Mayor and City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending June 7th, 2013. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is a special meeting, scheduled for this coming Tuesday, June 11th beginning at 6:30 PM, for the purpose of beginning to review the...

CNN recently listed Richmond’s East Brother Lighthouse as one of the top five lighthouse hotels worldwide. See http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/08/travel/worlds-top-lighthouse-hotels. From the article: San Francisco's 19th-century East Brother Lighthouse sits on an isolated...

Madame Mayor and Councilmembers, I want to bring to your attention an announcement that was made to our employees and the external community, please see the announcement below. I’ve enjoyed working with you during my time here as General Manger. I also want to...

Chevron announces change in leadership at Richmond refinery By Robert Rogers Contra Costa Times Posted: 06/05/2013 12:17:19 PM PDT Updated: 06/05/2013 04:34:09 PM PDT RICHMOND -- Chevron Corp. announced Wednesday a change in leadership at its massive Richmond...

The Office of Preservation Initiatives, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, just sent me the link below showing a Section 106 Success Story on the Coast Guard outgranting program – featuring East Brother Light Station. It is posted at...

Community Choice Aggregation (CCA), of which MCE is a part, is happening all over the U.S. Take a look at the latest edition of Lean Energy. May/June 2013 Issue 5 CCA NEWS & NOTES Dear Friends: It's been a while since you've heard from us and there's a lot of...

View this in your browser Proposed Single-Use Bag Ordinance - First Reading Rescheduled for June 18, 2013 City Council Meeting. To help eliminate plastic litter and contribute to environmental sustainability, the City of Richmond is considering a Single-Use Bag...

Canadian tar sands crude heads to Bay Area refineries By Matthias Gafni Contra Costa Times Posted: 06/01/2013 04:00:00 PM PDT Updated: 06/02/2013 09:29:06 AM PDT While politicians, environmentalists and Big Oil fight over the Keystone XL pipeline, the Bay Area's five...

Eastbound I-580 Western Drive On-Ramp to Be Closed for 90 Days starting This Saturday at 6 p.m. Traffic Shift to Begin Sunday Morning Contra Costa County – Sunday morning, June 2nd, Caltrans will close the westbound Interstate 580 bridge deck just east of the...

This Richmond promotional video, commissioned by Richard Poe to promote Marina Bay properties, as produced by a group of Richmond young people known as the Green Screen Team. Click on http://youtu.be/r4AIHZiIxvg. The Green Screen Crew: Groundwork’s Hometown Richmond...

Chevron scholarship an idea to gush over Lance Iversen, The Chronicle Smoke rises from the Chevron refinery fire on Aug. 6. Richmond City Councilman Tom Butt has proposed that Chevron's settlement over the blaze include college scholarships to qualified Richmond...

Event FiddleJazz with Kit Eakle violin Violinist Kit Eakle's FiddleJazz Quintet will explore the history of jazz violin through the music of its greatest exponents, from Eddie South and Joe Venuti, to Jean-Luc Ponty and Regina Carter. The Concert will take place at...

Go to the May 30, 2013, 11 AM Ronn Owens spot and click “play now.” It takes a couple of seconds to load the podcast list. “Richmond Free Rides and Rutgers Controversy.” That’s the show. It’s not very long. http://www.kgoradio.com/page.php?page_id=121

Acoustic Guitar magazine moving from Marin to Richmond By Paul Liberatore, The Marin Independent Journal Posted: 05/31/2013 10:30:41 AM PDT Updated: 05/31/2013 10:30:42 AM PDT String Letter Publishing, home of Acoustic Guitar and Strings magazines, is moving to...

CORRECTION: The proposed Ordinance for Single-Use Bag and Food Ware will be heard at the City Council Meeting on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 (Items #8 and #9). Mayor and City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending May 31st, 2013. Meeting Notes The next...

Jael Myrick and I want to run an idea by you and solicit your support. Although the mechanism is still up in the air, I believe there is a good chance that the City of Richmond and Chevron will enter into a negotiated agreement to resolve a damage claim resulting from...

Greetings, As you will see reviewing the following activity I’ve included from the past week, it’s been both a busy and dangerous time for our personnel. A common theme could be “Guns, Gangs, and Getting Caught.” I continue to be very concerned about the young age of...

Crime Fighting Trees Transform Philly Greening neighborhoods is proving to be a good way to reduce crime By Sarah Glover | Monday, May 27, 2013 | Updated 12:54 PM EDT Earl Richardson lives near the pocket park at N. 5th and Berk Streets. He says the park has made a...

Eminent domain could be used in battle against foreclosures in Richmond By Robert Rogers Contra Costa Times Posted: 05/25/2013 12:00:00 PM PDT Updated: 05/26/2013 05:24:14 AM PDT Related Richmond mortgage crisis: By the numbers RICHMOND -- Millions of Americans have...

The Tuesday, May 28, 2013, Richmond City Council Special Agenda/Packet is on the web. Follow the link below to view: http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx Items of particular interest include: G-1: A presentation on the cost of maintaining Richmond’s...