Economy

Park Place Vintage

Grand opening celebrates four businesses in Point Richmond

Nikki Dycus holds a wig in each hand. Both are made of wavy brown hair, and if they were on someone’s head, it would be hard to tell the difference between them. When Dycus compares...
Kandea Mosley stands in front of crowd.

Chevron checks in with six non-profits that received $1 million in grants

Two years after giving $1 million dollars in grants to six non-profits, Chevron California Partnership hosted an event Tuesday to show how the organizations have used the donation. Each organization presented a video of their...
Photo showing outside location of the new Restoration Hardware warehouse.

Restoration Hardware moves for bigger horizons

Upscale luxury furniture retailer Restoration Hardware has outgrown its former Marina Way South location, and now has put down roots in a larger warehouse at 2900 Atlas Road. Plans started last November for the big...
Point Pinole Regional Business Park is the site of the new Whole Foods Market warehouse slated to open later in April. (Photo by: Jennifer Baires)

Whole Foods Market warehouse opening and hiring

Whole Foods Market said it expects to complete a 117,000-square-foot refrigerated warehouse in Richmond and to begin hiring up to 40 workers for the new distribution center within the month. The new Richmond distribution center...
Bill Lindsay

At council meeting, protesters call for tougher treatment of assistant city manager

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 “Richmond United Against Corruption”—in reference to assistant city manager Leslie...
This building, located at 1450 Marina Way, was one of the locations being considered for a state-run call center. (Photo provided by owner Richard Poe at Virtual Development Corporation)

Contra Costa board votes to refuse state call center, citing disagreement with local union

After weeks of intense back and forth between political players in Richmond and Concord the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors announced Tuesday that neither city would play host to a state call center—and its...
Chevron's Richmond refinery. (Photo by Rachel Waldholz)

Chevron asks for new tax appeal judges

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 documents  filed in January asking that the three be removed...