Council warned: Stop assigning more work to understaffed city departments
With 18% of Richmond’s city positions left vacant to balance the budget, the city manager told the city council to stop creating new roles and adding new priorities.
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Fun for ‘odd people.’ Richmond artist’s annual mushroom hunt has sprouted in 30 countries
The Game of Shrooms started in 2019 when artist Daniel “Attaboy” Seifert began hiding art around town to fend off depression. Today, the event draws thousands.
Richmond homicide: Man arrested on charge of killing brother
Victor Blacknell, a relative of a well-known convicted gang member, was arrested shortly after the Tuesday night assault that left Jerome Timmons dead.
From Richmond’s south side to MLB and back: Eddie Miller ‘wasn’t just good,’ he was great
One of the city’s most gifted athletes recounts his experience as a Black professional baseball player in the ‘70s and ‘80s and the highs and lows that led him to embrace a later career…
election news
Update: Mayor Eduardo Martinez thanks city, congratulates opponents after reelection bid falls short
Current council member Claudia Jimenez is in first place with 38.5% of the votes cast while Ahmad Anderson has 28%, according to unofficial results as of June 10.
City
Richmond nears budget deadline with numerous questions unanswered
City staffers asked the city council to weigh in on budget priorities. Instead the mayor ended the meeting abruptly without a vote.
Community
26,000 Contra Costa residents are losing dental insurance. Dentists fear ‘the worst’
Doctors say the loss, a result of federal and state reductions, will have dire consequences and burden the healthcare ecosystem.
Trio of Richmond and El Cerrito restaurants close, but two of them already have replacements
Several prominent restaurants recently shuttered in the East Bay, as did a plant-based meal service.
SCHOOLS
The rate of WCCUSD students mastering English is higher than ever. But progress is still slow
More than 700 students graduated from the district’s English learner program this year, but concerns include slow progress, test scores and staffing.
Public safety
Richmond shooting: Suspect to be arraigned in killing of maintenance worker known as ‘Papa Smurf’
Jabari Fontenot, 31, has been charged in the May 29 homicide of Melvin Murphy, 64.
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