Here is a link to this morning’s segment: https://www.today.com/video/on-the-job-with-keepers-of-a-lighthouse-bed-and-breakfast-1456429635808 Also, from SFGATE: Stop emailing! That 'dream job' as the East Brother Lighthouse innkeepers is filled By Bill Disbrow Updated...

This email is being sent on behalf of City Manager Carlos Martinez Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending March 8th, 2019. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 19th. Enjoy the next week...

Watch for East Brother Lighthouse on the Today Show, Tuesday, March 12, the 3rd hour of Today (9:00 AM)

Friday, March 08, 2019 The Bay Area Air Quality Management District announced today that recent flaring incidents at the Chevron Refinery in Richmond have resulted in the increased scrutiny of monitoring data as well as investigations as to the cause of the events....

The website on the flyer is now live but is still under construction. Several people have asked why BNSF wants to run diesel trains through Miller Knox. BNSF doesn’t want to give up any rights to their existing trackage, regardless of condition or prior agreements or...

I am very pleased to cordially invite you to a very special edition of our Annual Stakeholder Meeting. Please join us on Wednesday, March 20 to check out our new digs and the visitor center, enjoy refreshments by Richmond Business Hub Food Hall vendors, get our 2018...

Ferry terminals get names similar to those given airports. So as San Francisco International is known as “SFO” and Oakland’s airport at “OAK” the designation for, say, the Ferry Building is “FB-SFO”. Pier 41 is “41-SFO”. Richmond’s new ferry terminal has landed with...

Our friend, neighbor, and husband of Richmond’s third elected mayor died this week. Doug led a remarkable life of service to his community, especially to young people and families. He served right up to the end on the board of the Early Childhood Mental Health...

Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending March 1st, 2019. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 5th. Closed Session begins at 5:00 PM, and the Regular Meeting of the Richmond City Council...

In case you missed it, you can view the State of the City presentation by clicking here. You can read about it below. Richmond Confidential Richmond mayor delivers State of the City address Edward Booth on February 27, 2019 On Tuesday, Mayor Tom Butt summarized the...

Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the weeks ending February 15th and February 22, 2019. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 26th. The Special Meeting of the Richmond Housing Authority begins...

Join Mayor Tom Butt as he presents the 2019 State of the City for Richmond, California! Tuesday, February 26 │6:30 – 8:00 p.m. City Council Chambers @ 440 Civic Center Plaza Free and open to the public Topics to be discussed include: City Finances * Housing and...

The agenda/packet for the Tuesday, February 19, 2019, Richmond City Council Meeting is available on the web. Follow the link below to view: http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx

I made a quick trip to Washington D.C. Thursday and Friday to meet with HUD to try and facilitate assistance needed to “transition” the agency to a model now favored by HUD. I met with Donald “DJ” LaVoy, Deputy Assistant Secretary (REAC) to pitch two requests, (1)...

Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending February 8th, 2019. Meeting Notes The Special Meeting of the Richmond City Council is scheduled for Tuesday, February 12th and set to begin at 6:00 PM. The agenda may be found by...

The presentation materials for the four developers can be accessed as follows: The Revised agenda/packet for the Tuesday, February 12, 2019, Special Richmond City Council Meeting is available on the web. Follow the link below to view:...

Those pesky and uninformed but know-it-all Marinites are at it again. See the editorial by Dick Spotswood below (“Columnist Dick Spotswood of Mill Valley writes (in the Marin IJ) on local issues Sundays and Wednesdays. Email him at spotswood@comcast.net”). Spotswood...

On Tuesday, February 12, the Richmond City Council will review proposals from four master developer teams for Point Molate (See article from San Francisco Business Times below). The four teams are m Orton Development, Inc., Point Molate Partners, Samuelson Schafer,...

The following came from Zac Wear, a former RPA leader. A very interesting read. From: Zak Wear <zakwear@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2019 9:42 AM To: Butt, Tom <tom.butt@intres.com>; ben_choi@ci.richmond.ca.us; Bates, Nat...