The Richmond City Council will meet Tuesday to debate competing proposals for spending millions in Chevron settlement funds, consider changes to how council liaisons are appointed to boards and commissions, and weigh a $4 million contract amendment for sewer rehabilitation, while also conferring in closed session on a federal civil
The California Department of Justice has assumed responsibility for investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting on Interstate 80 near Highway 4, Richmond police said Thursday, citing uncertainty over whether the person involved was armed at the time of the shooting.
In a detailed news release issued late Thursday, police said the
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
