We hope that you join us for National Night Out tomorrow Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016. Activities will be held from 5:00 pm -9:00 pm around the city to celebrate community, police partnerships, and Richmond's neighborhood pride! Continue reading

From San Francisco Business Times Read the full article here The Bay Area's most promising, up-and-coming neighborhoods are in the East Bay, according to an analysis by RealtyTrac. That's not a coincidence, said Daren Blomquist, senior vice president at real estate research firm RealtyTrac. The East Bay still has neighborhoods that are on the mend but often overlooked by real estate investors and home buyers. Continue reading

At last night’s Richmond City Council meeting the Council refused to place the Kids First initiative on the November ballot.  Richmond Mayor Tom Butt has weighed in to explain, from his perspective, what happened and some of the rationale involved in the Council’s decision. Radio Free Richmond has requested a guest editorial from some of the young people involved with this issue. Continue reading

  Hundreds of young people in Richmond spent the last several months gathering signatures on a ballot initiative which would have asked the voters to set aside as much as 3% of the Annual General Revenues for youth programs. Continue reading

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The long awaited metering lights on the local I-80 freeway on ramps are set to go into full operation on Monday July 26. Continue reading

 This past Saturday (July 16, 2016) the United Urban Warriors Society—Central California—held their SECOND ANNUAL NATIVE AMERICAN WALK FOR SOBRIETY in Richmond, CA. Continue reading

UNITED URBAN WARRIOR SOCIETY-CENTRAL CALIFORNIA will be hosting it's SECOND ANNUAL NATIVE AMERICAN WALK FOR SOBRIETY Saturday, July 16th 2016 from 11 AM ~ 1 PM Continue reading

A perspective from someone who has worked closely with Officer Jerred Tong and Lieutenant Andre Hill of the Richmond Police Department.   Continue reading

The following news stories are reprints from the Richmond Standard, The San Francisco Chronicle, SFList and the East Bay Times. http://www.eastbaytimes.com/breaking-news/ci_30076779/richmond-attacked-park-ranger-94-says-shes-survivor http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Nation-s-oldest-park-ranger-beaten-robbed-in-8334336.php http://sfist.com/2016/06/30/oldest_us_park_ranger_robbed_in_ric.php   Continue reading