Grassroots efforts are underway to persuade voters to back a ballot measure that would give Bay Area transit agencies a ...

A new bill aimed at increasing transparency in California oil refineries has an unexpected opponent –a free speech rights group. The First Amendment Coalition raised concerns over SB 1300, a bill they ...

When Richmond residents retire, they might travel the world or settle somewhere else. When San Francisco Bay ferries retire from the fleet, they also go to new places. The motor vessel (MV) Solano is ...

Update: The results below were confirmed after vote tabulations were certified on June 25. Richmond City Councilmember Claudia Jiménez held a comfortable lead in the Richmond mayoral primary election ...

Dozens of community members gathered at Richmond Memorial Auditorium Wednesday to imagine Richmond’s economic future, expressing concerns about economic hardship, pollution and a lack of community ...

After months of watching her 4-year-old daughter struggle with reading, Tomasa Espinoza knew she had to make a change. Her older daughter, who attended a charter school, was thriving. So Espinoza ...

Why do you want to be mayor? Well, the problem is you have a you have a government you have the city government and the Police Department. They are not obeying our constitutional laws because we know ...

On June 2, Richmond voters will cast ballots in a primary election. Richmond Confidential interviewed the two District 3 candidates and the three District 4 candidates, either in person or by phone or ...

In 1897, Isaburu Adachi left Gifu, Japan, for California at the age of 25. Eight years later, Isaburo managed to buy five acres of land in El Cerrito. That land turned into 12 greenhouses before the ...

Can you suggest ways in which the city can attract more industries so that it is not so economically reliant on Chevron? We can have a mayor and City Council that’s more business friendly and willing ...

The story goes that back in the early 1900s, when workers were being paid with gold and signed warrants by marking an X, the railroad station agent in Pinole would go on a day-long, dangerous trip to ...

Why do you want to be mayor? I’ve lived in the city of Richmond for 66 years. I’ve had the opportunity of watching this city grow for a half a century. What I have noticed is there is a need for ...