Memorial Day Remembrance – Harmon L. Remmel, III

Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the country’s armed forces. The holiday, which is observed every year on the last Monday of May originated as Decoration Day after the American Civil War...

$2.6 million in Richmond Promise Scholarships Awarded

I shook hands with each of 440 Richmond Promise scholarship recipients last night and handed them a certificate of award, worth $6,000 each, for a total of $2,640,000! The Richmond Promise is the highest funded Promise program in the State of California. Thank you to...

Richmond Announces Three New Poets Laureate

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Michele Seville, Arts & Culture Manager 440 Civic Center Plaza, 2nd Floor, Richmond, CA 94804 Michele_seville@ci.richmond.ca.us (510) 620-6952 May 26, 2017 RICHMOND SELECTS THREE NEW POETS LAUREATE FOR 2017-2019 On Wednesday, May 24th the...

Screenings of “Nat Bates For Mayor” Documentary

After mysteriously disappearing from the Internet over a year ago, the documentary film, “Nat Bates for Mayor,” has surfaced again as an entry in the 16th San Francisco Documentary Festival. The film takes an in-depth look at the epic 2014 election in Richmond. There...