2011 was quite a year, to borrow a favorite phrase from longtime resident Sims Thompson, in “our fair city.” I know that’s vague, but it’s tough to turn a pithy phrase that sums up a year in a vibrant, bustling and changing city. We had tragedy and triumph, tumult and harmony. Alliances and rivalries. Echoes of the past and glimmers from the future.
By Robert Rogers
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It’s common for vendors to sell animals on the roadside or at weekend flea markets in Richmond, but that may change next month. Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation this summer that bans unregulated pet sales. The two-part law goes into effect on Jan. 1 and prohibits the sale of animals on roads, street corners, parking…
Richmond leaders were on hand to oppose the imminent firings of more than 200 undocumented workers in Berkeley who were flagged in a work eligibility audit conducted by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
City Manager Bill Lindsay said late Wednesday he’ll order an investigation into who leaked information to the press and a councilmember about a non-criminal Sheriff’s stop involving an Office of Neighborhood Safety staff member. The move is aimed in part at easing the concerns of ONS staff, who have complained publicly and privately about what…
By Robert Rogers
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Posted in AP, Bay Citizen, Crime, Front, Government, North Richmond
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Tagged anthony williams, arnold threets, ceasefire, chris magnus, chuck whitney, Corky Booze, Crime, Mark Gagan, office of neighborhood safety, ONS, richmond police, sam vaughn
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Richmond police shot a 22-year-old man at a hotel near Hilltop Mall after 911 reports that a man with a gun was involved in a disturbance with hotel staff, according to police.
About 2,000 Richmond and San Pablo elementary school children took home a toy each at the annual 23rd Street Merchants Association Toy Giveaway in Richmond on Tuesday.
For Men and Women of Purpose, the model aspires to be: Work now, and the support will come.
More than 1,000 parents and children came to the Richmond PAL Center Sunday for a the 64th Annual Charles Reid Christmas Party, a community tradition begun in 1947 and carried on today by the Charles Reid Foundation and a handful of sponsors.
By Robert Rogers
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Posted in Education, Events, Front, History, Holiday, North Richmond
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Tagged charles reid foundation, charlie reid, christmas, garron cooper, ivy reid-lewis, mike merriweather, pal center
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About 40 local kids took home $110 worth of toys each from Target Saturday as part of the Richmond Police Department’s annual Shop with a Cop Christmas event.
For more than a decade, Santa Claus and his natural white beard regaled the children at Verde Elementary in North Richmond every December.
Point Richmond is dotted with glowing storefronts, mostly art galleries and artisans. For the last four months, Point Richmond has hosted Third Thursdays, an open art walk from 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
Shaw and his troupe of about 20 youthful musicians will be featured at the Grace Lutheran Christmas Concert and Potluck starting at 3 p.m. on Saturday, the church’s biggest fundraiser of the year. All are invited to bring a dish and a $10 donation.
About 50 protesters, including some top Richmond elected officials, demonstrated outside county government buildings in Martinez Thursday before filing into a hearing aimed at resolving a tax dispute between Chevron and the Contra Costa County Assessor’s office.
By Robert Rogers
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Posted in AP, Company Town, Economy, Environment, Front, Government
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Tagged Company Town, gayle mclaughlin, Jovanka Beckles, kevin lally, Michael Beer, prop. 13, property tax, Richmond Progressive Alliance, taxes
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