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Richmond firefighters responded to a fire likely started by a barbecue.
Six students from Richmond’s sister city introduced themselves to the public at Tuesday’s special City Council meeting.
City officials on Tuesday said the city was in strong position win the competition to be the site of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s new campus.
George Livingston, the city’s first elected black mayor.
Seven guests from Shimada, Richmond’s sister city in Japan, are set to visit Saturday for a nine-day stay. As they celebrate the 50th anniversary of the relationship between the two cities, the visitors from Shimada will also be recovering from of the biggest tragedies in their country’s history.
Veolia Water’s days running the Point Richmond Wastewater Treatment Plant may be numbered after Tuesday night’s city council meeting. The council passed a measure to direct city staff members to prepare a list of all feasible legal options to handle wastewater treatment in Richmond, including the dissolution of the city’s current contract with the multinational company.
With no dissenting votes, the council on Tuesday decided to ask local voters to approve a half-cent raise in their sales tax.
In a long meeting Tuesday night during which Richmond’s City Council noticeably voted in lock step, the council took on a number of issues including the rights of corporations in a democracy, whether or not to allow chain restaurants in Point Richmond, Chevron’s once-rejected Renewal Project and the purchase of new air quality meters to be deployed near the Point Richmond wastewater treatment plant.
The poorly maintained Las Deltas Housing project could impact the future of North Richmond.