Richmond Norooz event canceled; other things to do this week
Highlights include: A celebration of girls’ sports, an upcoming forum to meet the candidates running for Richmond City Council and a new downtown center for climate justice.
This Richmond second-grader is hosting a food drive instead of having a birthday party
What started as a 7-year-old’s innocent question about why so many people are in need inspired a food drive and two community meal events set for April 11.
Celebrating Betty Reid Soskin’s life: Civil Rights storyteller, park ranger, songstress
About 1,000 people gathered in Oakland Sunday to honor “Miss Betty,” once the nation’s oldest park ranger, whose vision helped ensure Richmond’s Rosie the Riveter museum was inclusive of all experiences.
Deadly lookalikes: Mushroom poisoning surge hits immigrant communities harder
One Contra Costa man has died, and more toxic shrooms are sprouting, putting more people in danger during what has already been a record season for hospitalizations.
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Un aumento de hongos tóxicos ha enfermado de manera desproporcionada a las comunidades hispanohablantes e inmigrantes de California, con la mayor concentración en el Área de la Bahía. Entre las víctimas se encuentra un hombre de Contra Costa que murió.
12 things to do and know in Richmond
Highlights: Black History Month celebrations, Los Cenzontles music program fundraiser, free groceries.
A State of the Union seat will be left empty for East Bay grandma deported by ICE
U.S. Rep. John Garamendi is protesting ICE’s treatment of Harjit Kaur, 73, who had ties to El Sobrante and Hercules.
How Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu fell back in love with figure skating
The former Richmond resident’s practices are much more laid back than they used to be, now that she found joy on the ice.
Richmond man’s time in jail inspired him to change. Now he feeds the hungry
Stan Byias of Richmond was incarcerated in Marin County when he felt a religious calling to change his life. He founded an organization that feeds the hungry and helps the unhoused.
How an Ohlone nonprofit quickly became one of the wealthiest Indigenous land trusts in the nation
With $54 million in assets, Sogorea Te’ has big dreams for its reclaimed West Berkeley shellmound site. Its voluntary shuumi land tax has become wildly popular in the East Bay even as it has drawn criticism from other Ohlone groups that say…
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