“Public health officials on Friday reported the first death in an outbreak of severe lung disease tied to vaping that has now sickened nearly 200 people in the United States.” “California public health authorities are investigating 21 cases of severe lung disease that...

August 17, 2019- August 24, 2019 Governmental Meetings, Conferences, Community Events Council Meeting Next meeting: September 10th Location: Council Chamber Community Events & Meetings Chill with a Cop *Free Ice Cream Social* Sat. August 17th -11 AM-1 PM Location:...

Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending August 16th, 2019. A Special Note from Interim City Manager Steven Falk: As you may have heard or read, I was pleased to be appointed this week to be Richmond’s interim city manager. I...

Following nearly five years in the City of Richmond Mayor’s Office, including three years as chief of staff, Alex Knox has announced his departure from the office to pursue the next step in his career. He will continue working and help transition to his replacement...

Former Lafayette City Manager Steven Falk was sworn in August 13 at about 6:30 PM after a brief special City Council meeting as Richmond interim city manager following a 6-0 vote with Demnlus Johnson, III, absent (out of town). Today was the last day for Acting City...

Big Sam left Seattle in the year of ninety-two With George Pratt his partner and brother Billy too They crossed the Yukon river and they found the bonanza gold Below that old white mountain Just a little south-east of Nome Sam crossed the Majestic mountains to the...

TRAFFIC ADVISORY Good afternoon, Work continues on the Richmond-San Rafael (RSR) Bridge Access Improvement Project. Construction updates for the week of August 5th are as follows: DAYTIME Monday (AM) – Friday (PM): 7AM - 3:30PM - Shoulder closures in the westbound...

Last week I performed my first wedding as a mayor, tying the knot for Miguel and Lucia at Point Molate. It was a beautiful day, with the ceremony on the roof of Building 1 and the reception on the bayside below. This is the first wedding at Point Molate in over a...

Reminder! Richmond Ferry weekend service pilot starts Today Richmond Ferry weekend service pilot project begins this Saturday, Aug. 3. Anyone up for a ferry ride to downtown San Francisco this weekend? It’s now possible. For the first time, a summer weekend ferry...

In addition to free music, concerts feature food trucks, an opportunity drawing, face-painting, no-host bar, and dancing in the streets! Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. PRM Presents Maurice Tani & 77 El Deora and Pellejo Seco next...

Hi Tom, You are invited to the following event: Beth Wood and Claudia Russell (with Bruce Kaplan) Event to be held at the following time, date, and location: Friday, August 2, 2019 from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM (PDT) Point Richmond Acousrtic at the First Methodist Church...

I actually spent two Augusts in Vietnam, the second in 2009, 40 years later. Click here for my Vietnam Journal 2009.

Last week, I attended the US Conference of Mayors Youth Summit in Los Angeles with two young ladies from Richmond and Mayor’s Staff Member Ruben Hernandez Story. Below is a description of the event from the US Conference of Mayors: First-Ever Conference of Mayors...

On July 23, 2019, the Richmond City Council followed the cities of Livermore and San Francisco in adopting a ban on the sale of e-cigarettes under certain conditions. The vote was on the first reading of an ordinance amendment that will have to be voted on a second...

August 1969, the war was still grinding away in the Central Highlands and I Corps, but the southern part of South Vietnam was eerily quiet. The Engineers were concentrating on land clearing and road building. I directed the installation of a pontoon bridge to replace...

Today, in a special City Council meeting, the Richmond City Council unanimously appointed Henry Gardner as acting city manager for a limited time until a more permanent solution evolves. Henry Gardner facilitated a City Council retreat in February where strategic...

Point Molate Mixed Used Project Public Scoping Meeting The City has scheduled a Public Scoping Meeting to receive input on the appropriate scope of the environmental review for the Point Molate Mixed-Use Project. The City will consider all comments, written and oral,...

From 2011 to 2016, I was project manager for Interactive Resources on a project for BART to repair extensive leaks into the BART Powell Street Station that had plagued BART for decades and had stymied continuous previous repair attempts. The solution ultimately...

In an unlikely collaboration of the strangest of bedfellows, the “Gang of Four” who fired Carlos Martinez turned out to be actually the Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight. As East Bay Express journalist John Geluardi wrote in “Richmond City Council Haplessly Fires City...

"We choose to go to the Moon" is the well-known tagline from a speech about the effort to reach the Moon delivered by United States President John F. Kennedy to a large crowd gathered at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas on September 12, 1962. The speech was intended to...