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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

Had a great time weekend before last at the Moab Folk Festival. We met up with Shirley’s sister Katy and took in 12 outstanding acts in three days. The weather was warm and sunny until the last song of the last act, when the rain started. The next morning, we drove...

Richmond celebrates Veterans Day Sea Scouts Art Carrion, Dennis Metoyer and Quentin Levin stand in uniform on the deck of the SS Red Oak Victory. (Photo by: Mark Andrew Boyer) By Mark Andrew Boyer and Kevin N. HumePosted 1 hour ago Richmond residents donned red, white...

Interactive Resources Celebrates 40 Years Why Richmond? Shirley and I came to live in Richmond quite by accident. In the spring of 1973, I completed graduate school at UCLA with a Master’s Degree in Architecture and Urban Design. Shirley was due to start the Master of...

Richmond nonprofit's aid seen as front for Chevron Joe Garofoli Published 7:45 pm, Sunday, November 10, 2013 Melissa Caine-Huckabay, project director of the West Contra Costa County Family Justice Center, and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom attend a groundbreaking ceremony. The...

To my fellow veterans, enjoy your day tomorrow. Please join me at the Richmond Veterans Collaborative Veterans Day Program, Richmond Memorial Veterans Hall, 923 - 23rd Street, at 9:00 AM.

Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park News Release For Immediate Release: October 30, 2013 Contact: Lucien Sonder, 510-232-5050 x. 6622, lucien_sonder@nps.gov Event Date: Saturday, November 16, 2013 Historic Toys on Display at Rosie the Riveter...

Mayor and City Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending November 8th, 2013. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 19th. Enjoy the week off. Note that there is a scheduled meeting on Tuesday, November 26th,...