by admin | Dec 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Community-Based Transportation Plan (CBTP) addresses transportation challenges in low-income Communities of Concern (CoC) across areas of Richmond, San Pablo, El Cerrito, and unincorporated Contra Costa County. The CBTP was developed by Contra Costa Transportation...
by admin | Dec 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Today, I received a letter from Angela Felicity Harris, Baroness Harris of Richmond, North Yorkshire, England. She serves as deputy speaker of the House of Lords. Baroness Harris claims that her Richmond is the original Richmond, dating from 1071, established by the...
by admin | Dec 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
In late October, signs began appearing at Richmond fire stations warning that the stations were closing on November 1. A letter from the IAFF Local 188 was also being distributed (click here). The activity by Local 188 was in response to an effort by the City to waive...
by admin | Dec 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
CITY OF RICHMOND: PLANNING COMMISSION VACANCY Help represent our city’s interests! Attend monthly meetings, advise city council on planning and development policies, prepare, maintain, and implement the city’s general plan, and make decisions on land use...
by admin | Dec 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
From Friends of the Bay Trail in Richmond: Fantastic news! The City of Richmond and East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) have been awarded $2.2 million for building 2.5 miles of Bay Trail along the shoreline from the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Trail to the northern...
by admin | Dec 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
My mother, who grew up in eastern Arkansas, had spent the summer of 1941 in Hawaii visiting her aunt and uncle. Her uncle (my great uncle) was Col. (later Brig. General Edgar King) the ranking medical officer at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked in December of...
