The zeal with which the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force (RPSTF) is pursuing defunding the Richmond Police Department is a classic solution looking for a problem. The motivation was a result of police killing unarmed black persons in cities around the United...

It was one year ago tomorrow that a friend brought a tiny baby crow that had been abandoned by his/her parents to us. We named him Covid and raised him to be an adult crow. As with the crows from my youth, he knew when it was time to go and said his last goodbye on...

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 April 23, 2021. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 27th, 2021. The Special...

The Revisioning Public Safety Task Force will vote on its final budget recommendations to the City Council on April 28 at 5:30 PM via a Zoom meeting. From: Tom Butt <Tom_Butt@ci.richmond.ca.us> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2021 9:36 AM To: Tom Butt...

Why a S.F. developer just bought Richmond's former Hilltop Mall The former Hilltop Mall in Richmond has just been snapped up by an S.F.-based REIT. Todd Johnson | San Francisco Business Times By Ted Andersen – Digital Editor, San Francisco Business Times Apr 22, 2021...

After a two-hour closed session in which Point Molate litigation was the only subject, City Attorney Teresa Stricker announced in Open Session that the City Council had withdrawn their previous direction to breach the Development Agreement and Development and...

At tonight’s Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) I voted in favor and the Board approved authorization of Execution of California Energy Commission (CEC) Funding Agreement No. AVR‐20‐008 to Fund Implementation Strategies from the Contra Costa Electric Vehicle...

California’s first community choice aggregator, MCE, built the Solar One project in Richmond to provide local solar power and green jobs to the community. The 10.5-megawatt, 60-acre solar farm produces enough electricity to power almost 4,000 local homes. PHOTOGRAPH...

Below is exciting information I would like to share with you regarding Clipper and BART. Clipper card now supported on iPhone and Apple Watch On April 15, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) launched the Clipper regional transit-fare payment card on...

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 April 16, 2021. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 20th, 2021. Closed...

The Richmond Museum’ s newest asset, the Arnautoff “Richmond Industrial City” mural was installed in the Museum last fall, and the Museum reopened on March 26, 2021. See Victor Arnautoff – Richmond: Industrial City Mural – Richmond Museum of History In 2014, the staff...

Based on an application from the Mayor’s Office, the City of Richmond has rejoined the Oakland Airport-Community Noise Management Forum. There has been quite a bit of interest lately about a proposal by the FAA to change the WNDSR approach procedure, which, according...

RICHMOND, CA — The West Contra Costa Unified School District’s Board of Trustees named Othello School District Superintendent Dr. Kenneth “Chris” Hurst, Sr. as the District’s next superintendent. The Board voted 5-0 at Wednesday night’s board meeting on a three-year...

Dear Friend of the Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour, Registration for the free, virtual Seventeenth Annual Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour <https://www.bringingbackthenatives.net/> , which will take place on Sundays April 25 and May 2, 16, and 23,...

GoFundMe campaign aims to save East Brother Light Station April 12, 2021 Photo courtesy of East Brother Light Station By Kathy Chouteau A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to benefit the East Brother Light Station to restore power to the 147-year-old island...

Biden will nominate a police chief who criticized Trump as head of Customs and Border Protection. Chris Magnus, right, the police chief of Tucson, Ariz., speaking as Mayor Regina Romero listens during a press conference in Tucson, Ariz., in June.Credit...Josh...

The saga of the East Brother Light Station unplugged continues. We have a GoFundMe campaign at https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-east-brother-light-station. If we have to go to off grid solar, the estimated cost is about $200,000. Replacing the submarine power...

According to letters sent to the Richmond city attorney by attorneys for the Guidiville Rancheria of California and Upstream (Crowell law Offices) and SunCal (Cox Castle Nicholson), the City of Richmond has decided not to defend the consolidated lawsuits challenging...

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 April 9, 2021. Meeting Notes The next Regular City Council meeting is scheduled for April 20th , 2021. Coronavirus...

East Brother Lighthouse is by far Richmond’s oldest building and has become an iconic destination for lighthouse lovers everywhere. The lighthouse may, however, be at the end of its successful 40-year run hosting tens of thousands of guests who come to Richmond for...