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On Tuesday, Richmond’s City Council will weigh whether to follow Oakland’s lead in allowing, regulating and taxing large-scale medical marijuana growers within city limits.
During a marathon session Tuesday night, Richmond’s City Council voted 4-3 to adopt a medical marijuana ordinance that will not cap the number of dispensaries allowed within the city limits.
The Richmond Grows Seed Lending Library opened just a couple months ago and it’s another community effort to grow food locally.
A pair of oil spill experts told the Point Richmond Neighborhood Council Wednesday they learned valuable lessons during both the Cosco Busan spill and the current disaster in the Gulf Coast, making them better-prepared this time around.
Contra Costa County has declared the next few months “Soda-Free Summer,” and is planning a campaign to fight childhood obesity rates by urging kids and teenagers to drink less sugary soda pop.
The Richmond City Council renewed its commitment Tuesday night to preventing new medical marijuana dispensaries from moving into the city.
As obesity sweeps the nation and a book about health or food seems to come out every other week, a few people in Richmond are doing their best to reverse the weight gain trend and improve the city’s health statistics.
The American Lung Association in California released the state’s report card on tobacco policies at Richmond’s City Hall Tuesday.
Mental health service providers in Richmond and Oakland say Asian Americans are less willing to seek mental health counseling due to cultural differences.