Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending July 19th, 2019. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 23rd. Closed Session begins at 5:30 P.M., followed by the Special Meeting of the Richmond...

1. Share the Rally post with your Facebook network. Click here and then click on the August 10 rally post. Check the “Going” button and then use the “Share” button to, well, share it with your pals on social media. 2. Send the Rally postcard out to friends by text or...

The Kids First Debacle This saga began with an initiative — Measure E, placed on the ballot through a signature-gathering process — that required in coming years up to 3 percent of the city’s general fund be set aside to pay for new programs serving youth. Using the...

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Free Summer Concert Season Continues July 12th! Point Richmond Music’s (PRM) summer concert season continues on Friday, July 12th with Dirty Cello and Deep Blue Jam, two exceptionally eclectic and...

July of 1969 was a busy time for me as the letter below of July 9, 1969, attests. The following is from my journal and memoir, “Before and After Vietnam 1969-70 Military Experiences of Thomas K. (Tom) Butt.” Take a look at the full color video clips on pages 2 and 3....

Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks and Speaker Anthony Rendon are hosting a workshop on State Boards and Commissions Appointment. If you ever wondered how to apply for state appointments, this is your chance. To RSVP for the event—simply email Uche.uwahemu@asm.ca.gov or call...

No Controversy About This Once Missing New Deal Mural While controversy continues about a famous artist’s mural at a San Francisco Washington High School, an East Bay museum is determined to restore another valuable work by the same person. The Richmond Museum of...

Ready to Share? Scooter and Bike Share expanding in the East Bay. July 9, 2019 Bike share has been adapting, and it’s been a year since scooter-share first came on the scene, so what’s next? Richmond, Fremont, Oakland, Berkeley, and Walnut Creek are all in the process...

From Bruce Beyaert: Check out the excellent SF Chronicle article below featuring the 30th Anniversary of the San Francisco Bay Trail. Re the statement "Richmond —the Bay Area city with the most shoreline — has 35 miles of Bay Trail, not all contiguous”, all 35 miles...

We just returned from nearly a week in Honolulu, first at the 2019 Climate Mayors Summit on and next at the US Conference of Mayors 87th Annual Meeting. These meetings are very rewarding not only to showcase what Richmond is doing but also to learn from the successes...

By spring of 1962, I was ready to kiss high school goodbye and head west for adventure. Several of us were itchy to leave and planned to skip graduation ceremonies. I’ll never forget being called into the principal’s office where he made an impassioned plea, “Boys,...

Summer Weekend Ferry Service for Richmond Begins August 3 The Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) is proud to announce that summer weekend ferry service between Richmond and San Francisco will launch on Saturday, August 3. The trial service will run on...

After publishing in March of 2019 an extremely biased and inaccurate article (“Proposed Development at Point Molate Threatens the Bay’s Dungeness Crab Fishery and Climate Goals”) authored by David Helvarg and critical of proposed development at Point Molate, Bay...

Great news --weekend WETA Richmond Ferry Service should be commencing this August! As a board member of both West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee (WCCTAC) and (Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA), I have been able to facilitate including the...

Erica and her husband Barry were long-time Point Richmond residents. Erica discovered early in life that she was happiest helping others, which is how she spent her vibrant, optimistic, exceptionally well-lived life. So she was beloved by family, friends, colleagues...

It was the summer of 1966 that I first visited Hawaii. I’ve been back many times since, visiting four of the islands, but the first time was memorable. Next week I will be there for the US Conference of Mayors. For the three summers prior to 1966, I had a job as a...

You are invited to the following event: Sunday Afternoon Book Signing & Reading with Betty Reid Soskin Event to be held at the following time, date, and location: Sunday, June 23, 2019 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (PDT) Richmond Food Hall 1503 Macdonald Avenue...

After weeks of contentious wrangling, the Richmond City Council last night approved 15 appointments I made to the Planning Commission, Community Police Review Commission and Rent Board, bringing them all to full strength except for one Planning Commission seat...

Following direction of the Richmond City Council, Richmond City staff has drafted an ordinance that will prohibit the storage and handling of coal and petroleum coke in Richmond in three years. The proposed ordinance will be first heard by the Planning Commission on...