FREE HOME ENERGY AUDITS BY RICHMOND YOUTH, courtesy of the YouthWORKS Richmond Summer Youth Employment Program and Rising Sun Energy! CALIFORNIA YOUTH ENERGY SERVICES (CYES) PROGRAM OVERVIEW Since 2000, Rising Sun Energy Center has run CYES, a summer youth employment...

"Bay Trail Strides into 25th Year" is the title of the attached article from the Bay Area Monitor published by the League of Women Voters. It highlights the city of Richmond in stating: “Some of the project’s most recent steps forward have been made in Richmond, which...

I just received this from Charles Ramsey: Dear Friends and Supporters, As you know, I grew up in the City of Richmond. Richmond is where my parents taught me that community service and helping others was an essential part of life, and that a good education was the...

Dear City Council Members and City Manager: I wanted to update you on our crime stats for the first half of the year as we start July--and the information is very positive! Thanks to excellent police-community partnerships, very good prevention efforts, strong...

On July 1, 2014, the City Council failed to get a supermajority vote (required to extend meetings past 11:30 PM) to end debate and vote on funding allocations for the North Richmond Waste & Recovery Mitigation Fee Expenditure Plan. The item had been held over from...

For the record, I agree with Beckles that Booze and a handful of hecklers in the audience routinely harass her for personal issues that have nothing to do with legitimate Richmond politics and disrupt meetings constantly. I share her frustration, and Richmond...

Bay Area clean energy advocates celebrate partial defeat of controversial state bill By Matt O'Brien mattobrien@bayareanewsgroup.com Posted: 06/25/2014 05:48:21 AM PDT0 Comments Updated: 06/25/2014 05:48:58 AM PDT SACRAMENTO -- Heeding the complaints of...

Here is the simple explanation of how we got here. Sales taxes and utility users taxes have remained flat since before the recession, and property taxes have declined. Meanwhile, the expenses of operating a city continue to climb, particularly for compensation, which...

The meeting software the city clerk uses shows the time of each speaker, including council members and the public on the monitors at the dais. The single most significant cause of lengthy City Council meetings is the interminable rambles and harangues of Corky Booze....

State Attorney General's Office calls on Richmond to limit emissions in Chevron modernization project By Robert Rogers Contra Costa Times Posted: 06/25/2014 02:14:31 PM PDTUpdated: 26 min. ago RICHMOND -- Two weeks after issuing a 10-page letter critical of a draft...

KVIE-PBS in Sacramento (“Rob on the Road”) aired an extensive story on Richmond’s East Brother Light Station last night. Go to http://vids.kvie.org/video/2365269851/ Want to receive TOM BUTT E-FORUM and other action alerts on Richmond political and community issues...

It was a long but fascinating day at the State Capitol yesterday as the Senate Utility, Energy and Communications Committee convened to consider AB 2145. This bill was conceived by investor-owned utilities, most specifically PG&E to stop the growth of Consumer...

Two weeks after issuing a 10-page detailed letter highly critical of the Chevron Modernization Draft EIR, the California Attorney General’s Office issue a second letter on June 20, 2014, confirming that all the attorney general’s concerns had been addressed in the...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending June 20th, 2014. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 24th, 2014, beginning with a Closed Session at 5:00 PM, followed by the regular Council...

Hecklers at Richmond council meetings are a disgrace By Chip Johnson June 19, 2014 | Updated: June 20, 2014 7:45am Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle Councilmember Nat Bates made some racially charged remarks against Councilmember Jovanka Beckles after a vote on the...

Charter schools’ $100,000 opposition helps sink district’s bond measure June 19th, 2014 By John Fensterwald Earlier this month, and for the first time, the political arm of the California Charter Schools Association campaigned heavily against a proposed school...

Ialoday Kinny (in red) is an experienced community garden coordinator who has been integral in the success of the Richmond Rotary Peace Garden at First Street and Nevin Avenue. Richmond Rotary Peace Garden gets annual sprucing; reminds us of nature’s healing power...

Burnishing its image as a waterfront city, Richmond will host 2014 Pre-Race activities at the Pacific Cup Village June 30 through July 5, at the Richmond Yacht Club. See below for details. Pacific Cup Newsletter June 20, 2014 PacificCup.org It's all Happening at the...

Richmond: New innkeepers sought to look after island bed-and-breakfast By Robert Rogers Contra Costa Times Posted: 06/20/2014 03:21:44 PM PDT0 Comments Updated: 06/20/2014 05:15:12 PM PDT RICHMOND -- One of the quirkiest and unique jobs in the Bay Area is available,...

It turns out that Radio Free Richmond is a surrogate for BMWL, which is partners with Whitehurst/Mosher, the public relations firm that serves corporations like Chevron and the American Beverage Association. The story below that carries Antwon Cloird’s name as author...