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Public salaries outpace residents’ income levels
Richmond public employees earn a yearly average salary almost twice the median household income of the city’s residents, leading to a drain of wealth and resources as many of those employees choose to...
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LBNL delays decision on second campus until early 2012
The Lawrence Berkeley National Lab will not choose a site for its second campus until early 2012, the lab announced today. The final decision had been expected later this month, and has been anxiously...
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City officials and experts hear public comment on Chevron refinery repair
While City Manager Bill Lindsay said Wednesday he’s still not ready to issue permits to allow Chevron to begin replacing the pipes that failed in the Aug. 6 fire, the city held a public meeting...
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City officials approve permits for Richmond refinery repairs
Days after a public meeting was held to discuss the repairing of piping, city staff gave the go-ahead for the approval of permits that allow for repairs on the No. 4 Crude Unit at Chevron’s Richmond...
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Richmond City Council welcomes back Nat Bates, Tom Butt with swearing-in...
Political differences were—mostly—set aside Tuesday night during the celebratory swearing-in of re-elected city council members Nat Bates and Tom Butt. But beneath the congratulatory speeches for...
View ArticleLawsuit against Richmond’s eminent domain plan dismissed
Richmond notched a victory in its effort to use eminent domain to seize underwater mortgages on Monday, as a federal court dismissed a lawsuit filed by Wells Fargo and Deutsche Bank against the city....
View ArticleCouncil members tackle alcohol sales and advertising
The Richmond City Council gave its preliminary approval last night to an ordinance to ban alcohol billboards near schools.
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Richmond City Council and residents tackle hate speech
The Richmond City Council on Tuesday took a step toward adopting new rules to curb hate speech and other disruptions at its contentious meetings.
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Homeowners’ associations ally to create new Hilltop District and push...
Growing up in the Hilltop area of Richmond, Cesar Zepeda never knew why the empty lot at San Pablo Ave. and Richmond Parkway remained undeveloped more than 16 years after it was first proposed for a...
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Richmond city workers salaries outpace resident’s income
Of the city’s full-time employees, 346 – more than half of all workers – surpassed the six-figure mark. The median household income in Richmond is $54,000.
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UC Berkeley Chancellor meets with Richmond community about Global Campus
The Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, Nicholas Dirks, assured Richmond stakeholders yesterday that the economic benefits of the proposed Global Campus will be shared with the...
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State Controller’s Office cancels audit of Richmond city finances
After threatening an expensive audit, the California State Controller’s Office let Richmond off the hook Thursday. Two routine reviews into the city’s Gas Tax Fund and state and federal programs...
View Article‘We’re in a crisis’: Richmond tests public health innovation in health care...
Richmond residents' access to health care is limited, and the situation is not improving. Policies at the state and federal level have put providers in dire financial straits, and access to emergency...
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