Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending April 5th, 2013. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 16th. Enjoy the off-week. Public Meeting Concerning Richmond Bay Campus Long Range Development Plan...

Richmond Chevron refinery: Federal officials say regulatory overhaul needed in wake of blaze By Robert Rogers Contra Costa Times Posted: 04/05/2013 05:43:25 PM PDT Updated: 04/06/2013 06:08:51 AM PDT Related Document: U.S. Chemical Safety Board officials' comments on...

Last of historic lumber schooner class boats will be destroyed in Richmond next week By Robert Rogers Contra Costa Times Posted: 04/05/2013 08:47:41 PM PDT Updated: 04/05/2013 08:48:22 PM PDT Click photo to enlarge ***FILE PHOTO*** The steam boat Wapama will be moved...

We have 18 seats left for the April 13 Fund Raiser Dinner and need to fill them. They are $150 each. Questions, contact Jane Bartke, 510.235.1315, omabartke@aol.com. Click here for Invitation and Reservation.

Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour More than 50 stops listed for annual tour in East Bay Jessica Olthof, The Chronicle The Butts' garden features natives, such as this huge ceanothus shrub. Joe Eaton and Ron Sullivan April 2, 2013 Formal or wild, lush or xeric,...

Journalist by day and North and East Poet Laureate by night, Janis Mara was inspired to pen this pithy poem heralding Castro County. Perhaps she has ambitions to become the first poet laureate of Castro County and wishes to establish her bona fides before the...

Chevron Corporation Upgrades from “C” to “B” NEWS by Marilyn Langlois, April 1, 2013 – TRANSCEND Media Service Richmond, California Refinery to Be Worker-Owned and Operated Chevron CEO John Watson announced today that Chevron Corporation, a major oil company under...

Verse flows like spring sap rising. Another talented North and East bard, Brian Lewis, added this to Janis Mara’s ditty. He may be a dark horse candidate for Castro County poet laureate. Better look over your shoulder, Janis. So cleverly did you feign, to split CoCo...

In a story about Retiring Contra Costa County's election chief and clerk-recorder Steve Weir, noted for his constituent-friendly style, Times Columnist Lisa Vorderbrueggen hinted that Nat Bates might take notice: Elected officials everywhere would do well to model...

Richmond Cornfidential Secession Fever Erupts in West County By April Furst, Staff Writer Posted March 31, 2013 11:59 pm For many in West Contra Costa County, the power grab that snatched the prospective call center with 200+ good paying jobs from Richmond and...

The agenda packets for the April 2, 2013, Regular City Council Meeting and the April 5, 2013, Regular Finance Committee Meeting are on the web. Follow the link below to view: http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx Of interest are the following: J-1 ADOPT a...

The new French film AMOUR, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film as well as four other Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture!) shows this weekend at the Magick Lantern, behind Starbucks in downtown Point Richmond. The movie showed Friday, March...

This is the weekly report for the week ending March 29th, 2013. Meeting Notes The next meeting of the Richmond City Council is on Tuesday, April 2nd, beginning with a Closed Session at 5:30 PM and with the regular agenda beginning at 6:30 PM. Chevron Refinery Fire -...

Richmond community gets support from Rosie the Riveter Trust posted on March 27, 2013 By Ginny McPartland Heritage writer Rosie’s Girls show off their artwork from summer camp. National Park Service photo The California city of Richmond, branded for years as a...

Senator Loni Hancock and Assemblymember Nancy Skinner announced today that they will hold a public meeting on the Chevron Refinery fire in Richmond, CA, in August 2012. The purpose of the meeting will be to hear reports on the “findings and discoveries” of the many...

I am looking for input from E-FORUM readers on a potential change to our elections ordinance. It’s a little complex, so bear with me. In 2012, the City Council adopted on July 31, 2012, an amendment to Chapter 2.39 of the Richmond Municipal Code that that provides for...

After a two-year hiatus, our garden is back on the tour this year. See http://www.bringingbackthenatives.net/tom-and-shirley-butt%E2%80%99s-garden. Volunteers are being sought. Benefits to volunteers include a pre-tour meeting with the owner and private tour of the...

Albany studies switching energy providers By Damin Esper Correspondent Posted: 03/27/2013 03:22:38 PM PDT Updated: 03/27/2013 03:22:38 PM PDT ALBANY -- The city could be the next to to move away from PG&E and toward public power if the a recommendation from its...

Councilmember Jovanka Beckles asked me to share this, which I am happy to do. I don’t even recall the incident, because so many insults fly around during City Council meetings, I have learned to simply ignore them. We probably need more apologies from a lot of people,...

India, Chevron and monitoring pollution after toxic disasters Shweta Narayan poses for a photo in a patch of woods near the office of Global Community Monitor in El Cerrito. Narayan works with disenfranchised communities in India and helps residents there monitor...