Company Town

Chevron spends big on candidates

The city’s biggest taxpayer has put $1 million into local politics.

Chevron, city, strike deal

In a move that could impact the city’s highly-anticipated campaign season, Chevron Corp. and city leaders on Tuesday brokered a tax deal that markedly eases...

City leaders urge against Chevron tax measure

Dueling visions for the city’s future could be heading for a day of reckoning with city voters in November. A Chevron Corp-backed measure to slash...

Court sides against Chevron

Chevron’s plans to expand operations to refine a wider range of crude oil at its Richmond refinery have been halted by a California court.

Former Obama official weighs in on Richmond

Anthony “Van” Jones, a former special adviser in the Obama Administration’s White House Council on Environmental Quality, spoke to a crowd of about 200 at...

Hazardous to our health

Richmond residents continue to struggle with elevated hazards to their health.

Chevron Corp. steps up donations to local groups

Chevron recently announced that it pumped $3.43 million into a host of local programs and institutions in Richmond and surrounding Contra Costa County communities in...

Audio report: Chevron and its future in Richmond

At a recent meeting held by a local activist group, City leaders and a prominent author told residents of their criticisms of Chevron Corp. and...

A glimpse into a time of limitless promise

In the Fall of 1912, a Western town nested against a deep-water point in San Francisco Bay stood poised before a seemingly limitless future. A...

Local meeting examines a possible future without Chevron

City leaders and residents publicly discussed the possibility of a future without the largest enterprise in the city as uncertainty swirls over Chevron’s intentions for...

Council calls for reduced airborne pollution

After a long and sometimes contentious public debate, the Council voted 5-1 to declare the city in recognition of a lower standard of carbon dioxide...

Gov. Schwarzenegger outlines state plan at local “green” business

Gov. Schwarzenegger, who held his Richmond news conference as part of a statewide push to tout his recently proposed jobs package, hailed a “clean tech”...

Mayor delivers State of City address

What Mayor Gayle McLaughlin’s State of the City address Tuesday night may have lacked in a unifying theme, it compensated for in sheer breadth.