Coming to a Bookstore Near You

After Steve Early’s book, Refinery Town: Big Oil, Big Money, and the Remaking of an American City, you thought you knew everything about how the Richmond Progressive Alliance saved Richmond. But wait, there’s more. Now you can get the rest of the story from former...

Richmond Women’s Day Celebration March 10

March 7, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Richmond City Council Office 510-620-6515 RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL HOSTS 11TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY CELEBRATION – SISTERS IN SOLIDARITY/HERMANAS EN SOLIDARIDAD 2018 Richmond, CA Come celebrate 11 years of solidarity...

City Manager Bill Lindsay to Retire

I want to let you know that Bill Lindsay, our city manager for the last 13 years, has announced that he will be retiring at the end of this fiscal year in July of 2018. Bill told me that he is not leaving for another job; he just wants to have an opportunity to enjoy...

Join the Army and See the World

This is a dubious anniversary, but fifty years ago today, March 8, 1968, I exchanged my bell-bottoms and tie dyes for Army green and took up an offer from Uncle Sam to see the world. And I did. I was neither drafted nor did I exactly volunteer. I had previously...