Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending March 30th, 2012. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is on Tuesday, April 3rd, beginning with a Closed Session at 5:00 PM, and with the regular agenda beginning at 6:30 PM. City of...

Greetings City Council and Community Members: The Richmond Police Department is nearing its sixth year of operations under a three-district, geographic deployment that emphasizes beat ownership, collaboration and partnerships. It is community policing philosophy in...

The Contra Costa County Assessment Appeals Board is expected to issue a ruling regarding Chevron’s appeal of the assessment for the 2007-9 tax years on Monday, April 2. Following is an article from Richmond Confidential: Life, Death and Taxes: A look at Chevron’s tax...

Berkeley Lab branches out Richmond hopes new lab campus will help revitalize a barren section of city’s bay waterfront Premium content from San Francisco Business Times by Blanca Torres, Reporter Date: Friday, March 30, 2012, 3:00am PDT Photo: LBNL / Roy Kaltschmidt...

In both a bold move and preemptive strike that surprised and shocked Richmond movers and shakers, all four owners of the three properties that make up the highly contentious “North Richmond Shoreline” in Richmond announced on Friday that the entire area will be deeded...

I received the following last night from Toody Maher: NEWS FLASH! Parks Superintendent Chris Chamberlain called me tonight to tell me that the State of California awarded Richmond a $5 million Prop 84 grant to continue developing the Richmond Greenway from 2nd Street...

Rehabilitation of the Maritime Child Development Center, a project of Rosie the Riveter Trust, was funded with some $9 million in grants from the California Cultural and Historical Endowment, West Contra Costs Unified School District, City of Richmond, National Park...

Despite being sponsored and presumably paid for by the U.S. Department of Commerce and sponsored by the Port of Richmond, the Advanced Transportation Market Opportunities In China Seminar that was the subject of My March 25 E-FORUM is not, in fact, open to the public....

The Richmond Office of Neighborhood Safety (ONS) and Devone Boggan have been a hot button issue for Councilmember Corky Booze for years, and ONS has undergone a new wave of public scrutiny after the incident in October involving a fight in the ONS office in the Civic...

Richmond's finances headed in right direction By Robert Rogers For the Contra Costa Times Posted: 03/26/2012 12:00:00 AM PDT City leaders heard plenty of good news in Richmond's midyear budget review, but the cloud of uncertainty looms large. In his presentation on...

Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending March 23rd, 2012. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 27th, beginning with a Closed Session at 5:00 PM and with the regular agenda beginning at 6:30 PM....

Chris Treadway: Famed clock artist finds time to promote Point Richmond By Chris Treadway Contra Costa Times Posted: 03/23/2012 12:11:34 PM PDT Updated: 03/23/2012 12:11:34 PM PDT Below, last night’s reception for Steve Hurst at Point Richmond Art Collective. If Steve...

The deadline to submit nominations for Richmond's first Distinguished Volunteer Service Awards, which will be presented at the upcoming citywide Volunteer Recognition Ceremony, is 5 p.m. Wednesday. Volunteers will be recognized for community service in the areas of...

advanced transportation market OPPORTUNITIEs in china Seminar Date: Thursday, March 29, 2012 Location: Craneway Pavilion (Old Ford Mfg. Plant) 1414 Harbour Way South Richmond, CA 94804 Point of Contact: Rod Hirsch, Oakland Export Assistance Center, USDOC Tel:/Cell:...

BY BRIAN COE, NEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT FROM TOP : Originally built in 1873, the East Brother Light Station expanded its functions to include an inn over 30 years ago. Looking northeast up San Pablo Bay from the top of the lighthouse, with the San Francisco Bay behind...

If you have noticed a dearth of E-FORUMs over the last month, you may be (a) rejoicing, or (b) wondering what happened. The fact is that I have been out of town for nearly a month, first for a trip to New Zealand, and second for the annual Local Government Commission...

Richmond City Council Votes to Allow Double the Amount of Medical Cannabis Shops The ordinance passed 4-1, with Councilman Tom Butt opposing the measure. By Laura Dixon | Wednesday, Mar 21, 2012 | Updated 8:31 PM PDT Butt said the new law means the city would allow...

At last night’s City Council meeting on a 4-1 vote, the Richmond City Council voted a second reading to amend the Marijuana Collective Ordinance a second time to double the number of dispensaries from the original three to six and expand the allowable locations to C-2...

Contact: Michael Beer (510) 235-5519 or richmondsillyparade@gmail.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARCH and/or CHEER for the 6th ANNUAL RICHMOND SILLY PARADE SATURDAY APRIL 14, 2012 from 11:00 – 11:39 am. Come join the all-singing, all-dancing, no-trans fat, “6th Annual...