Gov. Schwarzenegger, who held his Richmond news conference as part of a statewide push to tout his recently proposed jobs package, hailed a “clean tech” future while inside a hulking, aged former Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant.
What Mayor Gayle McLaughlin’s State of the City address Tuesday night may have lacked in a unifying theme, it compensated for in sheer breadth.
About 10 months from the Nov. 2 election, it seems clear that Mayor Gayle McLaughlin will run for reelection. Her opponents remain mere speculation.
About 30 residents and two city leaders turned out Tuesday to give federal postal officials an emphatic message: They don’t want their Post Office branch to be closed.
On the second Monday of each month, representatives from many of the city’s 30-plus neighborhood associations come together to share information about their fair city.
Groundwork Richmond becomes one of the newest members of a national network of independent local community ventures aimed at improving urban environments through local action.
The Point Richmond Neighborhood Council is a small but well-informed civic association. On Dec. 30, they took on the biggest topic in town: Chevron Corp.
As a political and legal standoff between the city and its biggest taxpayer deepens, Chevron Corp. officials are hinting that their 107-year stay in Richmond may be in jeopardy.
As 2009 draws to a close, police and city leaders are confronted with a contrast: Crime is down overall, but killings are up. An interactive map shows where, when, who and how was killed.
Richmond police working with federal agents made one of the biggest drug busts in local history, taking more than $1 million worth of cocaine off the streets.
Each week, the West Side Branch Library is host to the dramatic reading of some of the world’s most beloved tales. This Christmas, library staff has upped the literary magic to the delight of local children.
A video in which Councilman Tom Butt explains his support for a pool divider at the soon-to-be restored Plunge in Point Richmond. The divider, called a “bulkhead,” received final approval from the City Council Dec. 15 by a 5-3 vote.
After weeks of rancorous debate over a $350,000 public pool dividing wall, the City Council voted 5-3 to end debate and affirm a Nov. 17 decision to purchase, thwarting a push by opponents to stop it.