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Richmond mayor delivers State of the City address

By Edward Booth | February 27, 2019

Richmond Mayor Tom Butt honored four Richmond residents—Marcus Faumui, Najari Smith, Betty Reid Soskin and Alysa Liu—as part of his annual State of the City address. Photo by Edward Booth.

Butt’s roughly hour-long speech, assisted by a data-laden slideshow and a short promotional video, provided a present-day overview of Richmond’s finances, education, public safety, transportation, housing, commercial development, business, economy and environment.

Community involvement takes on illegal dumping

By Stephanie Penn | September 12, 2018 |

According to a city report, in 2017, Richmond’s abatement staff collected more than three million pounds of illegally dumped debris from 13,430 locations. A pile of waste strewn around the entrance of the Lillie Mae Jones Trail is just one example of dozens of waste piles illegally dumped throughout the city of Richmond on a daily basis.

Environmental, youth groups team up to clean Richmond Greenway

By Francesca Fenzi | September 30, 2017 |

Youth leaders and environmental organizations kicked off their fall programs with a joint clean-up of Richmond’s greenway earlier this month. And the accumulated junk was impressive: One group unearthed two satellite TV dishes, a Rick James album, a fake deciduous tree covered in Christmas lights, one dead lizard in a wine bottle, and a disembodied red bike frame, among other items.

Greenway trail closer to completion as City Council approves funding

By Jacob Shea | October 28, 2016 |

The point where the Ohlone Greenway meets a heavily-trafficked San Pablo Avenue. The Richmond-Ohlone Greenway Gap construction will improve access for pedestrians and cyclists. Photo by Jacob Shea.

The Richmond City Council approved funding for construction of the Richmond-Ohlone Greenway Gap closure, further bolstering pedestrian and cyclist access in Richmond.

Mayor highlights Hilltop Mall and Hacienda relocation in State of the City address

By Larry Zhou | January 28, 2015 |

Richmond’s new mayor Tom Butt made his first State of the City address on Tuesday night, announcing that “Richmond is open for business” and saying that his office is checking on the Hacienda public housing complex resident relocation every day. Butt started his address by thanking former Mayor Gayle McLaughlin, City Manager Bill Lindsay and…

The battle for bikes in Richmond

By Sara Lafleur Vetter | December 3, 2013 |

Richmond is in the throes of trying to placate a vocal group of cyclists who want their roadways to be safe for bikers.

Richmond residents dig into Greenway and MLK celebration

By Tyler Orsburn | January 22, 2013 |

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would have been proud of Richmond Monday. Mother Nature would have been thrilled, too, as more than 400 people strolled several blocks of the Richmond Greenway and watched hundreds of volunteers plant seeds of hope and food. Under a warm winter sun folks young and old congregated near the community…

Art on the Greenway exhibit a community effort to celebrate Richmond

By Sara Bernard | October 3, 2012 |

Photos from Art on the Greenway exhibit, Richmond Art Center

The Richmond Greenway got a huge makeover this summer – from colorful murals to mosaic benches to hand-welded bike racks – thanks to $65,000 in grants through Richmond’s Neighborhood Public Art program. The summer’s projects culminated in a multimedia exhibit at the Richmond Art Center called Art on the Greenway that will remain until November…

Martin Luther King Jr Day of Service draws a crowd

By Ashley Hopkinson | January 17, 2012

Inspired by the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr, more than 400 Richmond residents volunteered their time and skills at the 5th Annual Martin Luther King Day of Service at the Richmond Greenway. The event, which had a festival atmosphere, offered musical entertainment, food, and booths with information on everything from habitat gardens to food…

Richmond 2011: Images of a time and place

By Robert Rogers | January 5, 2012

It was a year of indelible images in Richmond, and we were privileged to be behind the camera lens to capture a few of them.
Winnowing down the thousands of images we gathered in Richmond’s streets, parks, boardrooms, shores, restaurant halls and other spots was no easy task, and the results are no doubt imperfect. Undaunted, we present to you a handful of the images that hit us hardest, with some candid reflections from the photographers who captured them.

Gompers High artists express, Richmond embraces

By Robert Rogers | July 1, 2011

About 50 residents, Gompers High School students and local leaders gathered Thursday to mark the restoration of the Gompers Garden Mural, a massive swath of color and life that has imprinted a lush, vibrant jungle environment on a concrete wall.