Impact of Impending Federal Cuts Worries Richmond Officials

By Danielle Savage Richmond officials are alarmed about the impact of $85 billion in automatic federal budget cuts, called sequester, which are scheduled to go into...

Richmond’s Basketball Legend Clyde Hardeman

By Kia Croom Clyde Hardeman made history as one of Richmond’s greatest athletes. He particularly remembers participating in the Twilight League at Shields Reid Park in...

Banker by Day, Poet by Night

By Kia Croom, Most days, long-time Richmond resident Stephen Sharpe, 25, can be found at the local Mechanics Bank branch where he works as a corporate...

Charter Academy Celebrates 102 Days of Perfect Attendance

The 6th grade class at Richmond Charter Academy middle school has announced that it has reached the milestone of 102 consecutive days of perfect attendance. “I...

Desmond Tutu Challenges Drones: “American or Not, All Victims Are Human”

By Lauren McCauley, Common Dreams In a letter to the New York Times, South African Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu calls the US and...

Jim Hines Selected for OAL Hall of Fame

The following are corrections to “The Roots of Toni Beckham’s Success” in the Feb. 13 Post. The article by Lee Hildebrand inaccurately said “PR, et Cetera...

Berkeley’s First Citywide College and Career Day

By Danielle Savage Berkeley will hold its first citywide College and Career Day Friday, March 1, sponsored by the Berkeley Alliance and the UC Berkeley’s Center...

Amya Harris, Doctor in the Making

“We Do Not Need This Flying Invasion of Privacy”

By Neil Satterlund Alameda County Sheriff Ahern wants surveillance drones. At last Thursday’s hearing of Alameda County’s Public Safety Committee, over powerful objections from more than...