by admin | Jun 6, 2008 | Uncategorized
In a rare post-midnight meeting, the Richmond Planning Commission certified the EIR and preliminarily approved conditions for a permit for Chevron to construct what is believed to be about $1 billion of alterations to the Richmond Refinery. The matter will come back...
by admin | Jun 4, 2008 | Uncategorized
Click here for the grant award letter from the State of California Office of Historic Preservation (OHP) to the City of Richmond announcing a $25,000 Certified Local Government grant to assist in the preparation of a historic structure report/preservation plan for...
by admin | May 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
Thanks to Juan M. Acosta of BNSF, I have been alerted to an action of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) that, if left unchecked, will result in a substantial increase in long train traffic through south Richmond. Acosta provided the following information:...
by admin | May 22, 2008 | Uncategorized
Although there are several excellent candidates to replace termed-out Assemblywoman Loni Hancock for Assembly District 14, which includes Richmond, I am urging you to vote for Tony Thurmond. I know Tony both as a friend and as a fellow City Council member who sits...
by admin | May 22, 2008 | Uncategorized
Sowing the Seeds of Victory: Gardening in America during World War I & II A free public talk by historian and educator Rose Hayden-Smith ” Learn how average Americans changed the course of history during two world wars through community and backyard gardens!...
by admin | May 20, 2008 | Uncategorized
Click here for an article from The Bond Buyer contrasting the financial state of two similar cities. The article begins: “Vallejo, Calif., and nearby Richmond are both old industrial towns in the San Francisco Bay Area. Both suffer high jobless rates. Both are...
