Want to receive TOM BUTT E-FORUM and other action alerts on Richmond political and community issues delivered to your email address? Email your name and email address and/or the names and email addresses of others who would like to be placed on the mailing list and...

The 16th Richmond Bay Trail New Year Report prepared by TRAC, the Trails for Richmond Action Committee now is available at http://www.pointrichmond.com/baytrail/pdfs/2015NYReport.pdf . This upbeat, colorful report features newly built Bay Trail sections and describes...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending January 9th, 2015, and the first such report for the new year. 1. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting will be the swearing-in ceremony for the new mayor and councilmembers,...

Copied below is a memo I received from Kathy Gerk, CEM, City of Richmond Fire Departmnet Office of Emergency Services (OES) Emergency Services Manager. Incidentally, Kathy was the winner of the 2104 City Manager’s Merit Award. For many years, I have solicited...

Singer Associates in big win for Richmond PR campaign. Thought you would like to know. Want to receive TOM BUTT E-FORUM and other action alerts on Richmond political and community issues delivered to your email address? Email your name and email address and/or the...

If you are a registered Democrat, you can make a difference by participating this Saturday, January 10, in the election for Delegates to the CA Democratic Party at the Assembly District Election Meetings (ADEMs). Our newly elected Assemblymember, and former Richmond...

The Swearing-In Ceremony for Newly-elected Mayor Tom Butt and for re-elected and newly-elected Councilmembers Jovanka Beckles Gayle McLaughlin Eduardo Martinez and Jael Myrick will be held on Tuesday, the thirteenth of January Two thousand and fifteen at six thirty in...

Richmond: Crime down in 2014, homicides reach yet another low By Robert Rogers, Rick Hurd and Phil James rrogers@bayareanewsgroup.com Posted: 01/01/2015 06:30:00 AM PST Updated: 2 days ago RICHMOND -- Another year, another multi-decade low in homicides for a city that...

Point Richmond JAZZ wishes you the BEST for the Holiday Season. SHARE IT... with your family and friends! CELEBRATE — BOXING DAY with Matt and Kit Eakle at POINT RICHMOND JAZZ Friday, Dec. 26, 7:30 pm at Point Richmond's First United Methodist Church 201 Martina St.,...

Congressman-elect Mark DeSaulnier Announces Civic Center Location For Richmond Congressional Office Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) announced he will be opening his Richmond Congressional district office at the City’s Civic Center, located at 440 Civic Center...

Thank you everyone who pointed out that the original invitation issued by the City of Richmond used the date 2014 instead of 2015. For those who thought you may have missed this auspicious occasion in January of 2014 or were prepared to time-travel backward to make...

When I got a call from Mario at the Chevron Fire Department at 2:00 AM this morning, my first thought was that it was some kind of emergency. Turned out, however, that my dogs had exited through a gate to my yard that someone had left open and taken a midnight ramble,...

Richmond mayor-elect's dogs retrieved after midnight stroll on Chevron property By Rick Hurd rhurd@bayareanewsgroup.com Posted: 12/23/2014 02:12:55 PM PST0 Comments | Updated: 77 min. ago RICHMOND -- When his phone rang in the middle of the night, Richmond mayor-elect...

UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks hails planned Richmond campus as global university site http://www.contracostatimes.com/west-county-times/ci_27118902/uc-berkeley-chancellor-dirks-hails-planned-richmond-campus By Robert Rogers rrogers@bayareanewsgroup.com POSTED:...

https://richmondconfidential.org/2014/12/20/independence-of-independent-expenditure-groups-called-into-question/ Independence of independent expenditure groups called into question A stack of signs authorized and paid for by Richmond Working Families for Jobs 2014 in...

RCPS is largely housed in the former Maritime Child Care Center, rehabilitated and owned by Rosie the Riveter Trust. The 71-year old building is part of Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park. Inside Richmond’s highest performing school Richmond...

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Commissioners Butt and Abelson- Attached I have provided a fact sheet on the Carshare Grant that CCTA and its partners were awarded. The grant request was not fully funded so the project is in the process of being scaled down slightly. There will, however, be carshare...

Photo courtesy of R&B Cellar's Facebook page. Winery owners Barbara and Kevin Brown held their first pouring at their new location in Point Richmond during the recent Veterans Day event at Riggers Loft. Richmond council approves lease agreement for new winery at...

The Swearing-In Ceremony for Newly-elected Mayor Tom Butt and for re-elected and newly-elected Councilmembers Jovanka Beckles Gayle McLaughlin Eduardo Martinez and Jael Myrick will be held on Tuesday, the thirteenth of January Two thousand and fourteen at six thirty...