The Richmond Police Activities League is hosting a boxing exhibition in Richmond this weekend.  The event will take place this Saturday, May 10th, 2014 at 2200 Macdonald Ave, Richmond, CA 94801. Continue reading

Last night’s Richmond City Council meeting began with the City Clerk reading new rules that had been adopted to prevent lengthy council meetings. Continue reading

Reposted from the Contra Costa Times: Robert Rogers Continue reading

The city of Richmond has no idea how to approach the public housing problems that the community is facing.  Continue reading

I'll be the first to admit that I didn’t spend significant time in Richmond until I was a reporter there during grad school. The city was a bit out of the way, and I didn’t think it had anything I couldn’t find in the other parts of the East Bay I frequented. Continue reading

I've attended Cinco de Mayo planning meetings for several years because the Police Commission staffs a public outreach booth. The last several festivals were organized by Rosa Lara, President of the 23rd St. Merchants Association, who, with her team, has succeeded in building an ever larger, safer, and family-friendly celebration of Mexican culture. Continue reading

On Saturday, May 3rd at 1pm, Cristal Banagan and LOL Educational Community, the grassroots educational/social justice organization Cristal has started will present the first ever Little Free Library in Richmond. Continue reading

Mayor McLaughlin garnered national headlines last year when she championed a controversial plan to seize private mortgages of underwater homes.  Despite her best efforts, the plan never gained super majority support. Continue reading

It has been more than a year since I have written anything dealing with politics, locally or otherwise, so I thought I would pen a few words on a major issue taking place in West Contra Costa County, the potential closure of the Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo, California.  Continue reading

I never envisioned things could get so bad on the Richmond City Council but this past Tuesday night together with the recent several meetings; this has to be the very worst and most dysfunctional council I have witnessed during my 35 years as a councilmember. Continue reading