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In today's newsletter:

  • What the new 45-bed Richmond mental health center will offer
  • Is Richmond balancing its budget by not hiring city workers?
  • Richmond police detail swift arrest after fatal Potrero Avenue assault

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Today's riddle: What does a thesaurus eat for breakfast? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: A steady breeze, with a high of 70 and low of 58 degrees.
  • Saturday: Breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 70, low: 57.
  • Sunday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 69 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Construction Of County's First Mental Health Rehabilitation Center Underway In Richmond (news24-680.com) — Contra Costa County has begun building a 45-bed mental health rehabilitation center in Richmond, converting a Brookside Shelter campus building into a long-term treatment facility. Opening in 2027, it will keep more residents with serious mental illness in-county for care, backed by state funding and a 30-year commitment to behavioral health use.
   

2. Richmond unions say city is choosing not to fill vacant positions (grandviewindependent.com) — Richmond’s unions are accusing city leaders of deliberately leaving jobs unfilled to balance the budget, a strategy that affects everything from basic services to police staffing. City officials say high personnel costs and unresolved labor contracts require cautious hiring, even as a potential ballot measure could force the city to add dozens of sworn officers in coming years.
   

3. Richmond man arrested for killing older brother within hours of fatal assault (contracostaherald.com) — Richmond police report that a 61-year-old man was arrested within hours of a Tuesday night assault that left his 68-year-old brother dead at a home on Potrero Avenue. Detectives say the brothers’ argument escalated into violence, and the suspect is now jailed on a murder charge with $1 million bail as investigators seek more information from the community.
   

4. East Bay hotel topples into loan default as lodging sector woes linger (mercurynews.com) — A Richmond hotel on West Cutting Boulevard has fallen into loan default and could face foreclosure if its owners don’t repay an $11.6 million debt, according to county records. The SureStay Plus by Best Western’s troubles highlight wider financial strain in the Bay Area hotel market, which could threaten local property values and tax revenues that support public services.
   

5. Richmond: Our Future Economy (berkeley.edu) — Richmond and North Richmond residents are being invited into a series of free arts-infused workshops and public events aimed at reimagining a more just, fossil-free local economy. Organizers are centering community voices most affected by pollution and inequality, using cultural strategies, dialogue, and coalition-building to generate new ideas, policies, and projects that can transform Richmond’s economic future.
   

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