by admin | Aug 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
BAPAC Attacks Jovanka, RPA, and Council Majority The Black American Political Action Committee (BAPAC) has put out a Newsletter headlined “Richmond a City Divided By Who and Why” The article attacks Councilmember Jovanka Beckles, the RPA, and a majority of...
by admin | Aug 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
Chevron’s tense relations with Richmond David R. Baker, Carolyn Jones and Will Kane Updated 10:18 p.m., Saturday, August 11, 2012 Growing up in Richmond in the 1960s, Andres Soto would watch flares from the Chevron refinery light up the night sky. Pretty cool,...
by admin | Aug 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
Investigator: Chevron’s Richmond refinery fire ‘near disaster’ for workers; pipe safety in question Posted on August 12, 2012 RICHMOND — More than a dozen workers were nearly killed when the vapor cloud that sparked Monday’s massive Chevron refinery fire engulfed them...
by admin | Aug 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
This week and last were going to be big weeks for Chevron, with the opening of a 110-year history exhibit at the Richmond Museum of History and signups for refinery tours in September ( Chevron Richmond 110 Year Anniversary – Museum Exhibit and Refinery Tour),...
by admin | Aug 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
Campaign Over Soda Tax Bubbles Up By VAUHINI VARA Max Whittaker/Prime for The Wall Street Journal City Councilman Jeff Ritterman is shown campaigning for a one-cent-per-ounce soda tax early this month in Richmond, Calif. Beverage makers and merchants oppose the tax,...
by admin | Aug 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
Tony Thurmond asked me to share this with you: Dear Friends: Yesterday, I made one of the toughest decisions of my career. I have decided not to seek re-election to the Board of the West Contra Costa Unified School District. I will continue to fight hard for students...
