Police investigating marijuana find at Richmond officer’s home

By S. Parker Yesko | November 2, 2014 |

Just before Thanksgiving last year, a UPS Store employee turned over a box containing about 5 lbs. of marijuana to Richmond police officer Joe Avila. But the marijuana he carried from the shop that afternoon was never booked into evidence at the precinct. According to a search warrant issued by the Contra Costa Superior Court in September, the drugs didn’t make it to the Richmond Police Department’s property vault, but ended up at Avila’s home in Oakley, 44 miles away.

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For Richmond hosts community reception

By Sukey Lewis | January 17, 2014 |

Last night, the nonprofit For Richmond, hosted a community reception. Kyra Worthy, For Richmond’s executive director, explained the organization’s purpose like this, “I think we’re here to help the community help themselves.”

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City Council Election 2012: Bea Roberson

By Rachel de Leon | October 17, 2012 |

There’s one outcome for the City Council election that Bea Roberson says she can’t let happen, and it’s the reason the first-time candidate decided to put her name on the ballot to begin with. “We cannot let the [Richmond Progressive Alliance] win again,” Roberson said, standing near the dais in the city chambers after a…

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City Council adopts Bicycle Master Plan and Pedestrian plan

By Alexis Kenyon | November 3, 2011 |
From left: Mike Hadley, Adrienne Harris, Matthew Ridgway and Tony Sustak ride home from Tuesday's City Council meeting. (photo by: Alexis Kenyon)

After more than three hours of contentious debate Tuesday, the City Council adopted an environmental review of a Bicycle Master Plan and a Pedestrian Plan that keeps the city on course to add bike lanes and pedestrian improvements to city streets. The plan would put select Richmond roads on what Richard Mitchell, Richmond’s director of…

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