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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Richmond councilman trying to waive fines against campaign worker By Robert Rogers Contra Costa Times Posted: 11/18/2013 03:43:15 PM PST | Updated: 68 min. ago RICHMOND -- City Councilman Corky Boozé on Monday acknowledged that he is trying to waive code violation...

Historic Preservation: A Springboard For Economic Development By Yvonne Hunter The Castle Green was built in 1898 in Old Pasadena. Today it serves as a venue for special events and also houses 50 individually owned residential units. Yvonne Hunter is co-director of...

Climate Action Plan (CAP) Workshop – 6:30 PM, November 20th The City seeks to develop a Climate Action Plan that serves as a roadmap to significantly reducing energy consumption and meeting the City’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. To this end, the City...

Mayor and City Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending November 15th, 2013. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 19th beginning with a Closed Session at 5:45 PM, followed by the regular agenda at 6:30 PM....

The Tuesday, September 17, 2013, Successor Agency to the Richmond Community Redevelopment Agency/Richmond City Council Regular Agenda/ Packet is available at http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx. See memo from City Manager Bill Lindsay below regarding...

Click here for Train Horns – A Modern Public Health Plague. A number of Richmond residents complain regularly about train horns, and some have suggested an ongoing working group be formed to address train horn issues in Richmond. Also, recently, City Manager Bill...

The good news is that the economy is improving. The bad news is that traffic flow is not improving. We’ve seen this movie before. Hark back to the SF Chronicle story of May 2000...

Urban Agriculture Ordinance Workshop TONIGHT! Wednesday, November 13th, 6:00 PM Richmond City Council Chambers (440 Civic Center Plaza) There will be community workshop for the public to discuss and review the City’s draft urban agriculture ordinance. The workshop is...