City leaders applauded groundbreaking on a new parking garage at the Richmond BART station during a Tuesday morning ceremony. “I envision people parking cars in...
Environment
Frustrations outweigh ideas at Point Molate meeting
In a meeting that was longer on simmering frustrations than new ideas, about 40 people gathered Wednesday for the first of three planned workshops to...
Neglected pipes result in rate increase
Starting next July, sewer rates for residents within the Richmond Municipal Sewer District will go up 5 percent annually until July 2014. The rate increase...
Running a business for man’s best friend
Dogs of all sizes and breeds run unleashed, fetch balls, meet other dogs, swim and enjoy Point Isabel Park in Richmond. Afterwards, dogs and their...
Richmond leads the Bay Area in solar power wattage per capita
The huge 500-kilowatt solar installation at the Bay Area Beverages building, which you can see while driving west on 580 just before the Canal Boulevard...
Voters to get say on casino plan — but it won’t count
Richmond residents will get to vote on whether the City Council should approve a plan to build a casino at Point Molate, City Council decided...
Richmond now has its own seed-lending library
When Rebecca Newburn was volunteering at the Bay Area Seed Interchange Library in Berkeley, an organization that makes free seeds available to the public, she...
Fire season approaches for Richmond
More fires are reported on July 4th than any other day of the year in the United States, according to the National Fire Data Center....
Oil spill experts tell Richmond group they’re prepared
Despite the not-yet-distant memory of the 2007 Cosco Busan oil spill in the San Francisco Bay, and the ongoing worries about the spill that continues...
Composting goes big in Richmond starting July 1
More than a hundred Richmond residents were happy to get a free food scrap pail during the Juneteenth event on June 19th at Nichol Park....