Western Drive Detour Plan Draws Ire in Richmond

Western Drive detour plan draws ire in Richmond Carolyn Jones, Chronicle Staff Writer Monday, November 28, 2011 Angry Richmond residents and a cast of local politicians attacked a plan Sunday to close the only eastbound freeway on-ramp along the north Richmond...

LA Times on Richmond Cooperatives

COLUMN ONE They’re owning this cooperation Taking a cue from a Spanish hill town, the mayor of Richmond, Calif., is recognizing worker-owned co-ops as a possible path out of the poverty and unemployment that plague her city. Concetta Abraham, a member of the...

CalTrans May Close an I-580 Ramp in Richmond For Years

Caltrans may close an I-580 ramp in Richmond for years By Hannah Dreier Contra Costa Times Posted: 11/25/2011 08:54:40 PM PST Updated: 11/25/2011 09:17:43 PM PST Caltrans is planning a deck repair project east of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge that will close an...

Community Choice Aggregation and marin Clean Energy

I have been a cheerleader for the Community Choice Aggregation movement far about 10 years. I am very excited that the majority of City Council members has supported moving forward to join the first Community Choice Aggregation project in the state, the Marin Clean...

Richmond Quiet zones

Ms. Dickson, While I appreciate the offer of an informational meeting about train horns, I respectfully suggest that explaining horn use it is not what is really needed. I think people understand what a train horn is, and the City of Richmond probably knows more than...