The Richmond City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to extend the city's Richmond Fund for Children and Youth for another ten years, directing an estimated $99 million toward youth services through 2038.
The vote came after one of the more crowded and emotional public meetings the city has
Mark Wassberg has been thrown out of Richmond City Council meetings more times than he can count. He figures it will happen again at the next one. He is running for mayor anyway.
Who he is
Wassberg was raised in San Pablo, went to Helms Junior High, and graduated from
Richmond police responded to multiple arsons, a midday assault with a deadly weapon at Hilltop Mall, and an early-morning carjacking on 23rd Street, while also carrying out a sweep of smoke shops. The city’s ongoing game of “Where did my car go?” cooled off slightly, with 17 vehicles stolen,
Dozens of residents gathered Saturday morning at Nicholl Park for Richmond's third annual Holi celebration, filling the park with bursts of colored powder, Zumba dancing, and a spirit of togetherness that drew praise from city officials and community leaders alike.
"How activated this park is today,"
The Richmond City Council meets Tuesday, April 7, at 6 p.m. for a meeting that touches on immigration policy, the future of a children’s funding program, and a long list of contracts, reports, and appointments.
An ICE-free zone ordinance
The most significant item on the agenda is the
Claudia Jimenez arrived in the United States in 2007 without speaking a word of English, enrolled in ESL classes in Berkeley, passed a language proficiency exam, and gained admission to UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design. By then, she had already spent a decade in the mountains of
State regulators have secured more than $100,000 in penalties from the owners and former operators of a shuttered Richmond dry cleaning business after they reportedly failed to comply with a 2023 toxic cleanup order, California environmental officials announced last week.
The Department of Toxic Substances Control reached settlement agreements
Eduardo Martinez did not set out to be a politician.
A retired elementary school teacher who had also taught at juvenile hall, years earlier, he marched from Downer Elementary School to Sacramento to demand relief from a debt the state had saddled the district with. The Richmond Progressive Alliance had
