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	<title>The Richmond Beat</title>
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		<title>The Richmond Beat</title>
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		<title>Round Two of “Touchable Stories” Captures Richmond’s History Through Richmond Voices</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 04:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
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By Anna McCarthy
Bob Ellison has lived in Richmond since 1930, and has a treasure trove of stories about the city that have finally found an outlet.  
“Some of these stories, I’ve never told anyone before,” said Ellison.  “Shannon was interested, so I said, well, this is a good way for me to show [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=richmondca.wordpress.com&blog=1648206&post=83&subd=richmondca&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Richmond Shoreline Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 03:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nicholas Kusnetz



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		<title>RYSE Makes Halloween Haven for Richmond Youth</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nicholas Kusnetz
With a seemingly endless string of shootings plaguing Richmond in past weeks, youth organizers with RYSE were working hard Wednesday night to make sure all the blood was fake and all the screams were in delight. The organization’s youth center at 41st Street and Bissell Avenue was transformed into a Halloween haven, with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=richmondca.wordpress.com&blog=1648206&post=80&subd=richmondca&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Historic Rail Building Reborn as Bank</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nicholas Kusnetz
The Mechanic’s Bank opened its new Point Richmond branch in the newly restored Santa Fe Reading Room Monday, marking the rebirth of one of the city’s oldest buildings. Representatives from city and state government joined bank officials and community leaders to commemorate the event at the corner of Garrard Boulevard and East Richmond [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=richmondca.wordpress.com&blog=1648206&post=79&subd=richmondca&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds Flock to Richmond’s House of Terror</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Halloween came early this year at Richmond’s Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center. The House of Terror, a haunted house and Halloween festival sponsored by the city’s recreation department, was in full swing even before the sun began to set on Saturday afternoon. Friday was the opening night for the two-day event. 
Exactly how terrifying [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=richmondca.wordpress.com&blog=1648206&post=77&subd=richmondca&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Renewed Focus on English Proficiency at School Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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From left to right: Raul Morales, Harpreet Sandhu, Jorge Tovar and Jessica Tovar discuss parent teacher conferences at the opening meeting for the Multilingual District Advisory Committee
By Nicholas Kusnetz
Parents and teachers of English learners met Thursday night with the goal of doing more this year to help their children move quicker to English proficiency. At [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=richmondca.wordpress.com&blog=1648206&post=73&subd=richmondca&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Not Doing Anything Friday?  Why Not Meet the Mayor?</title>
		<link>http://richmondca.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/not-doing-anything-friday-why-not-meet-the-mayor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday, Mayor Gayle McLaughlin will host Richmond’s first weekly opportunity to meet with the mayor.
“I want to hear from everyone who attends so there will be an opportunity to sign up to speak with a limited time to share ideas or ask questions,” said McLaughlin, in her most recent e-newsletter.
The Friday meetings are open to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=richmondca.wordpress.com&blog=1648206&post=75&subd=richmondca&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Extra Police on Richmond Streets</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nicholas Kusnetz
In anticipation of an escalating territorial conflict, the Richmond Police Department has extra officers on the street today, with several two-man cars patrolling the city’s south side.
The move comes a day after a 7-year-old boy was hit in a drive-by shooting and on the same day as the funeral of Ramona Price, 44, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=richmondca.wordpress.com&blog=1648206&post=71&subd=richmondca&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>As The College Cycle Begins, Richmond Youth Fall Through the Cracks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Anna McCarthy
For anyone thinking about going to college, now is the time to begin looking seriously for funding.  Or so says the Foundation Center-San Francisco spokesperson Scott Ullman, who recently presented a workshop on finding money for college at the Richmond Public Library.  
But few students enrolled in the Richmond public high [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=richmondca.wordpress.com&blog=1648206&post=70&subd=richmondca&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Court Sets Hearing Date for the Diaz Brothers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday, the trial for two brothers charged with the murder of San Pablo man last year was set Friday for December 11, according to Judge John Sugiyama of the Contra Costa Municipal Court.
Rafael Diaz Valencia, 19, is charged with murdering 21-year-old Jose Cervantes on November 21, 2006.  His brother, Hector Manuel Diaz, is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=richmondca.wordpress.com&blog=1648206&post=69&subd=richmondca&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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