Economy
Dueling visions for the city’s future could be heading for a day of reckoning with city voters in November. A Chevron Corp-backed measure to slash utility taxes for residents has paid hands fanning throughout the city on a mission to collect 4,000 signatures.
Richmond’s City Council delivered a unanimous verdict against Arizona’s controversial immigration law. The council voted 6-0 to cease all public business with the state and companies that operate there.
On Monday night, it was regular folks from the neighborhood around Nystrom Elementary School who were taking the lead in addressing challenges in their community.
Chevron’s plans to expand operations to refine a wider range of crude oil at its Richmond refinery have been halted by a California court.
The race between incumbent John Gioia and challenger Mister Phillips to represent West Contra Costa County came to Richmond Monday night.
Anthony “Van” Jones, a former special adviser in the Obama Administration’s White House Council on Environmental Quality, spoke to a crowd of about 200 at Mayor Gayle McLaughlin’s re-election campaign announcement party. Immigrant rights activist Nativo Lopez also spoke.
It was a small, understated presentation, but for many of the young people on hand it was a big part of their lives. The ceremony was for the Richmond Youth Corps, a new city jobs program that provides part-time work for Richmond residents ages 17-24.
A posh gaming hall has landed in Richmond, but it has nothing to do with casinos or former Naval depots.
In a media world beset by dizzying change, Richmond publisher Vernon Whitmore is a model of consistency.