Here is an interesting way that the Illinois version of the Brown Act was enforced. The County Board was subject to citizens’ arrest, followed by the sheriff taking the entire board into custody except the one supervisor who did not vote. Theoretically, this could...

After 21 years - RICHMOND HIGH was victorious last night as the 2015 North Coast Section Soccer Champions!!! Here's the link to the results: http://cifncs.org/sports/soccer/files/RESULTS/Winter%202015/WinterSoccerBoysD22015.pdf

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing the Focused Feasibility Study (FFS) for the United Heckathorn Superfund Site as a draft document to facilitate collaboration with site stakeholders. The report is available at...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending February 27th, 2015. Meeting Notes The next meeting of the Richmond City Council is scheduled for Tuesday, March 3, 2015, beginning with a Closed Session at 5:30 PM, followed by the...

Please feel free to post the attached job opening and/or distribute to anyone who may be interested. Resumes should be sent to: jobs@mcecleanenergy.org by March 20. Thank you. Best, Katie Katie Gaier Human Resources Coordinator Marin Clean Energy 415-464-6042 - phone...

The agenda/packet for the Tuesday, March 3, 2015, Regular Richmond City Council Meeting is on the web. Follow the link below to view: http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx

Last night on a 4-0-2 vote, with McLaughlin and Beckles abstaining, Vinay Pimple was chosen to fill the empty seat, thus avoiding a costly $500,000 election. He will be sworn in on March 3. Following is media coverage of the prelude to the selection and the selection...

The Port of Richmond has moved its offices into the once contentious historic and now rehabilitated Riggers Loft, and the R&B Winery has leased and will share the remainder of the space. The Port Office is designed to serve as an Emergency Operations Center in...

Richmond City Council agrees on new member at last By Hamed Aleaziz - SFGATE Updated 4:12 pm, Wednesday, February 25, 2015 A 47-year-old blind attorney has been appointed to the Richmond City Council after a weeks-long stalemate over who would be selected to fill the...

UC Berkeley studies international education campus in Richmond Geese wander outside one of the facilities at the Richmond Field Station. (Marcus Yam, Los Angeles Times) By Larry Gordon contact the reporter UC Berkeley is proposing a global campus where UC and foreign...

We have been in a process of improving the City’s recycling and compost programs for residents and businesses for the past five years. I am happy to report that expanded recycling and compost services are coming to Richmond that will help the City continue to reduce...

It is interesting that on February 4, 2013, both Gayle McLaughlin and Jovanka Beckles argued passionately that Eduardo Martinez should be selected primarily because he was the next highest vote getter. McLaughlin called it “a question of democracy that the vote should...

It appears that City crews are working overtime on Sunday to get in the last spraying of glyphosate before the prospective temporary ban goes in at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. According to our existing IPM ordinance “Pesticides shall be used only as a last resort...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending February 20th, 2015. Meeting Notes The next meeting of the Richmond City Council is a special meeting (primarily presentations and study sessions) scheduled for Tuesday, February 24,...

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Manage a co-working office at 51 Washington Avenue in Point Richmond. This is a 3,000 square foot second story office that has half a dozen smaller offices and a central workspace with workstations. Manager will have free use of one office for his or her own use and...

Yesterday, Assembly Member Tony Thurman convened a meeting in Richmond of all mayors, city managers and police chiefs in AB District 15, from Oakland to Hercules, to discuss how law enforcement can do their jobs and keep cities safe while minimizing use of deadly...

The agenda/packet for the Tuesday, February 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

http://m.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2015/02/18/progressive-brinksmanship-mounts-in-richmond Progressive Brinksmanship Mounts in Richmond by John Geluardi February 18, 2015 Richmond city councilmembers again failed to appoint a seventh member to the council...