Despite pleas from the owners and patrons of Richmond’s medical marijuana dispensaries, the city council decided Monday during a special, closed session to continue with...
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City Council takes a mulligan on marijuana ordinance
A week after throwing its support behind a medical marijuana ordinance that many saw as one of the most pot-friendly in the area, Richmond’s City...
Council to weigh Oakland-like tax on big pot growers
Just one week after passing its first-ever ordinance regulating medical marijuana dispensaries, the City of Richmond on Tuesday will consider joining Oakland at the cutting...
Council passes ‘liberal’ medical pot ordinance
By the slimmest of margins, Richmond’s City Council voted Tuesday night to pass a significantly more liberal version of an ordinance regulating medical marijuana dispensaries...
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...
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...
County urging kids to stay away from soda
It may be getting a lot warmer out these days, but county officials want to urge thirsty sunbathers not to reach for a cold soda...
City council continues ban on new pot dispensaries
The Richmond City Council renewed its commitment Tuesday night to preventing new medical marijuana dispensaries from moving into the city. The council voted unanimously to...
Making Richmond healthy on a dime
As obesity sweeps the nation and a book about health or food seems to come out every other week, a few people in Richmond are...
Amid a failing state, Richmond earns an A in tobacco control and prevention
While California is typically considered the valedictorian of clean air regulation, the American Lung Association in California (ALAC) has again flunked the Golden State for...