Ocean wave blue walls, volcanic red curry, and porcelain white decorations. From the name, to the food, to the interior: Blue Bay Thai is all about colors.  Continue reading

Two weeks after Moody’s Investor Service downgraded the city’s bond rating, Mayor Tom Butt yesterday held his second roundtable discussion. Continue reading

Every week Radio Free Richmond highlights events in the city. Here is what's happening from May 29th through June 4th. Continue reading

Rent increases, new developments, and an influx of new Richmondites —all of these factors and more are changing the city’s real estate market in profound ways. Yet Richmond remains affordable compared to the rest of the Bay Area.  Continue reading

Usually, we hear calls for rent control when housing demand outstrips our community’s ability or willingness to increase supply. Rent control programs favor long term tenants regardless of income. We often think of rent control as helping low income tenants only because in our minds we are comparing the tenant to the landlord rather than to similarly situated tenants. Indeed, it is arguable that rent control favors higher income tenants among similarly situated groups since longer term tenants are likely to have a higher income because they are older and more established. Continue reading

Over fifty teachers rallied at the West Contra Costa Unified School District’s (WCCUSD) Administrative Headquarters yesterday evening. Five days into salary negotiations, teachers from the United Teachers of Richmond (UTR) gathered in a show of solidarity and seriousness about increasing their salaries. Continue reading

The Richmond City Council, in all its wisdom, last week addressed an unforeseen threat to California residents. A silent stalker that travels at light-speed from the heavens above and watches the world with an omniscient, unblinking, unrelenting eye. Continue reading

My experience in Hacienda has been like no other. I finally have my voucher to move out, and I don’t plan on staying in Richmond.  Continue reading

“I define public education not as a publicly guaranteed space and a publicly run, publicly funded building where our children are sent based on their Zip Code. Public education is the use of public dollars to educate our children at the schools that are best equipped to do so — public schools, magnet schools, charter schools, Baptist schools, Jewish schools.”—Cory Booker, former mayor of Newark, New Jersey Continue reading

Injera, red lentils, and wet wipes: these are your best friends at Taste of Ethiopia. The El Cerrito restaurant is unconventional and unabashedly authentic, and it has easily some of the most flavorful food in the area.  Continue reading