About 1,000 people gathered in Oakland Sunday to honor “Miss Betty,” once the nation’s oldest park ranger, whose vision helped ensure Richmond’s Rosie the Riveter museum was inclusive of all experiences.
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Celebration of life for Betty Reid Soskin set for March 1 in Oakland
The beloved national park ranger and civil rights pioneer died in December at her Richmond home. She will be honored at the Kaiser Center for the Arts.
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Betty Reid Soskin, nation’s oldest park ranger, has died. She was 104
Betty Reid Soskin, one of the nation’s most iconic park rangers, died peacefully at her home in Richmond on Sun., Dec. 21, 2025.
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How you could be affected by the federal government shutdown
Medicaid, Medicare, Affordable Care Act, and Social Security service should remain steady. But states may have to fund the WIC program.
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Rosie the Riveter visitor center closed due to federal government shutdown
About two-thirds of National Park Service employees were furloughed nationally due to government shutdown.
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Betty Reid Soskin, the nation’s oldest park ranger, is still discovering herself at 104
Retired from her role telling stories at Rosie the Riveter park in Richmond, Betty Reid Soskin celebrated her birthday at her namesake middle school in El Sobrante.
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‘The time of need is now:’ Rally at Rosie park denounces Trump attacks
Community leaders gather in Richmond on the 109th birthday of the National Park Service to emphasize the need to safeguard the country’s stories.
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Rosie the Riveter park posts Trump-required sign asking visitors to report ‘negative’ exhibits
As part of President Trump’s March 27 Executive Order “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” the Department of the Interior required all National Parks to post the signs by June 13.
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Surviving ‘Rosies’ celebrate park’s 25th year while lawmaker urges support amid cutbacks
While Rosie the Riveter park has so far avoided federal National Park Service layoffs, U.S. Rep. John Garamendi says supporters should ‘advocate, speak up’ at this moment in history.
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East Bay LGBTQ+ community ‘will not be silenced’ after Trump orders
The temporary removal of an LGBTQ exhibit at Richmond’s Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front Visitor Education Center sparked fear and confusion.
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Rosie the Riveter could get her own commemorative coin
Funds from the sale of the coins would help support the Richmond national historic park.
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Willie Mae Thomas, one of the few surviving Rosie the Riveters, has died
Willie (Willa) Mae Thomas, one of the original Richmond shipyard workers, died on Dec. 11, 2024, her 100th birthday.
