Continue reading

The Presidential Primary is next Tuesday with options for voting for candidates for the Presidency, the US Senate, State Assembly, State Senate, two statewide propositions, two local propositions and selecting representatives for the local party Central Committees. Continue reading

Every other month Richmond Mayor Tom Butt hosts a ‘Time with Tom’ gathering in different parts of the City where he can meet with residents to get to know them, to learn about them and to hear about the things they think are important. Continue reading

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Nearly 85% of West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) students in the Class of 2015 have earned their high school diploma, according to data released today by the California Department of Education. Continue reading

By Michele Wells If you missed Fairytale you missed a play that is as brilliant as it is rare. When I was growing up in Richmond, youth theater meant dramatizing bedtime stories like Little Red Riding Hood and the most controversy I can recall was a dispute among parents about whether or not the “big bad wolf” should actually be in a wolf's costume onstage. Molly Raynor, the Director of the RYSE Performing Arts program, has abandoned the old model for a new brand of youth theater – theater that reflects the true stories of Richmond’s youth. Molly and her team at RYSE understand that while the wolf may not be on stage, the wolves are in our communities and sometimes inside of us. Fundamental to her idea of a lasting solution is to create the space for expression early on so that the we can expose truths that can create new paths and new ways of living and being. Continue reading