Attached is info about Groundwork Richmond's exciting greening festival next Saturday, November 22 - at the un-paralleled Craneway Pavilion! There will be many fun activities starting at noon and continuing until 8pm. The highlight will be the Grammy award-winning...

Click here for Copy of letter from Bill Lindsay to Nate Miley BAAQMD - dated 11-4-14. Want to receive TOM BUTT E-FORUM and other action alerts on Richmond political and community issues delivered to your email address? Email your name and email address and/or the...

CSB Releases Board Approved Regulatory Report on Chevron Refinery Fire - Proposes a More Rigorous Refinery Industry Regulatory System in California Washington, DC. November 10, 2014– In the final Regulatory Report unanimously approved by the CSB Board and released to...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending November 7th, 2014. 1. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 18th, 2014. 2. City Offices Closed in Observance of Veterans Day – Celebration at...

Eye on the East Bay: Arkansas rattlesnake strikes in Richmond Contra Costa Times Posted: 11/09/2014 12:00:00 AM PST0 Comments Arkansas rattlesnake strikes: By now, everyone is familiar with the story: Chevron, which runs a refinery in Richmond, spent more than $3...

For full report: http://www.nrdc.org/energy/oil-industry-undermining-california-clean-energy.asp The full report can be found here: http://www.nrdc.org/energy/oil-industry-undermining-california-clean-energy.asp Unmasked: The Oil Industry Campaign to Undermine...

Opinion Richmond voters defy Chevron coup San Francisco Chronicle Published 6:00 am, Friday, November 7, 2014 Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle After a vote affirming the mayor's proposal to use eminent domain to prevent foreclosures, City Councilman Jael...

In most of the stories about this election, I have been identified as many things, but seldom as an architect. I’ve been a part-time politician for less than 20 years, but I’ve been a full-time architect for more than 40 years. Some people think architects make good...

Watch Mayor Gayle McLaughlin and Richmond Confidential Reporter Harriet Blair Rowan on the Bill Moyers show discuss the Richmond election. Facing Down Corporate Greed, http://vimeo.com/111188023. “In the small city of Richmond, California, a slate of progressive...

Richmond Standard HomeRecent NewsIron Triangle’s Harbour-8 Park built in six months; officially opens Friday A glimpse of the brand new Harbour-8 Park on the Richmond Greenway. To see more of the park, attend Friday's grand opening ceremony. Iron Triangle’s Harbour-8...

See http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show, “Small Victories, silver linings seen in lopsided election.”

At about 1:30 AM this morning, the unoffocial final election results were posted by the County, and the hard core of revelers at the Baltic Restaurant, where our election watch party was in full swing, let out a collective cheer for the results as we played the now...

http://grist.org/politics/chevron-spent-72-per-voter-to-defeat-these-green-candidates-and-failed/?utm_source=syndication&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed Heather Smith Chevron spent $72 per voter to defeat these green candidates — and failed By Heather Smith 5...

Last minute turnout drive: Richmond election likely to be decided by few voters Volunteers work on election eve at the Richmond Progressive Alliance headquarters on Macdonald Avenue in Richmond. (Photo by Knowles Adkisson) By Knowles AdkissonPosted November 3, 2014...

KQED - Richmond Mayoral Race May Decide City’s Ideological Future The Point Richmond section of the East Bay city of Richmond, near Chevron's refinery. (Josh Cassidy/KQED News) By Isabel Angell Nov 4, 2014 There’s a mayoral race in Richmond this election season, and...

Grist In Richmond, Calif., it’s Chevron’s $3 million vs. a green slate By Heather Smith 4 Nov 2014 2:06 AM In old films about Richmond, Calif., MacDonald Avenue is a bustling pedestrian corridor. During the peak of the World War II shipbuilding boom at the docks,...

We will be at the Baltic Restaurant, 135 Park Place, Richmond, beginning 9:00 PM tomorrow night to watch the returns come in. Please urge your friends who haven’t already voted to get out and vote for TOM BUTT for Mayor 2014!

Now BAPAC is accusing me of ghost writing an article by Steve Early that appeared in Beyond Chron on October 23, 2014. In fact, Steve Early is a longtime labor journalist and author of Save Our Unions: Dispatches from a Movement in Distress (Monthly Review Press,...

Chevron spends $3 million in attempt to sway Richmond voters By Carolyn Jones Published 1:39 pm, Saturday, November 1, 2014 Chevron has spent $72 per registered voter in Richmond to push its slate of candidates for City Council and mayor in Tuesday’s election — more...

Chevron funds brazen campaign to buy a city government By David Horsey contact the reporter Unfettered donations from corporations and billionaires are breaking campaign spending records In Richmond, Calif., corporate cash is smothering any opposition voice Fans of...