Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending November 19th, 2010. Meeting Notes The next meeting of the Richmond City Council will be on Tuesday, December 7th. Greentech Meeting This past Wednesday, there was a meeting, convened by Vice-...

What this headline didn’t say is that Richmond was rated number 6 for 2009. Hopefully, Richmond will drop out of the top 10 when the 2010 ratings are in due to a dramatically reduced homicide rate. For more information, go to...

Richmond’s MBA Polymers wins international accolades for green innovation. Walnut Creek man's desire to be green evolves into international business By Jennifer K. Rumple Contra Costa Times Correspondent Posted: 11/21/2010 06:54:59 PM PST Updated: 11/21/2010 07:14:32...

Make it a Point Richmond Thanksgiving by “Shooting the Wild Turkey” and heading up to the First United Methodist Church for a short service and a community Thanksgiving Dinner. The Turkey Shoot Thu, Nov 25, 10:30 AM: Annual Turkey Shoot! Meet in front of the Plunge -...

A for-profit entity has come out again with their yearly rankings of the “Most Dangerous Cities in the U.S.”, based on 2009 crime data. Richmond is in the top 10 again, this time based on last year’s high number of homicides. The process this entity uses for coming up...

Readers' Forum: Richmond proves this California city has turned a corner By Cindy Beitmen Guest Commentary Posted: 11/20/2010 12:01:00 AM PST I MOVED to Richmond in 2003 during a period of crisis when the city had a multimillion dollar debt and was still suffering...

Election total likely tops $3 million Campaign filings, above, indicate that corporations and political action committees spent at least $2.4 million in the last election. By: David Ferry | November 16, 2010 – 3:03 pm The 2010 election was almost certainly the most...

Watch the new Chevron video by Funny Or Die There’s only one day left to vote on the best spoof ad! The folks at Funny Or Die have outdone themselves with their latest parody of Chevron’s “We Agree” ad campaign. Chevron had it comin' to them...please enjoy "Anatomy of...

Slots Vs. Pot: Richmond Mulls Waterfront Property Fate November 15, 2010 2:16 PM (AP/Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) From carloscbs5 RICHMOND (AP) – It’s slots versus pot as one San Francisco Bay area city considers the fate of a major strip of waterfront property. An...

No Point Molate casino? How about a pot farm? By Katherine Tam Contra Costa Times Posted: 11/15/2010 12:00:00 AM PST Instead of thousands of slot machines, imagine rows upon rows of pot growing in Richmond's historic waterfront buildings. That's the only financially...

In the November 7, 2010, article, “Point Molate casino proposal dead?” By Katherine Tam, Contra Costa Times, Jim Levine is quoted: “…it was the city that asked Upstream to develop a casino project, beginning in late 2003.” It appears that Levine may be correct, but...

The tally below from Contra Costa County is as of November 13 and was provided in full color courtesy of Don Gosney. There are no changes in the rankings, but the percentages have changed slightly.

Ford Point bringing new life to Richmond Carolyn Said, Chronicle Staff Writer Sunday, November 14, 2010 More... The historic Ford Assembly Building in Richmond, designed in 1930 by renowned architect Albert Kahn, is now fully reborn as a mixed-use property called Ford...

Let the people decide future of Point Molate David Helvarg Friday, November 12, 2010 While the 2010 election was seen as a setback by some, for Richmond it marked a tidal shift in a seven-year battle to protect Point Molate, the last large undeveloped headland on the...

Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending November 12th, 2010. Meeting Notes The next meeting of the City Council is this coming Tuesday, November 16th, beginning with a Closed Session at 5:00 PM and the regular agenda commencing at 6:30...

Comment sought on Richmond Greenway design BAY AREA NEWS GROUP Posted: 11/11/2010 11:28:44 AM PST Updated: 11/11/2010 02:24:22 PM PST Richmond Building the Greenway: The design for the third phase of the Richmond Greenway will be unveiled at a public meeting Nov. 18...

One correction from “ Study of Alternatives - Point Molate Goes to Pot:” Architect Darrell Caraway is not associated with the discredited design firm, Design, Community & Environment (DCE). Mr. Caraway independently submitted an alternative plan for Point Molate...

When the now lame duck City Council majority directed a study of alternative uses for Point Molate, it was called a “Sham Hearing on Pt Molate Casino Alternatives” by the Richmond Progressive Alliance (Richmond Progressive Alliance News letter Sept. 17, 2010), and a...

Planned Richmond casino at Point Molate in danger Carolyn Jones, Chronicle Staff Writer Wednesday, November 10, 2010 The chips are way down for Richmond's planned mega-casino. After voters last week made clear their resounding opposition, a tribe's plan to build a...

Richmond Wins $2M Grant to Turn Blighted Playlot into a ‘Neighborhood Jewel’ Richmond, CA, November 10, 2010—The Elm Playlot, a badly underutilized half-acre park in the heart of Richmond’s rough Iron Triangle, is about to be transformed. The city, in partnership with...