Crime Fighting Trees Transform Philly Greening neighborhoods is proving to be a good way to reduce crime By Sarah Glover | Monday, May 27, 2013 | Updated 12:54 PM EDT Earl Richardson lives near the pocket park at N. 5th and Berk Streets. He says the park has made a...

Eminent domain could be used in battle against foreclosures in Richmond By Robert Rogers Contra Costa Times Posted: 05/25/2013 12:00:00 PM PDT Updated: 05/26/2013 05:24:14 AM PDT Related Richmond mortgage crisis: By the numbers RICHMOND -- Millions of Americans have...

The Tuesday, May 28, 2013, Richmond City Council Special Agenda/Packet is on the web. Follow the link below to view: http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx Items of particular interest include: G-1: A presentation on the cost of maintaining Richmond’s...

Richmond mulls legal action against Chevron Corp. over refinery fire Smoke lingered above Richmond after a Chevron refinery fire on Aug. 6th. photo by: Tawanda Kanhema By Tawanda KanhemaPosted 2 hours ago The Richmond City Council is 30 days from pursuing litigation...

April Fool’s Day is 7 weeks behind us, but tomorrow is a full moon. Some weird stuff is going on in Richmond. Ponies in the Iron Triangle? Police chief showered with money? What’s next? Richmond: Pony found wandering Iron Triangle By Katie Nelson Contra Costa Times...

Sustainability Case Story from Institute for Local Government Partnering to Create a New Richmond The City of Richmond was once known as one of the unhealthiest, crime-ridden cities in the Bay Area. But after establishing key partnerships and adopting an innovative...

Once again, the Richmond City Council adjourned without completing the agenda, largely due to the protracted filibustering of Corky Booze, who has recently added illeism to his manner of speaking. The act of referring to oneself in the third person is illeism, and one...

Server Problems Effecting Lost Secrets Ticket Sales at Richmond Rotary Richmond Rotary’s server has been having issues. The fix has required a new hyperlink to the Lost Secrets Project page which leads to ticket sales for the play. It appears these issues have also...

New Grocery Outlet set to open doors in Richmond, where grocers have been scarce By Robert Rogers Contra Costa Times Posted: 05/21/2013 09:40:45 AM PDT Updated: 05/21/2013 12:57:32 PM PDT Click photo to enlarge Crews work rapidly to get the new Grocery Outlet location...

Masquer's Annual Memorial Day Garage Sale Point Richmond garage sale to benefit Masquers The annual Point Richmond neighborhood garage sale will be held starting at 9 a.m. Monday, May 27th with more than 100 houses expected to participate and 10 percent of proceeds...

Upfront: Power to the people by Peter Seidman | Posted: Friday, May 17, 2013 9:00 am The Marin Energy Authority this month approved a plan that takes the concept of local clean-electricity generation and marries it to public power. That's one of the enticing goals the...

The Tuesday, May 21, 2013, Richmond City Council Regular Agenda/Packet is on the web. Follow the link: http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx. It is likely to be a long meeting Some items of note: G-2 is to defend the City against an effort by Chevron to...

Richmond restaurant owner tells Oakland university grads the future is replete with opportunity By Robert Rogers Contra Costa Times Posted: 05/18/2013 08:18:22 PM PDT Updated: 05/18/2013 08:18:24 PM PDT OAKLAND -- An Ethiopian-born, Italian-educated East Bay...

From City Manager Bill Lindsay: Mayor McLaughlin and Members of the City Council: This is to inform you that Human Resources Director/Assistant City Manager Leslie Knight is resigning from the City effective July 1, 2013 for the purpose of beginning her retirement....

Mayor and City Council: This is the weekly report for the two weeks ending May 17th, 2013. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for this coming Tuesday, May 21st, beginning with a Closed Session at 5:00 PM, followed by the regular agenda at 6:30...

The City of Richmond is conducting its second annual “How to do Business with the City” vendor workshop on May 22nd at 5:00 pm in the City of Richmond's City Council Chambers. Discussion Topics: The City’s Procurement Process BidsOnline - The Vendor Registration and...

It’s been over three weeks since Corky Booze bullied City Council members into supporting a hollow agenda item purportedly intended to address gun violence (“The City Council on Tuesday voted 6-1 to direct staff to develop a plan to "draft initiatives on gun control"...

Have you bought your tickets yet? It’s as easy as clicking http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/358095 or downloading the order form here - http://www.richmondcarotary.org/stage/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/LostSecrets-OrderForm.pdf Check out the great article front...

BART Director Zakhary Mallett responds on Facebook postings to Richmond City Council vote to support wBART study, but only if it extends line from Richmiond station. Tom Butt wBART: The Politics of the 80’s and 90’s May Still Be Around (Part I of II) May 10, 2013 Dear...

Richmond's story will be told in world premiere of 'Lost Secrets of the Iron Triangle' play By Chris Treadway Contra Costa Times Posted: 05/10/2013 11:51:23 AM PDT Updated: 05/10/2013 11:51:23 AM PDT Rotary Club chapters are known for sponsoring and providing...