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City Council Updates   -   Apr 22, 2026 Council rejects donation of historic Craneway Pavilion
Craneway Pavilion

The Richmond City Council voted Tuesday to reject a proposal to accept the donated leasehold interests of the historic Craneway Pavilion, a waterfront event venue at the former Ford Assembly Building, after a debate over the facility's long-term financial obligations. The council voted down the donation agreement with

News   -   Apr 15, 2026 Richmond holds community budget meetings on $729 million plan
Main Library groundbreaking

The City of Richmond has been holding a series of community meetings this month to walk residents through a $729 million citywide budget that includes a $50 million payment from Chevron. The General Fund, which covers police, fire, parks, libraries, and most city services, is budgeted at $266 million for

street-level sex trafficking
Crime in the City   -   Apr 22, 2026 Richmond man pleads guilty in county's first felony conviction under new sex buyer law

A Richmond man pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony charge for engaging in commercial sex with a 16-year-old girl, becoming the first person convicted under a newly strengthened California law that allows prosecutors to charge sex buyers with a felony when the victim is a minor. Cedric Demarcus Kelly, 37,

by Soren Hemmila
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Crime in the City   -   Apr 22, 2026 Richmond man pleads guilty in county's first felony conviction under new sex buyer law
street-level sex trafficking

A Richmond man pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony charge for engaging in commercial sex with a 16-year-old girl, becoming the first person convicted under a newly strengthened California law that allows prosecutors to charge sex buyers with a felony when the victim is a minor. Cedric Demarcus Kelly, 37,

by Soren Hemmila
City Council Updates   -   Apr 22, 2026 Council rejects donation of historic Craneway Pavilion
Craneway Pavilion

The Richmond City Council voted Tuesday to reject a proposal to accept the donated leasehold interests of the historic Craneway Pavilion, a waterfront event venue at the former Ford Assembly Building, after a debate over the facility's long-term financial obligations. The council voted down the donation agreement with

by Soren Hemmila
News   -   Apr 15, 2026 Richmond holds community budget meetings on $729 million plan
Main Library groundbreaking

The City of Richmond has been holding a series of community meetings this month to walk residents through a $729 million citywide budget that includes a $50 million payment from Chevron. The General Fund, which covers police, fire, parks, libraries, and most city services, is budgeted at $266 million for

by Soren Hemmila
News   -   Apr 10, 2026 UCSF proposes 10-room outpatient clinic at Hilltop
3060 Hilltop Mall Road

The University of California, San Francisco, is seeking to open a general outpatient medical clinic in a vacant commercial space on Hilltop Mall Road, with the Richmond Planning Commission scheduled to take up the proposal on April 16. The commission will consider a conditional use permit that would allow UCSF

by Soren Hemmila
News   -   Apr 01, 2026 Former San Pablo Avenue dry cleaner owners reach $100,800 settlement over toxic chemical cleanup violations
 Omo’s Fabricare Dry Cleaners,

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

by Soren Hemmila
News   -   Mar 28, 2026 Hundreds rally in Richmond as part of nationwide 'No Kings' movement
Hundreds rally in Richmond as part of nationwide 'No Kings' movement

Several hundred Richmond residents gathered Saturday morning at Civic Center Plaza for a "No Kings Richmond" march and rally, part of a nationwide day of protest against what organizers described as threats to democratic governance by the Trump administration. The event, organized by a coalition of local groups

by Soren Hemmila
News   -   Mar 26, 2026 OpenAI signs lease at Richmond's Portside Commerce Center
OpenAI signs lease at Richmond's Portside Commerce Center

A county property record shows that OpenAI OpCo LLC signed a lease recorded on March 9, 2026, for space at 1411 Harbour Way South in Richmond, the address of the Portside Commerce Center, a 202,371-square-foot industrial warehouse on the Port of Richmond that has been seeking a tenant since

by Soren Hemmila
News   -   Mar 25, 2026 Richmond launches $34 million overhaul of main library
Richmond launches $34 million overhaul of main library

The City of Richmond broke ground Wednesday on a $34 million renovation project to transform the main library in Civic Center Plaza into a resiliency center and community hub, unveiling plans for several new upgrades to the building. Local dignitaries on hand for the groundbreaking included Richmond's mayor

by Linda Hemmila
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