For months, persons opposing the development of the former Zeneca site (now called Campus Bay) have been complaining that sea-level rise has been underpredicted in environmental analysis of the project and that greater sea level rise will infiltrate the buried...

In the bitter debate over defunding Richmond Police, critics of the police like to point out the relatively few instances of police misconduct and characterize them as routine and typical and one of the justifications for reduction in force. To show that such isolated...

Visit the ship tomorrow and get a discount on wine! Dear Tom, Northern California is famous for shipyards and vineyards... Kaiser-Richmond Shipyards produced 747 ships during World War II and built them faster and at lower cost than any other shipyard. That's why the...

The interim assistant city attorney, Heather McLaughlin (no relation to Gayle McLaughlin) correctly reported at the June 29, 2021, City Council meeting that two votes taken in a protracted and contentious (my description) closed session to terminate City Manager Laura...

It was a simpler time when Richmond residency was a geographical term. You either lived inside the city limits, or you didn’t. It was actual Richmond residents who elected City Council members and communicated with then in various ways about local policies, programs...

Back in 2020, the California State Auditor deemed the City of Richmond the 5th most financially at risk city in California and the #1 risk for unfunded pension liability. Yesterday, June 30, 2021, the Joint Legislative Audit Committee of the California Legislature...

Despite herculean efforts by the anti-Campus Bay wackos to delay or derail the Prospective Purchaser Agreement (PPA) as a strategy to prevent the timely transfer of ownership for the Campus Bay project, the PPA has been successful, and the transfer of ownership is on...

Check out these news stories on yesterday’s incident where Oakland’s Violence Prevention Chief (their version of the ONS) was being interviewed when a couple of armed persons pulled up to rob them of the camera and other valuables. It was only one the armed security...

A media monitoring company called Metro Monitor emailed about their data service. They compile any newspaper, radio, or television exposure someone has and develop reports about viewer reach and other information. Like most solicitations, they offered to send a...

This is the story: In 2017, I discovered that the building originally known as the “Richmond Intermodal Transit Center,” built at cost of several million dollars largely from grants, had become obsolete before it was completed. It was originally envisioned as a...

The following is from the Richmond Community Fund, which is soliciting community-based organizations to support ERAP through funding from Contra Costa county. Request for Proposals: Contra Costa County Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) Outreach, Application...

California's only Black female police chief has a smaller force and a big challenge Rachel Swan June 19, 2021, Updated: June 19, 2021 4 a.m. Richmond Police Chief Bisa French hands stickers out to local kids following a Walking School Bus event to promote safe streets...

Please share with those interested: 510-541-7600 Elmina Green (contact for the program) Help Richmond honor and commemorate Juneteenth 2021 with a Juneteenth Caravan and rally! We invite the community to come out and caravan with us from the historic North Richmond...

I frequently receive emails like the one below about train horns. Hello Mr. Mayor, First I would like to thank you for all of the extra work you have done for the citizens of Richmond over the last year in particular. I am writing to you today about the train noise...

The innkeepers will be a two-person team. The direct link to the application page is https://www.ebls.org/about/keepers-search.html. Applicants must be: Legally qualified to work in the United States. One applicant must have a current US Coast Guard captain’s license...

After hours of public testimony by nearly 90 speakers and another hour of speeches by City Council members, the four Richmond Progressive Alliance affiliated City Council members accomplished what they have been working on for a year by defunding the Richmond Police...

WCCUSD Projects Budget Deficit | Richmond Pulse 14 Jun WCCUSD Projects Budget Deficit in Future Years Posted at 13:20h in Contra Costa County, Education, News by Danielle Parenteau-Decker 0 Comments West Contra Costa school officials discussed the district’s financial...

With little local media left in Richmond, the Antioch Herald covers Richmond’s Reimagine Public safety task Force...

The biggest mistake I made, in a moment of excessive collegiality, was to agree to let each City Council member choose three members of the Reimagine Public Safety Task Force. The Richmond Charter vests the mayor with the sole power to make appointments to boards and...

This message is being sent on behalf of City Manager Laura Snideman Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending June 11th, 2021. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 15th, 2021. Closed...