The Third Quarter 2017 Richmond Review from Jeff Leenhouts of Cushman & Wakefield is out. The Richmond warehouse market is just over 6 million square feet, with a 1.2% vacancy rate. The low vacancies and high rental rates of $0.70/square foot are partially...

Based on an email by Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA) Steering Committee Co-chairs Marcos Banales and Malia Everette, which is in turn based on a letter from RPA Committee Member Marilyn Langlois (copied below), the RPA has crafted a very clever position whereby it...

Today, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District is issuing a health advisory and Spare the Air Alert. Very unhealthy air quality from the wildfires in the North Bay is causing unprecedented levels of air pollution throughout the Bay Area. Due to active wildfires...

Join Us for the Richmond Ferry Terminal Groundbreaking, Wednesday, November 1, 2017. RICHMOND FERRY SERVICE Please join the WETA Board of Directors and Richmond City Council for the WETA Richmond Ferry Terminal groundbreaking. The estimated start date for Richmond...

The Mayor's Business Roundtable is back for one last time in 2017! Join me on October 26th for a special Business Roundtable at The Shops at Hilltop! The upcoming Business Roundtable will feature a presentation by the owner-group of The Shops, LBG Real Estate, and...

Join us Friday for our season kickoff with this fantastic guitar duo!! Friday, October 13, 7:30 pm The Quitters with special guest Laura Zucker BUY TICKETS HERE Stevie Coyle and Glenn Houston make up the dynamic guitar duo The Quitters. Stevie is well-known for his...

My calling out of RPA members Eli Moore and Claudia Jimenez for being unlicensed and unregistered landlords has generated hundreds of posts on several Facebook strings. Predictably, RPA members and sympathizers are horrified that the mayor would spotlight such nice...

Dear Mayor and Council: Hoping that you will accept these comments in the spirit of Betty Reid Soskin, private citizen, a role that I’ve tried hard not to relinquish to my more recent identity as a national parks ranger. On occasion I find that my dual roles in...

A “public bank” may or may not be a good idea, but throwing away City of Richmond taxpayers’ money at a feasibility study that is already fully funded by Oakland and Berkeley shows the lack of fiscal restraint that is increasingly associated with the Richmond...

Arrive Curious. Leave in Awe. 1940s Swing Dinner Dance with “Stompy Jones” and the "SJ Jitterbugs" on the 1944 “SS Red Oak Victory” Because our May 13 Swing Dinner Dance was so much fun and a big success, the SS Red Oak Victory will again be swinging this Saturday...

To most of us, it’s breaking the law. To Richmond Progressive Alliance stalwarts, it’s just “…looking into whether there are some forms we need to file.” By all accounts, Eli Moore is a savvy and intellectually sophisticated person. He is a program manager for the...

Only Eli Moore and the Hass Institute can find a way to make a lemon out of lemonade, finding a way to anticipate Richmond ferry service with pessimism and cynicism. These are the same people who helped kill the Global Campus because they saw only adverse impacts and...

Every two years since 2007, the City of Richmond has worked with the National Research Center (NRC) to conduct a community survey to help city officials evaluate services, measure resident satisfaction/use of current services, benchmark ratings for services provided...

Spread the word! FREE EVENT this Saturday! October 7th. 11am-2pm. It's our annual block party! Food! Face-Painting Kids' Activities Bounce House Live Music by local artists Blood-Pressure Screenings Chalk Art ZUMBA! Yoga Demonstration FREE EVENT! Bring your friends...

Hosted by North Richmond Shoreline Festival and East Bay Regional Park District Saturday at 11 AM - 4 PM 4 days from now · 54–82°Sunny 5551 Giant Hwy, Richmond, California 94806 Get Directions FREE Festival (Free Entry & Free Parking!) Food & Entertainment....

Like many of you, I slogged through the 10-part, 18-hour Ken Burns documentary of 30 years of war in Vietnam. One thing for sure, of those who experienced Vietnam at any level, it was like feeling the elephant. Ken Burns covered 30 years, from 1945 to 1975. Of that 30...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending September 29th, 2017. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 3rd, beginning with Closed Session at 5:00 PM, followed by a meeting of the Richmond...

This is a well written story on the history of post-WWII black exclusion in the Bay Area that provides insight into why North Richmond was never incorporated into the City of Richmond. Other black war workers in North Richmond, not as fortunate as Stevenson, remained...

The Mayor’s Community Fund I established has been serving our dedicated youth and community organizations in Richmond that would otherwise have few options for funding. For the past couple of years, local businesses and individuals have raised tens of thousands of...