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The Softer Iron Triangle

From: Hana Baba
Length: 06:54

The most dangerous city in California actually has much more to offer Read the full description.

Default-piece-image-2 When you hear about Richmond?s Iron Triangle community in the news, it?s usually in connection with a robbery, murder, or a drug bust. That high crime rate is the reason Richmond has surpassed Compton as being the most dangerous city in California. But that?s not all that?s all there is in this ill reputed neighborhood. KALW?s Hana Baba takes us on a tour to show the Iron Triangle as it is to the people who live there.

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When you hear about Richmond?s Iron Triangle community in the news, it?s usually in connection with a robbery, murder, or a drug bust. That high crime rate is the reason Richmond has surpassed Compton as being the most dangerous city in California. But that?s not all that?s all there is in this ill reputed neighborhood. KALW?s Hana Baba takes us on a tour to show the Iron Triangle as it is to the people who live there.

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