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Local residents speak out against proposed cell phone tower
Hilltop residents are worried about the health risks of a cell phone tower.
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Richmond organizations whip up bicycle fever with two-day event
Richmond’s Lincoln Elementary School playground and parking lot were turned into a Bike Fiesta Saturday, with scores of neighborhood bike riders and dozens of bicycling enthusiasts from throughout the...
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At heated council meeting, debate over Teach for America, public speakers’...
During a heated meeting on Tuesday night, Richmond council members tackled two items that drew out many members of the public: the teachers’ union’s concerns about Teach for America members employed...
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Langlois, Martinez appear at fundraiser for their city council campaigns
On Saturday night in downtown Richmond, the unmistakable beats of Latin Jazz, followed by cheers and laughter, poured out of a small office tucked away in a row of other non-descript offices. The...
View ArticleMayor circulates letter blaming council “dysfunction” on one member’s “chaos,...
In an unusual move, last week after a particularly heated city council meeting Mayor Gayle McLaughlin sent an email to her online supporters entitled “The situation at City Council meetings,” in which...
View ArticleJovanka Beckles: Vote “Yes” on Measure N to create mentally and physically...
The campaign signs read, “More sports + less sodas = healthy kids.” A tax on sugar sweetened beverages is designed to raise money to provide opportunities for our young people to participate in healthy...
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Chevron refinery piping and housing plan highlight council meeting
As the Chemical Safety Board nears a decision on what material to recommend Chevron use to replace pipes damaged in the Aug. 6 refinery fire, the City Council unanimously approved a measure Tuesday...
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Richmond’s program to prevent foreclosures spreads
It was one of those public meetings with a whole lot of talk and no action, but this discussion –in Oakland – is nonetheless crucial to Richmond’s plan to prevent future foreclosures. That’s because...
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Candidates benefit indirectly from Chevron campaign funds, deny link
A week ago, a website came to Richmond residents’ attention. It urges voters to support Chevron’s slate of favored candidates: Nat Bates for mayor, and Donna Powers and Charles Ramsey for City...
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Richmond votes yes on sales tax measure; California votes yes on sentencing...
Measure U, the ballot item to increase the retail sales taxes to 9.5%, passed yesterday with 53.7% of the vote. Another key ballot item, Proposition 47, also passed. The statewide proposition to...
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Mayor holds off rent board appointment
Richmond city council was scheduled to vote on appointing a five-member rent board, but Mayor Tom Butt removed the item from the agenda.
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Local residents speak out against proposed cell phone tower
Hilltop residents are worried about the health risks of a cell phone tower.
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Candidates benefit indirectly from Chevron campaign funds, deny link
A week ago, a website came to Richmond residents’ attention. It urges voters to support Chevron’s slate of favored candidates: Nat Bates for mayor, and Donna Powers and Charles Ramsey for City...
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Richmond votes yes on sales tax measure; California votes yes on sentencing...
Measure U, the ballot item to increase the retail sales taxes to 9.5%, passed yesterday with 53.7% of the vote. Another key ballot item, Proposition 47, also passed. The statewide proposition to...
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Mayor holds off rent board appointment
Richmond city council was scheduled to vote on appointing a five-member rent board, but Mayor Tom Butt removed the item from the agenda.
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