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City Council Updates   -   Jun 19, 2026 On the agenda: budget adoption, a paramedic ballot measure and a street closure
On the agenda: budget adoption, a paramedic ballot measure and a street closure

The Richmond City Council will meet on Tuesday to adopt the city's final budget for fiscal year 2026-27, review polling on a potential November ballot measure to fund paramedic-level fire service, and revisit five items continued from its June 16 meeting. Those include a proposed permanent

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Jun 17, 2026 Richmond unions say city is choosing not to fill vacant positions
Richmond unions say city is choosing not to fill vacant positions

Union leaders told the Richmond City Council Tuesday that the city's persistent staffing shortages are the result of a deliberate choice, not a hiring pipeline problem, escalating a public dispute over whether Richmond is using vacant positions as a budget tool at the expense of city services. The

by Soren Hemmila
News   -   Jun 17, 2026 Richmond man arrested in fatal beating of his brother on Potrero Avenue
Richmond man arrested in fatal beating of his brother on Potrero Avenue

Richmond police arrested a 61-year-old man Tuesday night on suspicion of murdering his older brother following a fight at a Potrero Avenue residence, authorities said. Jerome Timmons, 68, of Richmond, was found unresponsive at a home in the 4500 block of Potrero Avenue at approximately 9:09 p.

by Soren Hemmila
Crime in the City   -   Jun 17, 2026 Richmond police investigate homicide on Potrero Avenue
Richmond police investigate homicide on Potrero Avenue

Richmond police are investigating a homicide in the 4500 block of Potrero Avenue, the department announced Tuesday. Crime scene tape cordoned off the area around a home Tuesday evening, with officers stationed in the driveway and the front door open as investigators worked. A small group of people had gathered

by Soren Hemmila
Jun 16, 2026 Pollo Con Papas: Two Guatemalan fried chicken stands, one Richmond parking lot
Pollo Con Papas

There are two of them. That’s the first thing you notice. Same block on Macdonald Avenue, same blue tents strung with bare bulbs, same red tiered shelves holding steel pans and squeeze bottles. Same clamshell containers. Same prices. Pollo Con Papas and Pollo Con Papas Fritas, two families who,

by Soren Hemmila
Crime in the City   -   Jun 15, 2026 What happened in Richmond: A weapon at school, a felon found with a loaded gun and 42 noise complaints in a busy week
What happened in Richmond: A weapon at school, a felon found with a loaded gun and 42 noise complaints in a busy week

According to incident data released by the Richmond Police Department, Richmond logged 14 vehicle thefts, three robberies and 100 reported incidents between June 8 and June 14, a week that included a weapon brought to Richmond High School, a felon found carrying a loaded firearm with intent to commit a

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Jun 13, 2026 On the agenda: budget, ballot measure, and police equipment review
On the agenda: budget, ballot measure, and police equipment review

The Richmond City Council meets Tuesday taking up a full budget session ahead of a June 23 adoption deadline, an annual review of the police department's military equipment inventory, a potential November tax measure tucked into the consent calendar, a $2.6 million homeless services contract, and direction

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Jun 12, 2026 City manager says Richmond may be unable to add staff without retirements
Richmond City Manager Shasa Curl

City Manager Shasa Curl told the Richmond City Council on Tuesday that the city can no longer afford to hire new employees unless an existing employee retires first due to increasing workforce costs. “In the absence of retirements, we are at a point where new personnel cannot be added because

by Soren Hemmila
On the agenda: budget adoption, a paramedic ballot measure and a street closure
City Council Updates   -   Jun 19, 2026 On the agenda: budget adoption, a paramedic ballot measure and a street closure

The Richmond City Council will meet on Tuesday to adopt the city's final budget for fiscal year 2026-27, review polling on a potential November ballot measure to fund paramedic-level fire service, and revisit five items continued from its June 16 meeting. Those include a proposed permanent

by Soren Hemmila
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City Council Updates   -   Jun 19, 2026 On the agenda: budget adoption, a paramedic ballot measure and a street closure
On the agenda: budget adoption, a paramedic ballot measure and a street closure

The Richmond City Council will meet on Tuesday to adopt the city's final budget for fiscal year 2026-27, review polling on a potential November ballot measure to fund paramedic-level fire service, and revisit five items continued from its June 16 meeting. Those include a proposed permanent

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Jun 17, 2026 Richmond unions say city is choosing not to fill vacant positions
Richmond unions say city is choosing not to fill vacant positions

Union leaders told the Richmond City Council Tuesday that the city's persistent staffing shortages are the result of a deliberate choice, not a hiring pipeline problem, escalating a public dispute over whether Richmond is using vacant positions as a budget tool at the expense of city services. The

by Soren Hemmila
News   -   Jun 17, 2026 Richmond man arrested in fatal beating of his brother on Potrero Avenue
Richmond man arrested in fatal beating of his brother on Potrero Avenue

Richmond police arrested a 61-year-old man Tuesday night on suspicion of murdering his older brother following a fight at a Potrero Avenue residence, authorities said. Jerome Timmons, 68, of Richmond, was found unresponsive at a home in the 4500 block of Potrero Avenue at approximately 9:09 p.

by Soren Hemmila
Crime in the City   -   Jun 17, 2026 Richmond police investigate homicide on Potrero Avenue
Richmond police investigate homicide on Potrero Avenue

Richmond police are investigating a homicide in the 4500 block of Potrero Avenue, the department announced Tuesday. Crime scene tape cordoned off the area around a home Tuesday evening, with officers stationed in the driveway and the front door open as investigators worked. A small group of people had gathered

by Soren Hemmila
Jun 16, 2026 Pollo Con Papas: Two Guatemalan fried chicken stands, one Richmond parking lot
Pollo Con Papas

There are two of them. That’s the first thing you notice. Same block on Macdonald Avenue, same blue tents strung with bare bulbs, same red tiered shelves holding steel pans and squeeze bottles. Same clamshell containers. Same prices. Pollo Con Papas and Pollo Con Papas Fritas, two families who,

by Soren Hemmila
Crime in the City   -   Jun 15, 2026 What happened in Richmond: A weapon at school, a felon found with a loaded gun and 42 noise complaints in a busy week
What happened in Richmond: A weapon at school, a felon found with a loaded gun and 42 noise complaints in a busy week

According to incident data released by the Richmond Police Department, Richmond logged 14 vehicle thefts, three robberies and 100 reported incidents between June 8 and June 14, a week that included a weapon brought to Richmond High School, a felon found carrying a loaded firearm with intent to commit a

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Jun 13, 2026 On the agenda: budget, ballot measure, and police equipment review
On the agenda: budget, ballot measure, and police equipment review

The Richmond City Council meets Tuesday taking up a full budget session ahead of a June 23 adoption deadline, an annual review of the police department's military equipment inventory, a potential November tax measure tucked into the consent calendar, a $2.6 million homeless services contract, and direction

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Jun 12, 2026 City manager says Richmond may be unable to add staff without retirements
Richmond City Manager Shasa Curl

City Manager Shasa Curl told the Richmond City Council on Tuesday that the city can no longer afford to hire new employees unless an existing employee retires first due to increasing workforce costs. “In the absence of retirements, we are at a point where new personnel cannot be added because

by Soren Hemmila
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