‘It’s just a beautiful experience’: Community groups plant trees to make Verde school greener.
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People of Richmond: What’s your biggest environmental concern?
“People of Richmond” is a regular series in which reporters pose a question to people in the community. Answers are presented verbatim, though sometimes edited for brevity. Q: What is your greatest environmental concern in Richmond? read more…
Eduardo Martinez wins Richmond mayor’s race
Eduardo Martinez became the first elected Latino mayor of Richmond on Tuesday, inching past runner-up Shawn Dunning by fewer than a thousand votes in the city’s mayoral election. Martinez, a member of the Richmond Progressive read more…
Local measures pass: rent control approved in Richmond, utilities tax continues on Hercules
Richmond voters approved Measure P Tuesday, voting to tighten rent control for tenants. Under the measure, tenants living in controlled units will experience no more than a 3% increase in their rent and landlords will read more…
Richmond Election 2022: Polls close, results in key races expected early Wednesday
Soggy weather dissuaded many from voting in person on Tuesday but, apparently, the rain did not keep people from casting ballots. “There have been an enormous number of ballots in the drop-off boxes,” Melissa Hickok, read more…
Would Props 26 or 27 benefit West Contra Costa’s only casino?
A man in a baseball cap repeatedly slams his balled up fist against a large, red button. He reaches into the back pocket of his jeans, pulls out a thick wad of $20 bills, and read more…
Chevron settles for $200,500 with county and state over 2021 diesel spill in San Francisco Bay
The Contra Costa County district attorney’s office announced Friday that it and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife have reached a settlement with the Chevron Richmond Refinery over a 2021 pipe rupture that dumped nearly read more…
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