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Oct 25, 2024 | 
es.globalvoices.org | Filip Noubel |Choekyi Lhamo
Dos importantes museos de París están utilizando términos distintos a «Tíbet» para describir parte de sus colecciones de objetos culturales tibetanos, y se unen así a la política de eliminación cultural de Pekín. Este cambio de denominación es ahora el centro de una gran protesta entre los tibetólogos, y ha desatado un acalorado debate en Francia.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
globalvoices.org | Filip Noubel |Choekyi Lhamo
Two major Paris museums are using terms other than “Tibet” to describe parts of their Tibetan cultural artifacts collections, thereby aligning themselves with Beijing’s policy of cultural erasure. This rebranding is now at the heart of major outcry among Tibetologists and has become a heated debate in France. Tibet as a nation has existed for centuries under its own Tibetan name བོད་ (pronounced ‘böd’), until it was occupied and annexed by the People’s Republic of China in 1951.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
richmondconfidential.org | Christine Schiavo |Choekyi Lhamo |Riley Ramirez
Three years after taking the helm at the West Contra Costa Unified School District, Superintendent Kenneth “Chris” Hurst announced Monday that he will retire at the end of December, forcing the board of the beleaguered district to appoint an interim superintendent for the second part of the school year.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
richmondconfidential.org | Christine Schiavo |Skylla Mumana |Choekyi Lhamo
On Wednesday, the three candidates running for Richmond City Council in District 1 will meet for an election forum co-hosted by Richmond Confidential, Richmondside, The Contra Costa Pulse and El Tímpano. Residents are invited to hear candidates talk about their positions on a range of issues facing the city, and will have an opportunity to pose questions.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
richmondconfidential.org | Christine Schiavo |Choekyi Lhamo
Chevron Corp. has agreed to pay Richmond $550 million over the next decade in exchange for the city dropping a proposed refinery tax from the November ballot. The mayor’s office announced the deal in an Aug. 8 news release, saying the agreement enables the city to avoid being sued by Chevron, while achieving the same goal as the measure. Under the agreement, Chevron will pay Richmond $50 million annually in the first five years and $60 million annually in the remaining five.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
richmondconfidential.org | Choekyi Lhamo |Christine Schiavo
Five days before the start of the new school year, parents of Stege Elementary School students left a meeting with district officials Wednesday with many of their questions unanswered. Last month, citing environmental hazards, the West Contra Costa Unified School District announced Stege’s immediate closure for renovations that could take up to three years.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
richmondconfidential.org | Choekyi Lhamo
After a Contra Costa man’s death from West Nile virus was reported on July 16, the county Health Department is urging the public to take precautions against the mosquito-borne illness. It was the county’s first reported West Nile death since 2006, and California’s only death among five recorded cases this year.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
richmondconfidential.org | Julia Haney |Joel Umanzor |Choekyi Lhamo
This story was reported and published in a collaboration between Richmond Confidential and Richmondside. Najari Smith, co-founder and co-owner of Rich City Rides, reported to police on Jan. 13 that he walked into the bike co-op on Macdonald Avenue in Richmond and found thousands of dollars of merchandise missing.
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Jul 27, 2024 | 
richmondconfidential.org | Choekyi Lhamo
Dipping his brush into light blue paint, Peter Bakke filled numbered panels with the color. The sea was taking shape Saturday on the long wall in front of him, where dozens of other volunteers were applying shades of blue with careful strokes. Working all morning and much of the afternoon, the crew was the last of six to paint pieces of a mural called “Seeds to Harvest,” which stretches across 88 panels on a soundwall separating Richmond’s Parchester Village from Giant Highway.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
richmondconfidential.org | Choekyi Lhamo
A lawsuit was filed late Friday against the West Contra Costa Unified School District for teacher vacancies and other alleged violations of student rights. This is the first lawsuit the district faces under the 2004 landmark Williams v. California case, which established students’ rights to books, qualified teachers and safe schools, among other things.
