Richmond’s Hotel Mac Restaurant Sold to New Owner
Richmond's Hotel Mac restaurant sold to new owner By Robert Rogers Contra Costa Times Posted: 12/07/2012 03:55:14 PM PST Updated: 12/07/2012 04:37:00 PM PST RICHMOND -- One of Point Richmond's grandest landmarks will be in new hands for the first time in more than 30...
Kaiser Permanente Richmond Medical Center Receives Top Hospital Designation / Richmond Confidential
Kaiser Permanente Richmond Medical Center receives top hospital designation The Leapfrog Group has made hospital safety grades accessible to anyone with web or smartphone access. (Photo: Justin Pye) By Justin PyePosted December 6, 2012 11:30 am "Kaiser has discovered...
Holiday Request From Chief Magnus
Greetings, Each year, one of the biggest, nicest, and most needed holiday toy and food give-aways occurs in Richmond. It’s coordinated by the Richmond-El Cerrito Fire and Police Holiday Toy program with the help of a lot of caring residents, businesses, and community...
Point Richmond Spearheads Effort To Allow Local Neighborhoods to Ban Chain Restaurants
Point Richmond spearheads effort to allow local neighborhoods to ban chain restaurants By Robert Rogers Contra Costa Times Posted: 12/05/2012 01:35:39 PM PST Updated: 12/06/2012 07:27:52 AM PST RICHMOND -- When a Subway franchise owner wanted to set up shop amid the...
Richmond Leaders Pledge More Public Input in Issuing Permits for Chevron Refinery Repairs
Richmond leaders pledge more public input in issuing permits for Chevron refinery repairs By Robert Rogers Contra Costa Times Posted: 12/06/2012 07:28:07 AM PST Updated: 12/06/2012 07:28:34 AM PST RICHMOND -- Top city administrators may hold the key to how and when...
Chevron Refinery Piping and Housing Plan Highlight Council Meeting
Chevron refinery piping and housing plan highlight council meeting Christy Leffall (center), who conducted the press conference Tuesday night, advocated for the adoption of the housing plan. The proposal will be voted on at the Jan. 15 council meeting. (Photo by:...
From Chief Magnus – Note What City is Missing From This Year’s List
From: Chris Magnus Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 1:28:17 PM To: PD Senior Command Staff; Bill Lindsay; Leslie Knight; Shasa Curl; City Council Dept; Police Commission Dept Subject: Note what City is missing from this year's list . . . Auto forwarded by a Rule FBI...
Sonoma Clean Power Authority Created
There have been a lot of questions and some criticism about Richmond joining Marin Energy Authority, a Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) joint powers authority. It is important to understand that the Bay Area is rapidly heading this direction. The County of Sonoma...
Human Rights Day in Richmond
Final Richmond Election Results
Courtesy of Don Gosney, I provide final results below for the Richmond City Council election. The big difference in these numbers are that they include the provisional ballots deposited on election day. Nat Bates took a giant leap forward, setting a new record for...
Chevron’s Choice of Metal in Richmond Refinery Fix Questioned
Chevron's choice of metal in Richmond refinery fix questioned By Denis Cuff Contra Costa Times Posted: 11/19/2012 02:34:35 PM PST
Chris Treadway: National Park Service Hosts Holiday Festivities in Richmond
Chris Treadway: National Park Service hosts holiday festivities in Richmond By Chris Treadway Contra Costa Times Posted: 11/30/2012 04:10:27 PM PST Updated: 11/30/2012 05:38:12 PM PST The Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park is offering...
A la Carte: Cesar’s co-founder Remakes Richmond’s BoilerHouse
A la Carte: Cesar's co-founder remakes Richmond's BoilerHouse By Jackie Burrell, Contra Costa Times jburrell@bayareanewsgroup Posted: 11/30/2012 04:23:36 PM PST Updated: 11/30/2012 04:47:07 PM PST Interior of the Boilerhouse restaurant in Richmond, Calif., a former...
United Heckathorn Technical Assistance Follow-up Meeting, December 3, 2012 at RichmondBuild, 500 23rd Street, Richmond, CA
Dear Community Stakeholders: Please join us for a technical assistance follow-up meeting. A Technical Assistance Needs Assessment (TANA) was completed in October 2012 with the community for the United Heckathorn Superfund Site. This assessment is conducted to better...
City Manager’s Weekly Report for the Week Ending November 30th, 2012
Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending November 30th, 2012. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is noticed for Tuesday, December 4th, beginning at 6:30 PM. Note that there is no Closed Session scheduled in advance of the...
Rotary Holiday Auction
I would like to invite E-FORUM readers to attend the annual Richmond Rotary Holiday Auction to be held at Richmond Country Club, Friday, December 7, 2012, from 12:00 noon until 1:30 PM. All proceeds go to local schools and community organizations. Lunch is $20.00, but...
Western Lawmakers Seek Probe of Refineries
Associated Press Posted: 11/28/2012 08:18:28 AM PST Updated: 11/28/2012 08:19:17 AM PST WASHINGTON -- Six Democratic senators representing states along the Pacific Coast asked the Justice Department on Tuesday to investigate the role of oil refineries in gas price...
Update Regarding Issuance of Permits for the Chevron Refinery Repair
Mayor and City Council: This is an update regarding issuance of permits for the Chevron refinery repair. We had a meeting/conference call this past Monday morning at 11:00 AM that included representatives of the City (including legal counsel and the metallurgical...
Richmond Art Center Holiday Arts Festival – Great Shopping for Gifts
Recalling a City Council Member
So many people have asked me about how to recall Corky Booze that I am providing that information here instead of responding individually. The City of Richmond Charter, Article VIII, states: “The Recall, Initiative and Referendum - Sec. 1. (Amended at election June 4,...