Posts Tagged ‘Richmond’
County program helps residents’ clean up their criminal records
Mike H. had been waiting for half an hour to hear his name called by an intake counselor at the Rubicon Legal and Economic Service Center in Richmond. But he was in no rush. He had been waiting for over 30 years for this; Saturday was the closest he’d ever been to getting his criminal record dismissed.
Read MoreMeet Jazz Hudson, the revolutionary poet
Twenty two-year-old spoken word artist Jasmine “Jazz” Hudson has been rocking Oakland’s mics since the eighth grade. From her first writer’s workshop at the West Oakland Library — where her father sent her to “curb that mouth of hers” — she has performed everywhere from the streets of Oakland and Richmond to the national stage, often with her three-year-old son Nassor at her side.
Read MoreThese railway police could cost you $371
Officers aboard a Richmond train scanned for safety violations Wednesday as police teams stood by to issue citations. Story by Mary Flynn/Oakland North.
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