Ranger Betty Soskin, 93, on the Rosie the Riveter national park, California The oldest national park ranger in the US tells us why she’s proud of the second world war home front park in Richmond, just across the bay from San Francisco Coming up Rosie … the visitor...

An article by Mike Parker, “Richmond Mayor Butt is Wrong on Rent Control,” has been getting a lot of play on Internet blogs the last few days. It begins by stating, “Richmond Mayor Tom Butt has set himself up to be the spokesman for landlords in a campaign against...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending May 1st, 2015. Meeting Notes The next meeting of the Richmond City Council is Tuesday, May 5th, 2015, beginning with a Closed Session at 5:45 PM, the Housing Authority Board at 6:20...

Resolution 8-11 established the Point Molate Citizens Advisory Committee (PMCAC) with nineteen members, all of whom must be residents of Richmond. The membership is down to seven people, and all of their terms expire May 30. I am looking forward to appointing a full...

Youth Application for Berkeley Global Campus at Richmond Bay Community Working Group Seeking 2 Youth Community Working Group Members! • Are you a Richmond youth between the age of 16 and 24 who is passionate about the future of Richmond and currently involved in...

Richmond: City struggling to find new homes for residents of troubled public housing project By Karina Ioffee kioffee@bayareanewsgroup.com Posted: 04/24/2015 01:59:06 PM PDT| Updated: about 3 hours ago RICHMOND -- A year after the city voted to shutter a publicly run...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending April 24th, 2015. Meeting Notes The next meeting of the Richmond City Council is a special meeting (primarily presentations and study sessions) scheduled for Tuesday, April 28th...

After The Flood! TAARKA featuring Enion Pelta-Tiller, violin David Pelta-Tiller, guitar and mandolin LAST CHANCE to SAVE: Buy Tickets online until 3:30 TODAY $15 online; $20 at the door! TAARKA is performing TONIGHT: FRIDAY, April 24, 7:30 pm at The Point Richmond...

Bill Franks Teradata Reinventing America 4/24/2015 How Ironic: America's Rent-Controlled Cities Are Its Least Affordable Bad ideas die hard, and rent control is no exception. For several decades, there has been near-consensus among economists that laws which cap or...

The Mariner Co-Working Environment located in 3,000 square feet on the second floor of a Point Richmond office building across from the historic Hotel Mac has been signing up members even faster than anticipated. All but one private office has been reserved by new...

When Richmond was selected as the location for the UC/LNBL expansion campus in 2012, pretty much everyone was ecstatic. The entire City had pulled together and worked hard to win the competition. The NY Times reported: Richmond’s eagerness for the campus apparently...

The following is from Livable Places Update is published monthly as a membership service of the Local Government Commission. View this newsletter online here. The Richmond d City Council is a member of the Local Government Commission, and Mayor Tom Butt serves on the...

Richmond fails to pass moratorium on rent increases By Karina Ioffee kioffee@bayareanewsgroup.com Posted: 04/22/2015 06:39:27 AM PDT0 Comments | Updated: 9 min. ago RICHMOND -- In a resounding blow to affordable housing advocates, Richmond failed to pass a moratorium...

Remember the recession? How could you forget? Richmond suffered more than most cities. Unemployment skyrocketed to over 17%. Home values tanked, and thousands of mortgages were underwater. Residents were abandoning foreclosed homes by the hundreds while squatter moved...

Item J-1, on tonight’s City Council meeting (ESTABLISH a 45-day moratorium on rent increases in the City of Richmond to allow time for the discussion and development of tenant protection policies that can be implemented to prevent displacement - Vice Mayor Jael Myrick...

This is a fundraiser for the Richmond Museum, which we have not done something like this before. All four comedians are donating their time and talent. Ronnie Schell is from Richmond. There are two shows this Sunday, 2:30 and 7pm - only $30 a ticket. People can...

Doctor’s Medical Center Closing Today, April 21st As of April 21st, Doctor’s Medical Center in San Pablo will be closing and no longer accepting patients. On April 20th, LifeLong Medical Care will open a new urgent care center across the street from Doctor’s Medical...

The media and others are asking what we have accomplished in the first 100 days. The tradition of reviewing the first 100 days of an elected officeholder began when the term was coined in a July 24, 1933, radio address by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, although...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending April 17th, 2015. Meeting Notes The next meeting of the Richmond City Council is scheduled for Tuesday, April 21st beginning with a Closed Session at 5:30 PM, followed by the Special...

At the end of March, 2015, the Unemployment Rate in Richmond hit a 14-Year low at 5.8%. The previous low was 5.0% in 2000. Richmond has a labor force of 53,100, of which 50,000 are currently employed. This compares to 5.0% for Contra Costa County, 7.1% for California...