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Happy to Ring Out 2022 – Happy New Year 2023!
December 31, 2022
District 2 Election
December 24, 2022
Merry Christmas to the Mayor-elect
December 24, 2022
Happy Holidays!
December 23, 2022
The Count Goes On
December 22, 2022
The End of the Road
December 21, 2022
Home for Christmas
December 18, 2022
East Brother Lighthouse Innkeeper Recruitment Opens
December 17, 2022
Status of the District 2 Election
December 17, 2022
The RPA's Personal and Vitriolic Attacks
December 17, 2022
New State Law Will Affect Council Votes in 2023
December 16, 2022
The Beginning of the End
December 16, 2022
Just in Time for Christmas
December 15, 2022
Terminal One Single-Family Housing Development In Richmond Sent Back To The Drawing Board
December 14, 2022
Stormin' Norman and Sierra Club Celebrate Selling Point Molate for $400
December 13, 2022
Housing First
December 10, 2022
Window School
December 10, 2022
MCE Virtual Holiday Party
December 10, 2022
First-ever California offshore wind auction nets $757 million
December 10, 2022
Rotary Holiday Auction, Friday, December 9, 12-2 PM
December 7, 2022
Need Landlord with an Available 1-Bedroom Apartment
December 4, 2022
The Lost Sierra and Sierra City
December 3, 2022
Richmond-San Rafael Bridge bike path enters final year of trial run (East Bay Times 12/2/2022)
December 3, 2022
City Manager's Weekly Report for the Week Ending 12/02/2022
December 3, 2022
There is a Lot Wrong With This Project
December 2, 2022
Andrew Butt and Cesar Zepeda in District 2 Race Tie
December 2, 2022
Richmond Hosts Contra Costa Mayors Conference at Riggers Loft
December 2, 2022
Richmond and MCE
December 1, 2022
What Kind of Mayor Will Eduardo Martinez Be??
November 30, 2022
District 2 Vote Audit
November 29, 2022
What Measure U Looks Like
November 22, 2022
Laconia Writes to Intimidate Butt and Livingston Over Terminal 1 Criticisms
November 20, 2022
Board and Commission Vacancies
November 18, 2022
Rotary Holiday Auction December 9, 12-2 PM
November 15, 2022
RPA City Council Members Shut Down Appointments
November 15, 2022
Long Awaited State Audit is Complete
November 15, 2022
RPD Veterans
November 12, 2022
Veterans Day 2022 - Fading Memories of 52 Years Ago - Vietnam 1969-70
November 10, 2022
Looking for a Few Good Volunteers for the Winehaven Trust
November 10, 2022
Design Review Board Chair Slams Terminal 1 Design
November 9, 2022
Takeaways From Richmond 2022 Election
November 9, 2022
COP27 and Climate Mayors
November 8, 2022
Housing Element Public Review
November 6, 2022
Richmond Continues to Slip in Pavement Conditions
November 6, 2022
What Will You Do Now, and a Mayor's Accomplishments and Regrets
November 5, 2022
Hilltop Auto Dealers Sue Over Measure U
November 3, 2022
Violations of RMC Chapter 2.42 - Fair Elections
November 3, 2022
New REI Adventure Center in Richmond - Marina Bay
October 29, 2022
Richmond Awarded $35 Million Transformative Climate Communities Grant
October 28, 2022
October is National Pedestrian Safety Month
October 27, 2022
Drastic Changes in Commuting Persist Post-Covid
October 24, 2022
Richmond San Rafael Bridge Bay Trail
October 23, 2022
Full List of Candidate Forum Links - Courtesy of Don Gosney
October 23, 2022
Richmond Commercial Real Estate Market - Low Vacancy, Stable Rents
October 23, 2022
Mayor's Housing First Initiative Winding Down
October 18, 2022
Richmond Ranks 10th in State for Financial Risk
October 18, 2022
15 Best Things to Do in Richmond, CA
October 16, 2022
Vote No on Richmond Measure P
October 16, 2022
HelloFresh Closes Richmond Facility - 611 Workers Laid Off
October 16, 2022
The Balance of Power in Richmond - Breaking it Down
October 16, 2022
Final Dispatch from Japan - Part 5 Kyoto
October 14, 2022
Dispatch from Japan - Part 4, Nara and Kyoto
October 13, 2022
Dispatch from Japan - Part 3, Tokyo and Fuji
October 12, 2022
Dispatch from Japan, Part 2, Back to Tokyo
October 10, 2022
Dispatch from Japan -Part 1, Shimada
October 8, 2022
East Bay Times Richmond Endorsements
October 4, 2022
Richmond Races -Voting Starts in One Week
October 4, 2022
Santa Fe and Point Richmond Neighborhood Councils Forum
October 4, 2022
PRNC Candidates' Forum and Debate
October 3, 2022
City Manager's Weekly Report for the Week Ending 09/30/2022
October 3, 2022
LWV/KCRT Candidate Forums
September 30, 2022
Richmond's Next Mayor
September 30, 2022
Takeaways from MCE Retreat
September 30, 2022
Richmond City Council Candidate Endorsements
September 28, 2022
Atchison Village Candidate Forum Video Links
September 23, 2022
Failed Legal Tactic by City Muddies Point Molate Waters
September 21, 2022
Senator Skinner Caught Flouting Legislative Open Records Act
September 21, 2022
Remembering the Year of Covid
September 19, 2022
The Cost of Rydin Road
September 18, 2022
Richmond Mayoral Forum
September 17, 2022
East Bay Regional Park District v. City of Richmond May Valley Candidate Forum Video
September 17, 2022
Mayoral Candidate Eduardo Martinez and Democratic Socialism
September 14, 2022
City Council Passes Point Molate Security and Maintenance Policy Despite RPA Resistance
September 14, 2022
Mayoral Candidate Martinez Declines to Participate in Mayoral Forum
September 12, 2022
Pt. Richmond Music Season Finale this Friday, 9/9: Laurie Lewis w/ Hills to Hollers and Andre Thierry!
September 8, 2022
Marina Bay NC Mayoral Forum
September 8, 2022
Point in Time Count Shows Unhoused in Richmond Increases 90% Since 2019
September 1, 2022
The Real Richmond
August 27, 2022
Next Rotary Meeting August 26, COVID relief funds for Small Businesses
August 26, 2022
Richmond Unemployment Rate Back to Record Low
August 22, 2022
What Will be the Fate of the Winehaven Historic District at Point Molate?
August 21, 2022
Bad Judgment and Political Betrayal
August 21, 2022
City Council Approves Plan to Rescue Bikeshare Program
August 20, 2022
Richmond Races Taking Shape
August 16, 2022
Assemblymember Wicks Delivers $6 Million Check for ONS
August 15, 2022
Richmond Tennis Association Women are Northern California Sectional Champions, moving on to the National Tournament!!
August 14, 2022
Big Things in Point Richmond: Music Starts in 45 Minutes and Baltic Kiss Opens in 15 Minutes!
August 12, 2022
Free Pt. Richmond Music Concert this Friday 8/12: Dirty Cello & The Mad Maggies!
August 11, 2022
Enhanced Mobility Innovation (EMI) Grant Award for Richmond
August 10, 2022
Skinner Stiffs Richmond to Funds Oakland Ball Park
August 7, 2022
Happy Birthday Richmond!
August 7, 2022
History Repeats Itself
August 5, 2022
City Managers Weekly Report for the Week Ending August 5, 2022
August 5, 2022
RPA and Fossil Fuel Hypocrisy
August 5, 2022
State Awards $6M in Violence Prevention Funding to Richmond
August 5, 2022
Campus Bay Litigation Continues
August 4, 2022
Hearing on Point Molate Preliminary Injunction Postponed
August 3, 2022
RPA Funded by Corporate Money, Including Fossil Fuel Corporations
July 31, 2022
City Manager's Report for the Week Ending July 29, 2022
July 30, 2022
Quick Response from RPA Spin Machine
July 29, 2022
Careless Internal Memo Leak Explodes RPA Hypocritical No Corporate Donations Claim
July 29, 2022
Where is Claudia?
July 29, 2022
MCE Board Update – July 2022
July 28, 2022
RPA Soundly Rejects Effort to Bolster Richmond Police
July 28, 2022
Sound Mystery Solved!
July 28, 2022
Bass Beat Mystery Solved?
July 25, 2022
Mystery Bass Beat Plagues Richmond
July 24, 2022
Bolt Bikeshare Folds
July 23, 2022
Richmond Commercial Real Estate Activity
July 23, 2022
City Manager's Weekly Report for the Week Ending July 22, 2022
July 23, 2022
Congratulations Diana Lopez: New Deputy Director of Community Services - Library
July 23, 2022
Bay Area News Group -- Chief Bisa French Returns
July 20, 2022
Downtown Richmond Property and Business Improvement District Reapproved by 96.83%
July 20, 2022
Millions of Dollars Diverted from Underserved Richmond Neighborhoods in Broad Conspiracy to Fund Point Molate Acquisition
July 19, 2022
$$ for Point Molate
July 18, 2022
City Manager's Weekly Report for the Week Ending July 15th, 2022
July 18, 2022
Point Molate - Saved or Sold? -- The Faces of Hypocrisy
July 17, 2022
Remembering Martin Andrew Butt, 1947-1969
July 13, 2022
Increased Chevron Flaring?
July 9, 2022
City Manager's Weekly Report for the Week Ending July 8, 2022
July 9, 2022
Richmond Tenants Are Pushing Back Against Rent Hikes, Alleging Poor Living Conditions
July 9, 2022
We're Back! Point Richmond Music's Free Summer Concerts Kick-Off July 8
July 7, 2022
Eduardo Martinez Memorial Sideshow Stadium
July 5, 2022
Bay Trail Mid-year Report
July 5, 2022
Speeding, Sideshows and Donuts - The RPA Solution
July 5, 2022
Howard Terminal Removed from Port Priority by BCDC
June 30, 2022
Housing First Successes - Need More Funding
June 30, 2022
Bay Trail Through Point Molate Funded
June 28, 2022
Today, I Signed the $400 Deed to Point Molate
June 28, 2022
Classification and Compensation Study
June 24, 2022
Drama in Federal Court
June 24, 2022
RPA City Council Members Push Richmond Deeper into Point Molate Morass - Contempt Finding by Federal Judge Threatened.
June 22, 2022
MCE Board MCE Unveils Plans for Virtual Power Plant to Benefit Disadvantaged Richmond Residents and Businesses
June 21, 2022
Mayors Business Roundtable, July 7, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
June 21, 2022
Juneteenth
June 20, 2022
US Conference of Mayors in Reno June 2-6
June 13, 2022
Anil Camelo to St. Helena
June 10, 2022
City Prevails in Appellate Court on Point Molate Brown Act Lawsuit
June 10, 2022
Point Molate Litigation Heats Up
June 9, 2022
A Whale of a Tale
June 9, 2022
Outreach Request: Bay Ferry 2050 Community Advisory Group
June 9, 2022
In Resolution Sponsored by Richmond Mayor Tom Butt, U.S. Mayors Affirm Support for Cities’ Right to Sue Fossil Fuel Corporations for Climate Damages
June 9, 2022
Dysfunctional City Council
June 8, 2022
Waste of Taxpayer Money
June 3, 2022
The Price of Gas
June 2, 2022
USW Local 5 Chevron Strike Ends
June 1, 2022
Former RPA City Council Member Endorses Shawn Dunning for Mayor
June 1, 2022
SunCal Point Molate Complaint
May 31, 2022
SunCal sues City of Richmond over Point Molate
May 31, 2022
Mayors Letter to Senate on Gun Safety Action
May 31, 2022
City Council Approves Fatally Flawed "Quarry Project"
May 30, 2022
MCE Board Update – May 2022
May 26, 2022
Point Molate to Become Indian Country
May 23, 2022
Who Ended Up With Point Molate?
May 22, 2022
Try Richmond Moves!
May 20, 2022
Media Coverage of Point Molate
May 20, 2022
"Greenway" Documentary Premiere Invitation
May 19, 2022
Point Molate to Sell for $400!
May 18, 2022
Point Molate Showdown Tonight
May 17, 2022
Road Dust is Richmond's Most Dangerous Pollutant
May 15, 2022
City Manager's Weekly Report for the Week Ending May 13, 2022
May 14, 2022
Rent Board Adopts 2022 Annual General Adjustment in the Amount of 5.2%
May 12, 2022
Bike to Wherever Day
May 12, 2022
Lost Tales of Point Molate - Steam Trains
May 9, 2022
Lost Tales of Point Molate - The King of Pot
May 9, 2022
Lost Tales of Point Molate - McLaughlin Snatches Defeat from Victory
May 9, 2022
Lost Tales of Point Molate - Last Whaling Station
May 8, 2022
Correcting the East Bay Times Again
May 8, 2022
Forgotten Tales of Point Molate - Winehaven
May 7, 2022
Forgotten Tales of Point Molate - End of the Proposed Casino Project
May 7, 2022
City Manager's Weekly Report for the Week Ending May 6, 2022
May 7, 2022
Forgotten Tales of Point Molate - Industrialization of the Point San Pablo Peninsula
May 6, 2022
Forgotten Tales of Point Molate
May 6, 2022
Forgotten Tales of Point Molate - The Beginning of the Casino Project
May 6, 2022
Forgotten Tales of Point Molate - Selection of Point Molate Reuse Plan Consultant
May 5, 2022
Forgotten tales of Point Molate - The Wickland Oil Caper
May 5, 2022
City Council Calls it Quits in $300,000 Litigation Against Mayor
May 4, 2022
Downtown Richmond Promo Produced By CoBiz Richmond
May 1, 2022
Richmond Journalism Student Wins White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) Scholarship
May 1, 2022
$300,000 on Next Week's Agenda to Litigate Against the Mayor (MINOR CORRECTION)
April 30, 2022
City Manager's Weekly Report for the Week Ending April 29, 2022
April 30, 2022
California attorney general subpoenas ExxonMobil, opens major investigation into plastic pollution
April 28, 2022
A Lesson in Civic Incompetence
April 27, 2022
$1.2 Million Grant for YouthBUILD
April 26, 2022
City Manager's Weekly Report for the Week Ending April 22, 2022
April 23, 2022
30 Days to Point Molate Showdown
April 23, 2022
City Attorney and Public Works Director Committed to Give Away Public Property and Endanger Pedestrians
April 21, 2022
City Manager's Weekly Report for the Week Ending April 15, 2022
April 21, 2022
Juneteenth Mural Unveiling Tomorrow
April 21, 2022
Richmond Moves Brings Affordable On-Demand Mobility to Central Richmond
April 21, 2022
MCE Board MCE Launches $6 Million Residential Efficiency Market Program
April 18, 2022
Be a Youth Environmental Leader
April 15, 2022
Last Call! Online Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour is this week-end + more
April 15, 2022
City Council Approves Three-Year Contract for City Manager Shasa Curl
April 15, 2022
Public Invited to Recognition Ceremony for Betty Reid Soskin at Craneway, Saturday, April 16, 1:00 to 2:00 PM
April 15, 2022
Big Day for Mayors/Richmond Rotary Club Housing First Project
April 12, 2022
New York Times Features Richmond's Point Richmond Neighborhood as a Travel Destination
April 12, 2022
MCE Board Contra Costa Receives $3.5 Million for Clean Transportation Programs
April 11, 2022
Looking for a Few Good Landlords This Week
April 10, 2022
Six Weeks to Point Molate Showdown
April 9, 2022
City Manager's Weekly Report for the Week Ending April 8, 2022
April 9, 2022
Homelessness Rises to the Top of Bay Area Problems
April 7, 2022
Proposed Changes in Animal Services Agreement Sparks City-County Debate
April 7, 2022
East Bay Times Endorses Therriault for Sheriff
April 2, 2022
Demnlus Johnson, III, Fails to File for Congress District 8
April 2, 2022
Principal in Space? Paris for Mayor?
April 1, 2022
What The Heck Is Going On at Cutting and Canal?
April 1, 2022
Monthly MCE update – March 2022: MCE 100% Renewable Now Cheaper Than PG&E!
April 1, 2022
Exciting New Candidate Enlivens Mayors Race
April 1, 2022
100-year-old National Park Service Ranger Betty Reid Soskin retires after remarkable career
March 31, 2022
National Vietnam War Veterans Day
March 29, 2022
Looking for a Few Good Landlords
March 27, 2022
RPA Spins Point Molate to Gullible East Bay Times Reporter
March 27, 2022
City Manager's Weekly Report for the Week Ending March 25, 2022
March 27, 2022
Richmond police disperse sideshow with over 100 vehicles
March 23, 2022
RPA Four Selects District Map to Their Advantage
March 23, 2022
Comrade McLaughlin Refuses to Support Resolution in Support of the People of Ukraine
March 23, 2022
RPA Takes Victory Lap on Point Molate
March 23, 2022
Winehaven Legacy LCC Warns the City of Consequences for Breach of DA and DDA
March 21, 2022
MCE Board MCE 100% Renewable Costs Less than PG&E
March 21, 2022
RPA Four Go for the Nuclear Option on Point Molate
March 21, 2022
Back to Yosemite
March 21, 2022
Contra Costa County Office of Education to Take Over RPA-Backed WCCUSD School Board
March 21, 2022
Ferry to Bridge Bikeway Rolling Out Now
March 17, 2022
WCCUSD Notified It Is "No Longer a Going Concern"
March 16, 2022
Public Bank East Bay Viability Study
March 11, 2022
Nearly $15 Million in Grants for Richmond in Less Than a Week
March 11, 2022
Bart Removes Only Black Board Member After Dispute Over Location Of Residence
March 11, 2022
Update on 8 Western Drive Encroachment Fiasco
March 10, 2022
Discredited Former Richmond City Attorney Emerges in --- San Pablo!
March 9, 2022
From Russia With Love
March 9, 2022
MCE Board MCE Submits $188 Million Energy Efficiency Business Plan
March 8, 2022
52 Years Ago Today....
March 8, 2022
Today Would Have Been My Mom's 100th Birthday
March 6, 2022
City Manager's Weekly Report for the Week Ending March 4, 2022
March 6, 2022
How to View Video of Richmond Meetings
March 6, 2022
Chevron Announces Agreement to Acquire Renewable Energy Group
March 6, 2022
Richmond Chamber launches PAC to address business-unfriendly Council
March 1, 2022
Sims Metal Issues Challenge Grant for Mayor's Housing First Initiative
March 1, 2022
Richmond mayor raises Ukraine’s flag at City Hall in show of solidarity
March 1, 2022
Ukraine Flag Raising at City Hall at 2:00 PM Monday, February 20
February 27, 2022
Need Flagmaker!
February 27, 2022
Support for Ukraine
February 26, 2022
How to Get Speed Bumps on Your Street
February 26, 2022
MCE Monthly Update
February 26, 2022
Apartments Located for Six More Unhoused Individuals
February 26, 2022
City of Richmond Awarded Homeless Grant
February 25, 2022
Reimagining Public Safety Community Task Force Goes Rogue
February 25, 2022
Housing First Continues to Transition Formerly Homeless Families to Real Housing
February 23, 2022
K. Lynn Berry selected as superintendent of four National parks, including Rosie the Riveter
February 23, 2022
California to become first state to tackle microplastic pollution
February 23, 2022
Despite $1.5M allocated, Richmond encampments remain vexing issue | Richmond Standard
February 22, 2022
Does Political Polarization Help the Unhoused?
February 21, 2022
City Manager's Weekly Report for the Week Ending February 18, 2022
February 20, 2022
City employees leaving because of council’s ‘unacceptable behavior’
February 19, 2022
City Council Passes First Reading of Ordinance Allowing Junior Accessory Dwelling Units in Non-residential Buildings
February 17, 2022
Richmond Ferry Shows Strongest Post-pandemic Recovery
February 16, 2022
Film Complete! World Premiere in London.
February 15, 2022
Terminal 1 Developer Proposes Single Family Subdivision
February 15, 2022
Holding Caltrans Accountable
February 14, 2022
Housing First Program Records First Move-in -- Need Furniture for Next Move-in
February 14, 2022
MCE Signs Agreement for Largest Solar Plus Storage Project Yet
February 14, 2022
Politicization of the Community Police Review Commission
February 12, 2022
Dueling Agenda Items Might Make for an Interesting Meeting
February 9, 2022
Mayor's Housing First Initiative Needs a 1-Bedroom Apartment
February 9, 2022
No Time to Waste awarded 2022 Best Documentary Feature of the Denton Black Film Festival
February 9, 2022
British Media Covers Richmond Homeless Initiative
February 9, 2022
Opportunity Lost to Hold Caltrans Accountable
February 9, 2022
Sideshows are out of control in Richmond. Who’s to blame?
February 8, 2022
CalTrans Dodging Responsibility for Cleaning Freeways
February 8, 2022
City Manager's Weekly Report for the Week Ending 02/04/2022
February 8, 2022
Richmond Mayor Tom Butt is looking for landlords in West Contra Costa County with a studio, one-bedroom or two-bedroom apartment.
February 7, 2022
Op-ed: The real answer to the housing crisis is permanence
February 7, 2022
Big Weekend for Sideshows in Richmond
February 7, 2022
Colossal Failure of RPA Homeless Initiatives
February 6, 2022
Miraflores and Baxter Creek Park Still a Dump
February 5, 2022
Council Member Willis' Out of Chair Experience
February 5, 2022
Contra Costa Reaches 80% Vaccinated, Sunsets Vaccine Verification Requirement
February 4, 2022
Demand to Void Illegal Contracts
February 3, 2022
Mayor Demnlus Johnson and Former City Manager Laura Snideman
February 3, 2022
Does state have will to solve homelessness?
February 3, 2022
Big Win for Point Molate Advocates
February 2, 2022
Demnlus Johnson Already Mayor?
February 1, 2022
Richmond police chief, husband won’t face criminal charges in assault/threats probes, but their legal problems aren’t over
February 1, 2022
Housing First Project - Richmond Mayor's Office and Richmond Rotary
January 29, 2022
Helping Homeless People One Family at a Time
January 27, 2022
Richmond mayor, Rotary roll out initiative for housing challenged families
January 24, 2022
Three candidates emerge so far in race to become Richmond’s next mayor
January 24, 2022
Attention Landlords - Help With Our New Housing Initiative
January 21, 2022
The Clock is Ticking on Point Molate
January 20, 2022
Upvalley native Laura Snideman hired as Calistoga's new City Manager | News | napavalleyregister.com
January 19, 2022
Free COVID-19 Tests for US Households
January 19, 2022
Walter Horn - Monuments Man from Richmond
January 18, 2022
Bay Trail Richmond 2022 New Year Report!
January 15, 2022
City Manager's Weekly Report for the Week Ending January 14, 2022
January 14, 2022
Councilmember who defunded RPD suggests that veteran cops delay retirement amid staffing woes
January 14, 2022
Richmond police defend K-9 bites that caused 73 serious injuries in past six years
January 14, 2022
Mayoral Candidates Popping Up All Over
January 11, 2022
City Manager's Weekly Report for the Week Ending January 7, 2022
January 10, 2022
New Look for Agendas
January 7, 2022
Elected Chair of Contra Costa Mayors' Conference
January 6, 2022
Richmond parks, community bolstered by influx of grants
January 6, 2022
City Backpedals on 8 Western Drive Encroachment Agreement
January 5, 2022
City of Richmond State of Homelessness 2022
January 1, 2022
Important: Holiday Treecycling and Non-Compostable Tree Disposal Options
January 1, 2022
Happy New Year 2022!
December 31, 2021


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