What Cities Really Need to Attract Entrepreneurs, According to Entrepreneurs Richard Florida Feb 11, 2014 67 Comments AP Creating high-growth, high-impact entrepreneurial enterprises has become a common goal of cities. Metros and states have cut taxes, implemented...

Mayor and City Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending February 7th, 2014. 1. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 18th. Enjoy the week off. 2. Richmond Unemployment Rate Continues Downward Movement The...

Hi Tom, As you know my main volunteer activity is working towards getting universal healthcare in California through a single payer financing system. One of my activities is educating people about the need for such a system and how we can move our state towards its...

There are significant limitations to what the City of Richmond can do to enforce existing federal and state laws and legislate new laws controlling train horn noise due to federal and state preemptions. For more detailed information, see Click Here for Train Horns – A...

Eye on the East Bay: Searching for 'Beast Mode' in Point Richmond Contra Costa Times Posted: 01/26/2014 12:00:00 AM PST | Updated: 3 days ago in search of 'beast mode': Soon after the Seattle Seahawks secured their NFC Championship game victory over the San Francisco...

Richmond’s people to people delegation: How beautiful is Cuba! January 29, 2014 by Willie Thompson, Tarnel Abbott and Marilyn Langlois “Cuba is neither the hell that our enemies like to pretend it is nor the paradise that our friends wish it to be, but a country which...

Water taxi may soon ferry workers from Richmond's Marina Bay to San Francisco By Robert Rogers Contra Costa Times Posted: 01/31/2014 10:54:30 AM PST Updated: 02/01/2014 07:20:55 AM PST The New El Dorado III operated by TideLine Marine Group pulls into the marina in...

Solar industry job growth jumped 20% in 2013 David R. Baker Published 5:11 pm, Monday, January 27, 2014 Nearly half of all U.S. solar workers counted in the survey are in installation, rather than manufacturing. Photo: Ed Andrieski, Associated Press 6Job growth in...

Railroad Freight Safety Has Been a Problem for a Long Time By Curtis Tate Long before crude oil and ethanol were transported by railroads in large quantities in minimally reinforced tank cars, other flammable and poisonous materials were riding around the country in...

From: Darlene Jackson [mailto:djackson@marinenergy.com] Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 8:43 AM Cc: djackson@mcecleanenergy.com Subject: MCE is Hiring Importance: High Dear Board Members, I wanted to share this with you both in the event you know of any bright...

The Agenda/Packet for the Tuesday, February 4, 2014, Regular Richmond City Council Meeting is on the web. Follow the link below to view: http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx

Mayor and City Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending January 31st, 2014. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 4th beginning with a Closed Session at 6:00 PM, followed by the regular agenda at 6:30 PM....

With only about nine months left until election day in November 2014, the campaign landscape in Richmond has been as dry as the California hills, but that is about to change. Campaign fundraising and expenditure filings are due tomorrow, and they will provide a window...

http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Refinery-fire-shows-need-for-new-rules-5169994.php Refinery fire shows need for new rules Rafael Moure-Eraso and Gayle McLaughlin Published 5:36 pm, Thursday, January 23, 2014 In the wake of the 2012 Chevron refinery fire and a...

Saving mosque is in Richmond's interest Chip Johnson Published 5:24 pm, Monday, January 27, 2014 Fifteen years ago, a Bay Area Islamic group purchased a long-vacant building near the Richmond waterfront and made plans to convert it into a mosque and later a regional...

The Agenda/Packet for the Tuesday, January 28, 2014, Special Richmond City Council Meeting is on the web. Follow the link below to view: http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx Items of particular interest include: I-1: RECEIVE a report on the results from...

Mayor and City Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending January 24th, 2014. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, January 28th beginning with a Closed Session at 5:00 PM, followed by the regular agenda at 6:30 PM....

Richmond Bay Campus executive committee announced By Public Affairs, UC Berkeley | January 24, 2014 BERKELEY — UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks yesterday (Thursday, Jan. 23) sent out this announcement: Dear Campus Community, In my inaugural address, I mentioned...

Today, Richmond’s primary electricity provider, MCE, launched a new and improved board website! Please visit www.marincleanenergy.org (formally www.marinenergyauthority.org, which still works as an alias to the new site) to find upcoming and historic meeting info, key...

Shuttered Richmond mosque may soon reopen By Robert Rogers Contra Costa Times Posted: 01/22/2014 06:38:26 AM PST | Updated: about 18 hours ago Click photo to enlarge A Cutting Boulevard mosque, which is the target of code violation attention from the City of......