Infighting a challenge for City Council
Councilmember Tom Butt left the April 24 city council meeting around 9 pm, too frustrated to continue, followed a while later by Councilmember Jovanka Beckles,...
Zach St. George
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Stories by Zach
Birds on the Bay Bridge
By Zach St. George Posted
Of all the birds that nest on or around the Bay Bridge—gulls, terns, pelicans, pigeons, falcons, hummingbirds—Lauren Bingham is most concerned with the cormorants. It’s...
City Council votes to disburse Community Development Block Grant money
By Zach St. George Posted
The City Council on Tuesday approved the disbursement of funding for low-income services, tentatively agreed to help support RichmondBUILD, and—after more than an hour of...
The Reluctant Psychic
By Zach St. George Posted
Perenna Fleming is psychic, but she’s not a psychic. That’s what she says.
At council meeting, protesters call for tougher treatment of assistant city manager
By Zach St. George Posted
Before Tuesday night’s city council meeting, more than 20 people gathered on the chamber steps holding signs—“Richmond needs accountability,” “Investigate little luxuries in Richmond,” and...
Portrait of an empty house
By Zach St. George Posted
A yellow cat runs up the steps of the house on 127 Chanslor Avenue, hopping over the weeds sprouting from the charred wood. It stops...
Chevron asks for new tax appeal judges
By Zach St. George Posted
Chevron is worried that James Giacoma, Art Walenta and Clark Wallace might be holding a grudge. That’s one argument the oil company made in legal...
Getting to four votes: The political math behind the appointment of Jael Myrick
By Zach St. George Posted
After a month of arguing over how best to fill the seat left empty by Gary Bell’s illness, the Richmond City Council met on February...
Giving North Richmond’s kids a safer place to play
By Zach St. George Posted
With frantic little-kid energy, the Panthers under-10 boys basketball team races around the pavement lot next to the Shields-Reid Park in North Richmond. The kids...
Jael Myrick appointed to City Council
By Zach St. George Posted
The City Council appointed Jael Myrick to fill Gary Bell’s empty seat in a 4 – 1 vote with one abstention Monday, avoiding a special...
Council names Booze vice mayor
By Zach St. George Posted
Tuesday night’s Richmond City Council meeting was short on substance but long on drama. Despite an agenda that included few controversial items, councilmembers and the...
It’s official: Richmond City Council seeks new member
By Jennifer Baires, Rachel de Leon and Zach St. George Posted
During Richmond City Council’s special meeting on Thursday, Mayor Gayle McLaughlin formally announced councilmember-elect Gary Bell’s seat as vacant—despite the opposition of absent Councilmembers Corky...
Richmond upholsterer will save you a seat
By Zach St. George Posted
Patrick McStravick runs his fingers over the bare bones of an old chair. “Look at the thickness of the wood,” he says reverently in heavy...
