Richmond Mayor Eduardo Martinez publicly apologized Tuesday night for reposting social media content that included antisemitic tropes, as the council voted to recognize his participation in antisemitism training but rejected an effort to censure the mayor after hours of contentious debate.
“It’s difficult to apologize, not because one is
We kept riding around looking for lunch, and it was cold out. We kept getting denied. Locked doors with faded handwritten notes peeling at the corners. Dark taquerías that claimed to be open on Yelp but were never actually open when you showed up shivering in the parking lot on
Richmond police responded to a week of crimes between January 12 and 18, including multiple armed robberies, domestic violence arrests, and a steady stream of vehicle thefts across the city, according to department logs. Officers arrested suspects in several violent incidents, documented numerous burglaries, and recovered multiple stolen vehicles.
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The Richmond City Council faces a contentious agenda Tuesday, including a formal censure resolution against Mayor Eduardo Martinez, competing proposals for how to allocate $550 million in Chevron settlement funds, and the election of a new vice mayor.
Vice Mayor Cesar Zepeda and Councilmember Jamelia Brown are sponsoring a resolution
The West Contra Costa Unified School District is confronting a $127 million budget shortfall over the next three years, prompting officials to propose widespread staff reductions, program cuts affecting 400 positions and restructuring that could merge small middle schools and reconfigure K-8 campuses.
Superintendent Cheryl Cotton outlined the financial situation
The Richmond City Council will vote Tuesday on whether to formally censure Mayor Eduardo Martinez for sharing social media content that community leaders say promoted antisemitic conspiracy theories.
This comes as Martinez submitted his own agenda item proposing a “restorative process” including antisemitism training.
The censure resolution, sponsored by Vice
Richmond officials say a section of Carlson Boulevard will remain closed until demolition work begins at a fire-damaged Public Storage facility, following a three-alarm blaze that burned for nearly a full day over the Christmas holiday.
Richmond Fire Chief Aaron Osorio told the Richmond Neighborhood Coordinating Council that the fire
Richmond police said officers used a Taser on a dog during the arrest of a heavily intoxicated driver suspected in a hit-and-run collision, an encounter later captured on video and widely shared on TikTok, Reddit, and other social media platforms.
The incident occurred at about 3:17 p.m. on
