by admin | Jan 27, 2007 | Uncategorized
Toll Brothers, which is still selling units at Seacliff and plans to build two more large condominium projects on the Richmond waterfront, refused to contribute a dime to building a grade separation in Marina Bay to help solve the long train problem. Their obligation...
by admin | Jan 27, 2007 | Uncategorized
Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending January 26th, 2007. 1. Meeting Notes The special meeting of the City Council to discuss the “sludge pond” issue is scheduled for Tuesday, January 30th, at 6:30 PM. The next regular...
by admin | Jan 27, 2007 | Uncategorized
One of the reasons that so many people in Richmond are concerned about “accidents” at Chevron is that the baseline air pollution in parts of Richmond is already off the charts. In a report that came out just yesterday, it was determined that children...
by admin | Jan 27, 2007 | Uncategorized
Caltrans recently completed posting signage and installing rumble strips to better define the bike lanes that share the I-580 freeway on the east end of the Richmond-San Rafael bridge. In my opinion, using that bike lane is tantamount to Russian Roulette, and Caltrans...
by admin | Jan 27, 2007 | Uncategorized
Our kids grew up together on Scenic Avenue in modest 100-year old-cottages originally built for Standard Oil workers. We knew Hank Wessel was an artist with photography as his medium. He taught at the San Francisco Art Institute, and he was good ” but never...
by admin | Jan 25, 2007 | Uncategorized
Thanks to the hard work of our Planning staff, particularly Lina Velasco, the State Office of Historic Preservation has informed the mayor that “The State Office of Historic Preservation staff (OHP) has reviewed the City of Richmond”s application to become...