The Stakes: State grant spurs possibility of wind turbine manufacturing in Richmond
First in a two-part series on Richmond’s exploration into wind turbine manufacturing. This series is part of “The Stakes,” a UC Berkeley Journalism project on executive orders and actions affecting Californians and their communities. After read more…
Richmond stopped keeping track of its trees, but a grant-funded plan is in place to change that.
Richmond is preparing to spend $1 million over the next two years to collect new data on every tree in the city, build tree management software, and develop long-term plans for planting and maintenance. The read more…
The Stakes: California may ask voters to offset Trump cuts with a bond measure to fund scientific research
This story is part of “The Stakes,” a UC Berkeley Journalism project on executive orders and actions affecting Californians and their communities. When the federal government rescinded millions of dollars in grants to California researchers read more…
Is Chevron’s air monitoring website useful to Richmond residents? The public is asked to weigh in.
At 6:33 p.m. on Aug. 6, 2012, two days after moving into her new house in Atchison Village, Marisa Goul looked out her window and saw a towering pillar of black smoke curling into the read more…
Richmond residents on the lookout for ICE: ‘Being out on patrol … that’s something I can do’
It’s 7 a.m. on a Friday morning and Carolina Avelar is behind the wheel of her Chevy Volt, squinting through the glare of early light. Avelar, 27, is on lookout in Richmond’s busiest commercial streets read more…
California Uber and Lyft drivers can unionize under new law, but will that lead to better wages?
Some Richmond Uber and Lyft drivers are cautiously optimistic about a new California law granting them union rights, but many question if it will reverse their deteriorating earnings in an industry where the average driver read more…
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