FROM THE CHIEF Dear Community Members, We are seeing some increases in crime during this first quarter of 2015, compared to the same period of 2014, so I wanted to reach out to everyone with the hope we can maximize how we work together to turn things around. Although...

Yesterday, ACCE responded to my E-FORUM Fight Over Rent Control Heats Up in Richmond, March 31, 2015, and David Sharples of ACCE asked me to publish it, which I will gladly do, but not without comment. The ACCE response follows my comments below. ACCE and I agree on a...

CBE and Chevron reached a settlement regarding the Chevron modernization project approved by the City in July 2014. In that settlement, Chevron and CBE agreed to file an agreement or stipulation ‘discharging the writ’ with the superior court (ending all litigation...

In a significant federal court victory today for the City of Richmond and the Richmond Police Department, a federal jury unanimously voted in favor of Defendant Richmond Police Officer Kristopher Tong in an “excessive force” case brought by John Burris’s office. Andre...

DON'T MISS OUT! We need your RSVP by April 1! Please join us for our Annual Benefit Dinner "You've Come a Long Way, Rosie!" Saturday, April 11, 2015 At The Historic Richmond Galileo Club! Our annual benefit dinner is the #1 way we support the Rosie the Riveter/WWII...

Richmond looks to refurbish image with new marketing campaign By Karina Ioffee Bay Area News Group Posted: 03/31/2015 11:57:42 AM PDT| Updated: 9 min. ago RICHMOND -- The mayor of Richmond has launched a one-man campaign to change the public's perception of his home...

Leaving his life as a poor farm worker from a large family in a remote village in Mexico, Guadalupe Campos emigrated to the U.S. in 1965 and found work as garbage truck driver in San Francisco. He worked hard for many years, saved his money and invested in a couple of...

San Francisco Cromicle While scientists continue to argue about both the cause and effects of global warming, the opportunity to change our habits to prevent it is rapidly diminishing. Realizing that it is probably too late to stave off climate change, the priorities...

I did not know it until I saw some Facebook posts that March 29th (or 30th) is recognized as Vietnam Veterans Day. President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the first National Vietnam Veterans Day on April 23, 1976. Since then, several states have declared their own Vietnam...

Mayor’s Business Roundtable Kicked Off on March 26 From left to right – Tom Butt, Bill Lindsay, DiemMy Duong, John Roulac, Prosper Attias and Ken Maxey (Comcast) One of the initiatives I announced in my State of the City presentation in January is the Business...

Yesterday, both Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell, and National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis paid a surprise visit to Richmond for a tour of Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park. They first met with a group of Rosies at the Visitor...

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Meeting duration: Noon to 1:30 PM Cost: $20.00 Location: The Richmond Country Club, map = http://richmondcarotary.org/meetings Friday, March 27, Dan Borenstein from the Bay Area News Group/Contra Costa Times comes to Rotary to talk about public pensions. The unfunded...

Pt. Richmond bike/pedestrian improvements underway; expected completion in May March 23, 2015 by Mike Aldax A project in Point Richmond to construct bike lanes, wider sidewalks and landscaping improvements is underway and expected to be completed in May, according to...

A study session last night on the prospect of district elections ended without action by the City Council. Council Member Nat Bates moved to table the issue, and it passed on a 6-0-1 vote with the author, Vice-mayor Myrick abstaining. The agenda item, had there been...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending March 20th, 2015. (Editor’s note: The City Manager’s Weekly Report is prepared with input from the various city departments, and is initially compiled and edited on a rotating basis...

HUD NEWS U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development – Julián Castro, Secretary Office of Public Affairs, Washington, DC 20410 HUD No. 15-015 FOR RELEASE Ed Cabrera Tuesday 415-489-6407 March 24, 2015 http://www.hud.gov/news/index.cfm HUD ANNOUNCES $1,092,323...

Friday, Dan Borenstein from the Bay Area News Group/Contra Costa Times comes to Rotary to talk about public pensions. The unfunded portion of this public debts are so large they put local at state government at risk for near term financial failure and bankruptcy....

The agenda/packet for the Tuesday, March 24, 2015, Special Richmond City Council Meeting is on the web. Follow the link below to view: http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx PLEASE NOTE: NO CLOSED – REGULAR CITY COUNCIL STARTS AT 6:30 P.M. Want to receive...

Women's History Month: An Interview with 93-Year-Old National Park Service Ranger Betty Reid Soskin http://www.doi.gov/employees/news/womens-history-month-an-interview-with-93-year-old-national-park-service-ranger-betty-reid-soskin.cfm 03/17/2015 At 93 years old,...