by admin | Nov 11, 2005 | Uncategorized
I arrived in New Orleans Sunday afternoon. The main thing I noticed from the air was the blue roofs everywhere ” tarps provided by FEMA for storm damaged roofs. We spent all day Monday in orientation at the Preservation Resource Center learning about New...
by admin | Nov 10, 2005 | Uncategorized
Berkeley Daily Planet Tuesday November 8, 2005 Historic Crane Docks At Richmond Park By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR From the far end of the pier, the newest addition to Richmond”s Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park seemed, as it hung suspended from the crane...
by admin | Nov 4, 2005 | Uncategorized
This Saturday, November 5, beginning at 10 AM, Bay Nature magazine is sponsoring a naturalist-led, four-mile walk at scenic Point Pinole Regional Shoreline where you may learn about “angel buggies” and other tales concerning 80 years of explosives...
by admin | Nov 4, 2005 | Uncategorized
The Richmond Police Department has begun its annual Christmas food drive, with a goal of feeding 700 very low income families again this year. The all-volunteer effort is being joined by the Richmond Fire Department, which will provide toys again this year. We need to...
by admin | Nov 3, 2005 | Uncategorized
With the timing entirely coincidental, two big moves are scheduled this week for some of Richmond”s historical icons. On Friday, November 4, the 210-ton Whirley Crane, the only one remaining from the WW II Shipyard days, will be barged from Levin Richmond...
by admin | Nov 2, 2005 | Uncategorized
Tomorrow, we”ll be heading first for the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville where on Friday I will receive the Arkansas Alumni Association 2005 Community Service Award. My friends in the San Francisco Chapter of the Arkansas Alumni Association were kind...
