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City mulls budget that leaves jobs unfilled, projects unfunded, federal impacts unknown

5 days ago | richmondside.org | Joel Umanzor

How will Richmond spend an additional $50 million in revenue — a boost mostly coming from its first Chevron settlement payment? The answer depends on the decisions Richmond city officials will make as they start reviewing the city’s proposed $644 million 2025-26 budget on Tuesday amid looming federal funding threats. The proposed budget includes $257.7 million in general fund expenses, a 3.4% decrease from the current year, while revenues are projected to increase 22.3% to $306.2 million.
Richmond's interim police misconduct investigator faces backlog of 26 cases

1 week ago | richmondside.org | Brian Krans

The Richmond City Council on Tuesday approved hiring a retired police chief to serve as interim investigator for the Community Police Review Commission (CPRC), the cityâ€™s independent body charged with publicly handling citizen complaints of police misconduct. Bill Whalen, who served as Chief of Police for the City of El Segundo in Southern California, succeedsÂ CPRC investigator Jerry Threet, who resigned in September 2024.
Contra Costa refinery closures bring labor unions and green activists together

1 week ago | richmondside.org | Brian Krans |Jacob Simas

When Valero announced in April that its Benicia refinery could close, it became the second oil company in Contra Costa in the last five years to declare a major production slowdown, after Marathon abruptly ceased operations at its Martinez facility in 2020.
Stege school supporters want their lead exposure questions answered

1 week ago | richmondside.org | Jana Kadah

Less than a year after Stege Elementary was suddenly shut down for environmental hazards, parents and community leaders are organizing to get their lead poisoning questions answered. A report by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) released Jan. 22 found that construction workers who were doing renovations at Stege Elementary last summer, before the district closed the school, were likely exposed to elevated lead levels and had not been warned about the risks.
WCCUSD will soon announce its new superintendent

2 weeks ago | richmondside.org | Jana Kadah

The West Contra Costa Unified School District board plans to announce the new superintendent at its June 11 meeting at the latest — if all goes according to plan. After a months-long search and several public meetings to hear what community members want in their next schools leader, school board President Leslie Reckler said in a press release today that after interviewing three top candidates, the board selected a finalist and is doing reference checks and negotiating a contract.
Richmond won’t investigate alleged police commission bias

2 weeks ago | richmondside.org | Brian Krans

Overview: Richmond’s City Council votes 3-4 against investigating its citizens police commission. Richmond’s city council on Tuesday rejected a proposal to investigate the commission that investigates allegations of police misconduct. In a 3-4 vote, the council shot down a weakened version of the proposal that would have kept the Community Police Review Commission operating during the independent third-party investigation.
Cracking down on fare jumpers didn’t make BART safer or increase revenue, report finds

2 weeks ago | richmondside.org | Jose Fermoso

For years, the Bay Area Rapid Transit System has said that a big reason the system has lost revenue and gotten more dangerous is that a lot of people don’t pay fares. The theory is that people who are more likely to commit crimes are the ones who are also not paying; cracking down on the fare jumpers thus would reduce crime, make them more likely to pay next time, and increase revenue.
Richmond police commission misconduct allegations should be investigated, council members say

2 weeks ago | richmondside.org | Joel Umanzor

Controversy continues to surround Richmond’s Community Police Review Commission (CPRC) amidst its efforts to strengthen its oversight of the police department. On Tuesday the council will consider a proposal to investigate past allegations of misconduct. During the May 6 Richmond City Council meeting, Mayor Eduardo Martinez’s effort to form an ad hoc committee to review 13 recommendations by the CPRC was rejected by the council.
A pop playlist and a ski trip: How world champion Alysa Liu fell back in love with figure skating

3 weeks ago | richmondside.org | Azucena Rasilla

Newly crowned ice skating world champion Alysa Liu glides effortlessly across the ice in all-black attire accented with a turquoise waistband. With every pirouette she lands, her bangs and ponytail bounce along. Liu, who was raised in Richmond, is at the Oakland Ice Center, her home base practice facility. The 19-year-old is fresh off winning gold at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships held in Boston in March.
Richmond should hire more police officers, grand jury says

3 weeks ago | richmondside.org | Joel Umanzor

Contra Costa Countyâ€™s Civil Grand Jury released a report last month finding that the Richmond Police Department has been understaffed since the city inÂ 2021 reallocated $3 million from the department to fund policing alternatives. The independent oversight body of citizens typically investigates and reports on local government operations within Contra Costa County and has the authority to probe county agencies, city governments, and special and school districts.