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El Cerrito star selected for All-American bowl game at Dallas Cowboys’ stadium

McAdoo selected for All-American bowl game at Cowboys’ stadium

By Kathy Chouteau When the Blue-Grey All-American Bowl East vs. West football game gets underway at the Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium Dec. 12, El Cerrito High School varsity running back Tony McAdoo will be on...
GoFundMe aims to suppor Richmond high school soccer program

GoFundMe launched to support Cal Prep soccer program

The head coach of the Aspire California College Preparatory in Richmond (Cal Prep) has launched a GoFundMe to fund uniforms, equipment and other program necessecities.  The cost for soccer uniforms and equipment is becoming increasingly...
Kaiser Richmond Sports Medicine facility renovated, expanded

Kaiser Richmond Sports Medicine facility renovated and expanded

The Kaiser Permanente Sports Medicine facility at the Richmond Medical Center is now better equipped to treat local athletes following a recently completed renovation and expansion, the hospital recently reported. The facility features a new...
Chevron STEM event hits home with Junior Giants at Willie Mays Field

Chevron STEM event hits home with Junior Giants at Willie Mays Field

By Kathy Chouteau The Willie Mays Field at Nicholl Park was alight with the smiling faces of Junior Giants players Tues., Oct. 25, when the team gathered for a Chevron Richmond STEM event that drove...
Raiders, 49ers host most expensive game experiences in NFL, study says

Raiders, 49ers host most expensive game experiences in NFL, study says

Las Vegas Raiders games at Allegiant Stadium and San Francisco 49ers games at Levi's Stadium are on average the two most expensive NFL game experiences in the NFL, when you take into account average...
Richmond's 'School of Baseball' invites youth players to hone skills

Richmond’s upcoming ‘School of Baseball’ invites youth to hone skills

The Richmond Police Activities League and Richmond Little League Baseball & Girls Softball are partnering to hold their 3rd Annual School of Baseball (and Softball) at Nicholl Park. The event will provide youth players will...
San Pablo's pioneering Lady A's 'fearless and focused'

San Pablo’s pioneering Lady A’s ‘fearless and focused’

By Mike Kinney The Standard recently caught up with San Pablo Baseball Association (SPBA) President Andre L. Williams, Sr., to learn more about the city's first-ever girls hardball team. As we recently reported, the SPBA is...
New all-girl's baseball team in San Pablo seeks players

New all-girl’s baseball team forms in San Pablo

A new baseball team in San Pablo is unique in that it is girls-only, a first for the city, according to Andre Williams Sr., president of the San Pablo Baseball Association. Players ages 8 to...
Richmond native Sande French inducted into Black Tennis Hall of Fame

Richmond native Sande French inducted into Black Tennis Hall of Fame

By Mike Kinney When she was 8 years old, Sande French’s little brother Don gave her a globe for Christmas. Every night, she would spin it, then dream about the place where her finger would...
49ers visit Richmond nonprofit to announce social justice grant partnership

49ers announce RYSE Center as social justice grant recipient

San Francisco 49ers lineman Spencer Burford (No. 71) and linebackers Azeez Al-Shaair (No. 51) and Marcelino McCrary-Ball (No. 40) stopped by the RYSE Center in Richmond on Tuesday, Sept. 13, to help cement a social...

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Join National Park Service ranger, Betty Reid Soskin for an hour long informal virtual chat, every Thursday, at 2 pm, beginning May 13. Betty will share her thoughts and insights and answer questions in this informal virtual gathering. For those who have met her, this will be another opportunity to connect and share. For those who have yet to meet her, this will be a chance to ask those questions you have always wanted to ask. The session will be moderated by Ranger Armand Johnson, and may vary in length depending on how Betty is feeling. This free program is open to all ages and no reservations are required. To view the virtual event or for more information, please visit the park website at www.nps.gov/rori. Or call the Rosie the Riveter/ WWII Home National Historical Park (NHP) Visitor Education Center at (510) 232-5050 x 0. At Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front NHP, Betty illuminates the invisible histories of African Americans and other people of color, and her efforts, demonstrate how her work has impacted the way the National Park Service conveys such history to audiences across the United States. Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, CA is the flagship National Park Service site selected to tell the story of Rosie the Riveter and WWII Home Front workers of all kinds. This unique park chronicles the explosive growth of wartime industry, the innovations fostered by visionaries like Henry J. Kaiser, and the extraordinary history of ordinary people who were challenged as never before and came together to overcome wartime odds. The Rosie the Riveter Visitor Education Center is open seven days a week from 10 AM to 5 PM and is located at 1414 Harbour Way South, suite 3000, Richmond, CA 94804. For more information and directions to the Visitor Education Center, please call (510) 232-5050 x0 or visit to http://www.nps.gov/rori/planyourvisit/directions.htm. Admission to the Visitor Center and programs is free.

Rosie the Riveter Trust to screen two films honoring Black history

By Kathy Chouteau Rosie the Riveter Trust will screen two films Wed., June 14th from 6:30-9:30 p.m. in recognition of Juneteenth and FDR's Executive Order...
Richmond Olympian to be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame

Richmond Olympian to be inducted into Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame

By Kathy Chouteau Richmond resident Mary Anne O’Connor will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame—along with her teammates from the U.S.A.’s 1976...
Richmond director/choreographer premieres award-winning films

Richmond director/choreographer premieres award-winning films

By Kathy Chouteau UpSwing Aerial Dance Company and Symmetricity will unveil “Sling Shot,” Sun., June 11 in Oakland, a film premiere of eight dance and...