Richmond Confidential is teaming up with Richmondside and The Advocate student newspaper at Contra Costa College to host the last of three candidate forums tonight. The City Council District 4 forum, at the De Anza High School library, will run from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. The candidates are: incumbent Councilmember Soheila Bana and challengers Keycha Gallon and Jamin Pursell. UC Berkeley students are live-streaming the forum on YouTube, where it will remain available in the Richmond Confidential channel‘s archive.
When Richmond City Council District 4 voters go to the polls next month in the city’s first primary election, they will be choosing between incumbent Councilmember Soheila Bana and challengers Keycha Gallon, a pharmacy technician who runs an anti-violence organization, and Jamin Pursell, a small-business owner. To help voters make informed decisions, Richmond Confidential is teaming up with Richmondside and The Advocate student newspaper at Contra Costa College to host the last of three candidate forums on Wednesday. The candidates will take reporters’ and…
Richmond Confidential is teaming up with Richmondside and The Advocate student newspaper at Contra Costa College to host the second of three candidate forums tonight. The City Council District 3 forum, at Easter Hill Methodist Church, will run from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The candidates are: incumbent Councilmember Doria Robinson and challenger Brandon Evans, both of whom run nonprofits. UC Berkeley students are live-streaming the forum on YouTube, where it will remain available in the Richmond Confidential channel‘s archive.
When Richmond City Council District 3 voters go to the polls next month in the city’s first primary election, they will be choosing between incumbent Councilmember Doria Robinson and challenger Brandon Evans — both CEOs of local nonprofits. Both will advance to the November election, unless one gets more than 50% of the votes. To help voters make informed decisions, Richmond Confidential is teaming up with Richmondside and The Advocate student newspaper at Contra Costa College to host the second of three candidate…
For the first time, Richmond voters will get to whittle down the ballot in a primary election, which will be held on Tuesday, June 2. Voters will choose a mayor, and City Council members in districts 2, 3 and 4. To help voters make up their minds, Richmond Confidential is teaming up with Richmondside and The Advocate student newspaper at Contra Costa College to host three candidate forums, offering opportunities for the public to question those running for office. El…
After a 12-hour bargaining session Tuesday, United Teachers of Richmond reached a tentative agreement early Wednesday with the West Contra Costa Unified School District, ending a weeklong strike. Teachers will return to the classroom on Thursday. Union President Francisco Ortiz said in a news release that the agreement “lays a foundation for the safe and stable schools our students deserve.” The next step is for the union to take the contract to its members for a vote, ratifying it. According…
Asked to be a better neighbor, Chevron has agreed to be more transparent in reporting off-site pollution, to file quarterly reports about it, and to engage the Richmond community on how it can better present pollution data. The Bay Area Air District said Tuesday Chevron is the first of the area’s five refineries to agree to be more transparent in measuring pollutants near its property lines. The refineries don’t have a good track record with the monitoring program. The Air…
The West Contra Costa Unified School District board welcomed Cheryl Cotton, a former WCCUSD student, teacher, principal and administrator, back to the district Wednesday, naming her superintendent. In a unanimous vote, with Cinthia Hernandez absent, the board approved a three-year contract for Cotton at $325,000 a year, with a provision for $3,000 increases in the second and third years, contingent on her performance. She will start the job on June 20. Six community members — including a parent, a school counselor,…
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Wednesday that his office is investigating the fatal shooting Tuesday by Richmond police at a railroad right-of-way off of Carlson Boulevard. It is not clear how many officers were involved in the shooting, which left one person, who was not armed, dead. Police have not released that person’s identity. The Richmond Police Department said in a news release Tuesday that it had referred the case to the Attorney General’s Office as required when an…
Update: On Jan. 21, after a second reading of the ordinances, the City Council unanimously approved the pay raises. Richmond City Council is poised to get a big salary bump this year, under an ordinance introduced Tuesday that would increase the salaries of council members and the mayor by 80%. Only a couple residents questioned the salary boost, which the council spent half an hour defending, with each presenting an argument to justify the motion. “These jobs actually are 24/7…
The Christmas tree takes center stage for holiday gatherings, but after the new year arrives and Three Kings Day has come and gone, that evergreen in the living room presents a chore. When should you take it down and what should you do with it? Traditionally, the 12th day of Christmas, which is Three Kings Day or the feast of the Epiphany, marks the official end of the holiday season on Jan. 6. Live Christmas trees that were erected after…
The East Bay is in a red flag warning for wildfires until 5 p.m. Saturday because of dry conditions and winds of 25 to 30 mph that could spread wildfires. There have been no reports of wildfires in Contra Costa County. But in neighboring Alameda County, firefighters were battling a blaze in the Oakland Hills that started around 2:30 p.m. and covered 13 acres before the Oakland Fire Department said it had stopped progressing, around 4 p.m. The Keller Fire,…
On Tuesday, the two candidates running for Richmond City Council in District 5 will meet for an election forum co-hosted by Richmond Confidential, Richmondside, The Contra Costa Pulse and El Tímpano. Residents are invited to hear candidates talk about their positions on a range of issues facing the city, and will have an opportunity to pose questions. Two candidates are running for the District 5 seat: Ahmad Anderson, a nonprofit director, and Sue Wilson, a community nonprofit adviser. Incumbent Gayle McLaughlin, a longtime council…