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updated: Sun Jul 06, 2008 09:40 pm

Richmond News

Local news for Richmond, CA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

7 hrs ago | Ledger Dispatch

Richmond seeking developer for pre-war nursery

With financing for housing in trouble, Richmond city officials are hunting for a private developer with the financial wherewithal to help build more than 200 new housing units at a pre-World War II Japanese ...

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20 hrs ago | Inside Bay Area

Homeless students struggle to balance school, life's necessities

Brittney Johnson, 17, and classmate Bo-Christopher Redfearn, chat after their graduation from El Cerrito High School at Contra Costa College in San Pablo, Calif.

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Related Topix: San Pablo, CA, Diablo, CA, Alameda County, CA, Contra Costa County, CA, Education Etc.

Fri Jul 04, 2008

EMaxHealth

Gene Technique Increases Resistance To HIV In Mice

Altering the gene that produces CCR5 protein on the surface of immune cells using a harmless virus was found to significantly increase resistance to HIV in mice, according to a study published Sunday in the ...

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Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health

Thu Jul 03, 2008

El Cerrito Wire

Voice-over class July 22

Professional voice-over instructor and talent Heather Costa will be teaching an introductory course for aspiring voice-over artists on Tuesday July 22, 2008 at West Contra Costa Adult School Alvarado campus, ...

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Tue Jul 01, 2008

Ledger Dispatch

Richmond seeks early transfer of Point Molate

Richmond city officials and a private developer want to secure the remaining land at Point Molate before cleanup of the former Navy depot is final, saying they can rid it of pollutants and prepare it for ...

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Mon Jun 30, 2008

Pleasant Hill Record

Hard-hat shooting leads to Richmond drug arrest

A stray bullet that ventilated a construction worker's hard hat Thursday led Richmond police to a cache of drugs across the street from the work site.

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Related Topix: Drugs

EurekAlert!

Zinc finger proteins put personalized HIV therapy within reach

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and collaborators are using minute, naturally occurring proteins called zinc fingers to engineer T cells to one day treat AIDS in humans.

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Related Topix: Sangamo Biosciences, Startups, Immunology, Biology, Science, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Sun Jun 29, 2008

Eureka Reporter

HSU's Dengler Named Scholar of the Year

Dr. Lori Dengler, professor and chair of Humboldt State University's Department of Geology has been named 2008 Scholar of the Year.

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Related Topix: Geology, Science, Crescent City, CA

Pleasant Hill Record

Burst pipeline sprays barrel's worth of oil onto Marina Vista Avenue

A pipeline burst sprayed about a barrel's worth of oil onto Marina Vista Avenue today, closing a segment of the street toward downtown Martinez but causing no significant public safety hazard, authorities said.

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Related Topix: Contra Costa County, CA, Martinez, CA, Plains All Amern Pipeline L, Energy, Oil & Gas, Marketing

Fri Jun 27, 2008

KRON-TV San Francisco

Police Make Arrest in SF Triple Homicide

San Francisco police tell KRON 4 that they have made an arrest in the road rage shooting that left a father and two sons dead.

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Related Topix: San Francisco Metro, El Sobrante, CA, Richmond (San Francisco, CA), San Francisco, CA

Thu Jun 26, 2008

Pleasant Hill Record

Old war vessel leaves Richmond

An old warship destined to be sunk left Richmond on Thursday afternoon, shepherded by tugboats as it headed out to sea.

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA

USA Today

Intervention negates drug toll on pregnancy, study shows

Drug and alcohol users can have healthy pregnancies if they are treated early in the pregnancy, according to a study released today.

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Related Topix: Drug Testing, Drugs, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Tue Jun 24, 2008

Inside Bay Area

Traffic slow after I-80 crash near Richmond

A three-car crash that blocked three lanes on westbound Interstate 80 has been cleared, but drivers are still moving slowly past the scene, the California Highway Patrol said.

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Mon Jun 23, 2008

Ledger Dispatch

Pinole motorcyclist killed in North Richmond crash

A 37-year-old Pinole man died late Thursday night when he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed on Richmond Parkway, the California Highway Patrol said.

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Related Topix: Pinole, CA

Sat Jun 21, 2008

Ag Professional

Dow AgroSciences to exercise option early for license with Sangamo BioSciences

Dow AgroSciences to exercise option early for license with Sangamo BioSciences Jun.

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Related Topix: Science, Sangamo Biosciences, Startups, Chemicals, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Agriculture

Thu Jun 19, 2008

Inside Bay Area

Home sales down but foreclosures still hot

An auction sign is in the window of a foreclosed home at 168 5th Street in Richmond, Calif., on Tuesday, April 29, 2008.

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Related Topix: Solano County, CA, San Mateo County, CA, Housing, San Francisco Metro

SF Gate

RICHMOND Man sentenced for sex trafficking

Melvin Parker Jr. pleaded guilty on Feb. 20 to one count of sex trafficking of a minor, admitting he paid for the 16-year-old girl's travel to Oakland, where he set her up briefly as a prostitute in July 2007.

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Related Topix: San Francisco Metro, Contra Costa County, CA, San Rafael, CA, Marin County, CA

Wed Jun 18, 2008

Ledger Dispatch

Richmond school victim of 2nd arson in 3 years

For the second time in less than three years, an arson fire has wreaked havoc at Richmond's Coronado Elementary School, this time rendering the campus's multipurpose room useless.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., El Sobrante, CA, El Cerrito, CA

Tue Jun 17, 2008

KNTV San Jose

Police Arrest Man In Richmond School Campus Rape Case

Richmond police arrested a man late Sunday night for suspicion of raping a woman on the Richmond High School campus while she was walking home from a grocery store, a lieutenant said.

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Related Topix: San Pablo, CA

Wed Jun 11, 2008

The Reporter

Law librarian to check out a new venue

Carey Rowan, supervising librarian for the Solano County Law Library at the Hall of Justice in Fairfield, will be leaving soon for a similar job with Contra Costa County.

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Related Topix: Martinez, CA, Fairfield, CA, Contra Costa County, CA, Solano County, CA, Libraries

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