http://www.thenation.com/article/177296/meet-mayor-whos-using-eminent-domain-fight-foreclosure# Meet the Mayor Who’s Using Eminent Domain to Fight Foreclosure The fearless Gayle McLaughlin of Richmond, California, has taken on Chevron and big banks on behalf of...

Councilmembers Bates and Booze recently returned from a 15-day sister-city trip to China and Japan paid for by Richmond taxpayers, nine days of which was spent not in sister cities but visiting the great tourist attractions of China in and around Shanghai, Suzhou,...

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We have reached the traffic tipping point in the Bay Area. We were flirting with it in 2001, but the dot-com deflation, 9-11 and the Great Recession gave us over decade of relief. That is over. The signs are everywhere. Rush hour trips that used to take 45 minutes are...

The strange and wonderful 25th Annual Point Richmond Turkey Shoot attracted record crowds yesterday. Starting at the Plunge, several hundred revelers demonstrated their thankfulness by parading with bells, whistles, drums and assorted beasts, around the business...

November 28, 2013 Dear Members of the Community of Richmond California, Did you know that Richmond is the most named place on the planet? At last count there are more than 80 communities on six continents named Richmond or with Richmond in their name. The seventh...

Although I will be in Cuba on December 6, I am hoping that you will attend and participate in the Richmond Rotary Auction on December 6, 2013. This is the Rotary Club’s big annual fundraiser for all of its Richmond projects for the year. This is a very popular and fun...

A welcome leap in home prices for many East Bay cities By Pete Carey pcarey@mercurynews.com Posted: 11/26/2013 04:34:39 PM PST Updated: 11/27/2013 09:25:02 AM PST For map, see...

The Tuesday, November 26, 2013, Richmond City Council Special Meeting Agenda/Packet is on the web. Follow the link below to view: http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=cities-as-solutions-to-climate-change Can Cities Solve Climate Change? Warming is global, but efforts at the local level make the most difference By David Biello BIG CITY: Are cities the right place for solutions to the...

Exclusive giveaway for MCE customers! » Free Home Area Network Device Ever wondered what it costs to run your appliances? Just ask Bidgeley. Bidgley is offering FREE Home Area Network devices - valued at $100 - and lifetime access to their software tool for 50 MCE...

On Thanksgiving morning, starting at 10:00 AM at The Plunge, Point Richmonders will once again gather for the Annual Turkey Shoot, a parade of people, animals, costumes bells and whistles, that circles the village and ends with a shot of Wild Turkey bourbon whiskey...

How Corky Boozé runs afoul of the rules Chip Johnson Published 4:56 pm, Thursday, November 21, 2013 Richmond Councilman Corky Boozé takes calls at Caspers Hot Dogs. Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle Once every two years, municipal governments across...

Cover Richmond! Saturday, November 23, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Richmond Memorial Auditorium (403 Civic Center Plaza) Please join us in the Richmond Auditorium on to Cover Richmond! Together, we are helping residents access healthcare through Covered California and...

Mayor and City Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending November 22nd, 2013. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 26th beginning with a Closed Session at 5:00 PM, followed by the agenda at 6:30 PM. City...

For anyone who is interested and available a few weekdays per year, here is an opportunity to reduce use of pesticides in our county. Contra Costa County uses broadcast spraying of herbicides in public spaces to control weeds, and also broadcasts large amounts of...

The University of California proposes to establish a new research campus at properties it owns in Richmond. The campus would allow for consolidation of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) research programs and for development of additional research facilities...

Wednesday, November 20, 2013 Richmond Councilman Uses Position to Avoid Fines John Geluardi — Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 4:17 PM Richmond Vice Mayor Corky Boozé is attempting to use his position as an elected official to dismiss $9,500 in city fines on a property that he...

Richmond's celebrity ranger draws growing crowds to city's national park By Robert Rogers Contra Costa Times Posted: 11/17/2013 06:20:21 PM PST | Updated: about 4 hours ago RICHMOND -- They came to this city's national park from as far as Georgia and Germany, ages...