Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending November 20th, 2020. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 24th, 2020. Closed Session begins at 6:00 P.M., followed by the Regular Meeting of...

A Point Richmond tradition for decades, the Annual Turkey Shoot has to go virtual this year. It starts at 10:30 AM today and will feature over a dozen people reading the infamous poem plus a new 2020 stanza. You can catch it all on Facebook at the “Point Richmond...

Today is Shirley’s and my 49th wedding anniversary! Married in Mur Woods November 26, 1971. For a short video, seehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWgXJMrUgsI

The Court has dismissed with prejudice the lawsuit by SPRAWLDEF, Citizens for Eastshore Parks, Pamela Stello, Tony Sustak, Paul Carmen and James Hanson, claiming the City violated the Brown Act when it settled Point Molate litigation. See the decision here. This...

Tonight, the Richmond Planning Commission will consider the following: PLN20-310: Campus Bay Mixed-Use Project PUBLIC HEARING to consider a recommendation to the City Council on the: Addendum to the Richmond Bay Specific Plan Environmental Impact Report; adopting a...

See here the Washington Post has Tony Thurmond on the short list to be Secretary of Education.

It has been said that Richmond is blessed with lots of vacant land for development opportunities. While that is true, it is also true that many of those opportunity sites are brownfields. A “brownfield” is a property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which...

Oakland Airport Community Noise Forum Richmond Resident Vacancy On October 21, the City of Richmond was reinstated to the Oakland Airport Community Noise Forum after several years without representation. We will be represented by one elected official and one resident...

City of Richmond: Personnel Board Vacancy Help represent our city's interests! Attend monthly meetings, provide oversight and direction for city personnel, conduct hearings on employee grievances, review proposed changes, and advise the city manager. Apply:...

Richmond Youth Council: Speak Truth to Power (Youth Led Town Hall) Friday, November 20 | 5:30 - 7:30 pm Sign Up: tinyurl.com/RYCTOWNHALL Questions: rcy.council@gmail.com Panelists: Mayor Tom Butt, Police Chief Bisa French, West Contra Costa Unified School District...

It’s been exactly 50 years since I was released from U.S. Army active duty in 1970, but it seems like yesterday. On this Veterans Day 2020, I would like to recognize all American veterans, but especially those with whom I served in Vietnam, including the men of the...

Hi Mayor Butt, It is a big relief that Elizabeth Echols will represent Ward 1 on the Board of the Park District. I hope that victory will help Richmond prevail in its effort to build some housing at Point Molate. Here is my "post mortem" on Norman La Force. I hope the...

https://www.wccusd.net/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=1&ModuleInstanceID=26537&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=85542&PageID=1 November 5: Message from the Superintendent En Español November 5, 2020 Dear...

With three for three in the November 3 election under the new district system, the RPA now claims a majority on the City Council. Although I am disappointed in the outcome, I am taking the news philosophically. I probably have more in common with the RPA than in...

Contra Costa County’s Board of Supervisors honors veterans and invites the community to a virtual live-stream of the Annual Veterans Day Celebration on Tuesday, November 10, 2020, at 11:00 am. The Social Distancing Order of September 14 prevents a public gathering to...

For Release: November 4, 2020 Contacts: CCHS Media Line, 925-608-5463 Contra Costa Responds Quickly to Climbing COVID-19 Cases With data from the past week showing a marked increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Contra Costa County, health officials are...

Today! Free Monthly Compost Giveaway for Residents Richmond households can pick up for free 2 cubic yards of compost from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM at 101 Pittsburg Avenue, Richmond. Close the loop on your organics recycling by using the finished compost made right here in...

With thanks to Don Gosney, I provide below the results to date of local elections. These are not final. They represent the mail-in ballots received by October 30. It cold be days, or even weeks, before the final tally is available.