We invite you to participate in a series of workshops to learn about air pollution monitoring in refinery communities. During the rule-making process for Regulation 12, Rule 15 (Petroleum Refining Emissions Tracking), the Air District Board directed the Air District...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending January 19, 2018. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, January 23rd, beginning with Closed Session at 5:00 PM, followed by the Regular Meeting of the...

Get Covered Richmond! Health Care Enrollment Event Do you know what health care options are available to you for 2018? Do you need help to re-enroll or enroll for the first time in health care coverage? Join us on Saturday, January 20th for a special event to make...

In case you don’t make the connection, the Hass Institute (not to be confused with the Haas School of Business), is obsessed with Richmond. They have solved two of our most pressing problems by authoring the study that formed the basis for rent control (Belonging and...

In the course of an extended recent discussion of rent control on a social media site, I was invited by a Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA) stalwart and frequent RPA defender to attend the RPA Steering Committee meeting earlier this evening, presumably to see for...

Tonight’s closed session agenda includes the following: CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION (Subdivision [a] of Government Code Section 54956.9): Upstream Pt. Molate vs. City of Richmond Both the City of Richmond and Upstream have compelling reasons to...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending January 12, 2018. Meeting Notes he next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, January 16th, beginning with Closed Session at 5:00 PM, followed by the Regular Meeting of the...

Many people have contacted me or the Mayor’s Office about the BAART Richmond clinic proposed to be relocated from 1313 Cutting Boulevard to 3563 San Pablo Dam Road. Many people appear to believe that the City of Richmond or even the Mayor’s Office is driving this...

“The Home Team” is assigned to the North Richmond Shoreline. So far, local politicians seem comfortable with the idea that teams of architects and planners and engineers — some from outside the region, others from out of town — will be offering elaborate suggestions...

The City of Richmond just received some good news today. John Burris’s office, on behalf of his client Jasmine Abuslin (Celeste Guap), this afternoon filed the Dismissal with Prejudice of her lawsuit (Jasmine Abuslin v. City of Richmond, et al) against the City and...

Point Richmond Acoustic presents Chuck Brodsky in Concert Friday, January 12, 2018 from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM (PST) Point Richmond Acoustic 201 Martina Avenue Richmond, CA 94801 Please join us Friday, January 12, for our first show of the year with master songwriter...

Coach a student – Make a difference in 2018! At WriterCoach Connection, we believe that critical thinking and clear writing skills are essential for a young person to succeed at school and beyond. Join our team of trained volunteers working with middle and high school...

Richmond-San Rafael Bridge third lane could open next month The shoulder of the eastbound Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, now used for disabled vehicles or road crews, will be available soon as an extra traffic lane from 2 to 7 p.m. (Robert Tong/Marin Independent Journal)...

Richmond's MLK Day of Service on the Greenway is coming up. Please post and share the press release below through your channels. Thank you! 8-9 a.m. a march from downtown to the greenway, sponsored by and led by Main St. Initiative 9-12 service projects including tree...

2017 has been a good year for Richmond in many ways, some of which are described in the 2017 Year End Review and Predictions for 2018 (Will Richmond be Keen in 2018?). Click here for your copy. Richmond finished 2017 with the lowest unemployment rate on record --...

In November of 2017, the unemployment rate for Richmond residents dropped to 3.6% in November 2017, the lowest on record and possibly the lowest in history (http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/data/labor-force-and-unemployment-for-cities-and-census-areas.html). It...

I recommend the latest book by Richmond author and UC Berkeley Economics Professor Dr. Clair Brown. Buddhist Economics describes a different way of thinking about wealth, using sharing, compassion and happiness rather than revenue generation and accumulation of stuff....

Despite valiant attempts to stop it and generous offers by the City of Richmond to acquire it, the United States Postal Service has formally listed the Richmond Main Post Office building for sale and is requesting offers by December 28, 2017. No asking price is...

UPDATED TRAFFIC ADVISORY Good afternoon, Work continues on the Richmond-San Rafael (RSR) Bridge Access Improvement Project. A new video detailing the progress on the project has been posted to the MTC website and can be viewed here:...

View this in your browser. http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/list.aspx?MID=1871> MCE Clean Energy Low Income Families and Tenants Pilot Program (LIFT) The Low Income Families and Tenants (LIFT) program offers income qualified multifamily owners and tenants an...