Sayonara to Sakai

The following message is from Ken Osborne, who has been photographing the Sakai nursery (proposed Miraflores Housing Development ” see City Property Looted, Vandalized and Dumped On, May 23, 2007) for the last 9 months. Ken has lived in Richmond for 30 years and...

Summer National Park Tours a Big Hit in Richmond

National Park In Richmond Honors Women Who Reshaped Workforce During World War II: WARTIME HEROES By John Geluardi CONTRA COSTA TIMES Contra Costa Times Article Launched:07/29/2007 03:00:46 AM PDTFew would argue that World War II was the most significant event of the...

How Much Should Mayor and City Council be Paid?

On July 21, 2007, the West County Times editorialized against a raise for the Richmond mayor, on which the vote took place at 1:30 AM last Wednesday morning. Not mentioned in the editorial was a 25% raise City Council members awarded themselves without public comment...

Workshop on Chevron Expansion

CHEVRON REFINERY EXPANSION by Jessica Trovar ( Jessica [at] cbecal.org ) Wednesday Jul 25th, 2007 3:30 PM CHEVRON REFINERY EXPANSION “Chevron Energy & Hydrogen Renewal Project” would allow Chevron to refine dirtier crude oil. Thicker-dirtier crude...