This card from Interactive Resources carries on a tradition of decades using one of my pen and ink drawings for our holiday greeting.

The Scanner: Richmond’s police blues, bunk brunches and the Teddy Bear Bandit Sarah Ravani , Gwendolyn Wu and Steve Rubenstein Dec. 24, 2018 Updated: Dec. 24, 2018 8 a.m. Richmond Police Chief Allwyn Brown spoke to the City Council last week about an internal report...

Sent on behalf of City Manager Carlos Martinez Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending December 21st, 2018. 1. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, January 15th, 2019. Enjoy the upcoming weeks...

Instead of sleeping in after both the longest (over seven hours -- including closed session) and the last City Council meeting of 2018, I was browsing the morning news when I read what Jerry Brown said about being mayor of Oakland in his final press conference: "I...

Item L-7 on tonights’ agenda is: DIRECT staff to review a draft ordinance for legality and language and craft an ordinance for a first reading that is as strong or stronger in its ability to protect our community from coal and petroleum coke - Councilmember Eduardo...

Sent on behalf of City Manager Carlos Martinez Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending December 14th, 2018. 1. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, December 18th. Closed Session begins at 5:30 PM,...

Reason miraculously but barely prevailed at last night’s City Council meeting as the City Council on a 4-3 vote, with Willis, Beckles and Martinez voting no, reversed its previous decision to add restrictions to development proposals that would essentially make...

For the second time in the 2018 campaign, the Richmond Progressive Alliance and/or its surrogates were found in blatant violation of Richmond campaign laws. The first violation occurred on October 2018 by East Bay Working Families, a supposedly independent committee...

Today, Paradise City Councilman Mike Zuccolillo presented Tzu Chi Foundation, a charitable organization helping Paradise fire victims, with a check for $7,236 raised by the Richmond-based Tibetan Association of Northern California. See A Camp Fire Story -- RVs and...

From Contra Costa Health, Housing and Homeless Services: Greetings, We're gearing up for our annual homeless Point in Time Count for late January and we are seeking volunteers to help us conduct this very important project! Each year in late January, Contra Costa's...

Seeking Recommendations for Richmond Air Monitoring Sensor Locations Groundwork Richmond, in partnership with the City of Richmond and environmental consultant Ramboll, was awarded a grant from the California Air Resources Board to deploy 50 air monitoring sensors...

After 19 years with the City of Richmond, Planning and Building Services Director Richard Mitchell will retire effective December 30, 2018. In the 45 years I have lived in Richmond, Mitchell is by far the best planning director Richmond has had, probably the best...

Following is an interesting article from the Bay Area’s most progressive newspaper, the East Bay Express, about the abrupt and swift decline of the Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA) brand in Richmond and elsewhere. After landing a supermajority on the Richmond City...

Monday, December 3, 2018 Conservative Regains Council Seat in Liberal Richmond In a dramatic, come-from-behind victory, Nat Bates, who once called bike lanes “socialist,” wins back his city council seat in progressive Richmond. By John Geluardi Nat Bates. It’s never...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending November 30th, 2018. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, December 4th. Closed Session will begin at 5:00 PM, and the Regular Meeting of the Richmond Housing...

The votes are finally all in, and the three City Council seats will be filled January 8, 2019, by Demnlus Johnson, III, Eduardo Martinez and Nat Bates. Bates beat out 4th place Vinay Pimple by only 9 votes!

Earlier this week, the Tibetan Association of Northern California (TANC), based in Richmond, presented me with a check for $7,236 the group had raised for victims of the Camp Fire. They asked me to direct it to the place it would do the most good. I emailed the mayor...

On behalf of Carlos Martinez, City Manager Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending November 2nd, 2018. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 13th. Enjoy the next week off! Upcoming Events...

With 5,800 ballots left to count countywide (perhaps 580 +/-) in Richmond, Nat Bates surged ahead for the third Council seat, 20 votes ahead of Vinay Pimple and 73 votes ahead of Cesar Zepeda. These results remain in play. Ballots to be Counted As of 11/28/2018 the...