Boat Ramp Street Grand Opening

Celebrate the opening of paddle access at Boat Ramp Street adjacent to the San Francisco Bay Trail on Friday, May 9 at 3:30pm. Come by bicycle or car to 700 Cutting Boulevard just east of Canal Boulevard in Richmond, or better yet… paddle your kayak or canoe by...

Anti-Graffiti Training Session

As you may have heard, the City Council approved a contract with Anti-Graffiti Consultants Boyles & Associates to develop a comprehensive anti-graffiti program to enhance our graffiti abatement efforts. A component of the program is to provide supplies and train...

Richmond Wants To Share in Chevron Profits

Richmond seeks pact with Chevron By Katherine Tam West County Times Article Launched: 05/02/2008 06:13:20 PM PDT Related Item: Chevron taps into a gusher of profits that totaled $5.17 billion Richmond city leaders are trying to extract a promise from Chevron to funnel...

KPIX PSA’s and Clips About Richmond Nurseries

National Park Service Chief of Interpretation Naomi L. Torres alerted me that KPIX has produced a series of special segments celebrating Asian American history for the Month of May. Included in the series are short clips with Wendy Tokuda about the Nurseries in...

Foreclosure Blight May Bring Big Fines for Banks

I placed an item on last week”s City Council agenda to discuss maintenance of foreclosed properties in Richmond to avoid becoming neighborhood blights. The second story below summarizes a presentation by Chief Magnus at that meeting. The first story describes a...