Quieter Tonight

Locomotive horn use in the West Five Quiet Zone will cease at 12:01 AM tonight, February 10, 2011. This includes grade crossings at 2nd and 3rd Streets. This will reduce by half horn blowing that most affects the Santa Fe Neighborhood and to a lesser extent Atchison...

Point Molate Final EIR Released

I arrived home tonight to find the Point Molate Final EIR sitting on my porch. It consists of three volumes about ten inches thick total. A check of the City’s website indicates that it has not yet been posted. Presumably it will be available in libraries tomorrow. I...

Back From Charlotte

10th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Building Safe, Healthy and Livable Communities The E-FORUM did not go off a cliff this past week. I was in Charlotte, North Carolina, from Wednesday through Sunday at the 10th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference...

Animal Rescue High Drama on Richmond Cliff

When the most dramatic thing in Richmond is an animal rescue, it’s a good day. We have three goats and two sheep in our yard to keep down the brush on a steep hillside that backs up to Nichol Knob in the Miller-Knox Regional Shoreline. There is a wildfire in the area...