A woman nobody has seen before uses the office phone. A man from the street comes asking for socks. The hungry are welcome to get lunch. That’s an ordinary Wednesday at the Day Labor Program center. “I have a feeling of protection coming here,” said Ismael Flores while standing outside of the center. He’s a …
Many of the local elections in Tuesday’s direct primary vote were still too close to call as of 9 p.m., but at least one county seat appears safe for the incumbent. A confident John Gioia thanked supporters, including Richmond Police Chief Chris Magnus and city councilmen Jeff Ritterman and Tom Butt, at an election-night party …
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The 10 Women Campaign will honor 10 women Saturday at ODC for their work as bridge builders who bring together disparate communities. The award recipients include Mestranda Márcia “Cigarra” Treidler, the president and artistic director of ABADÁ-Capoeira in San Francisco and Karen Heisler co-owner of Mission Pie and co-founder of Pie Ranch. “The quiet and persistent activism of these women is deep and …
More fires are reported on July 4th than any other day of the year in the United States, according to the National Fire Data Center. Last year there were five wildfires in Richmond on the 4th of July. There were none this year but “We’re anticipating a lot today,” if people continue to use fireworks said …
When the owner of a dry cleaners in the Mission District received graffiti notices from the city, it never occurred to her to ask her landlord to take care of the tagging. Fixing property damage was not part of her lease agreement, but the letters were directed to her business name, so she assumed she …
Politicians, dancers, a Corvette convoy, horses and more paraded from 21st Street and Cutting Boulevard to 37th Street and MacDonald Avenue celebrating the annual Juneteenth Festival this Saturday morning. The festivities continued in the afternoon at Nichol Park, where people gathered to enjoy live music, food and sneak a peak at about 40 community and …
In an effort to build community and prevent crime, the City of Richmond celebrated the 27th annual National Night Out Tuesday with block parties throughout the city. The city joined 35 million citizens around the country in celebration. Police officers and firefighters visited 24 different neighborhoods across Richmond that were holding block parties. City officials including Police …
audience at the Youth-Senior Mentoring Project workshop quietly listened while 71-year-old, white haired volunteer Annie Stephens talked about her joyful experience as a senior working with youth. She described how enthusiastic young people were to meet seniors, and how they worked together on projects like making Christmas cookies or putting together a scrapbook. “It’s great when we have generations coming …
Finding a marketing expert to employ was no problem. The challenge for the boutique creative agency located in the Mission was finding the money to make the hire. Enter Jobs Now!, a city program funded by the stimulus to subsidize employment. “We found someone who had been laid off from a very successful company,” said Sir …
Pictures of a girl masturbating for an audience, a nude androgynous man being taken away by cops during Mardi Gras and one of William S. Burroughs, in front of a lie detector, were among the photographs shown at the San Francisco Art Institute, at the second of a three-day celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Naked Lunch, written …