CHEVRON RICHMOND News Release Seven Richmond Nonprofits Improve Education and Create Jobs Results Enabled by Chevron’s Investments through the California Partnership Initiative RICHMOND, Calif., April 25, 2012 – Leaders from nonprofits, schools and local governments...

Chevron boss John Watson made $25 million in 2011 San Francisco Business Times by Steven E.F. Brown, Web Editor Date: Friday, April 13, 2012, 1:27pm PDT Related: Energy, San Ramon, Oil & gas Enlarge Image Chevron paid its CEO and chairman, John Watson, $24.7...

Chris Treadway: Excitement builds toward opening of Rosie the Riveter visitors center By Chris Treadway Contra Costa Times Posted: 04/23/2012 03:41:20 PM PDT Updated: 04/23/2012 05:34:20 PM PDT Richmond is embracing and celebrating its history as never before as...

Dueling proposals compete for federal money to build security center at Richmond port By: Robert Rogers | April 24, 2012 – 10:26 am City Council officials will decide tonight whether to halt federal grant-funded project to convert a building into a port security...

Ritterman to step aside, field open for candidates for Richmond City Council Jeff Ritterman passes the mic to Marilyn Langlois on Sunday. (Robert Rogers/Richmondconfidential) By: Robert Rogers | April 23, 2012 – 1:19 pm Jeff Ritterman is out. Marilyn Langlois and...

On April 17, 2012, the Richmond City Council majority had the wisdom of authorizing additional evaluation of the Riggers Loft as a n alternate location for the proposed grant-funded Security and Operations Center. The structural evaluation should be completed in less...

Vorderbrueggen: Richmond politics get ugly By Lisa Vorderbrueggen Contra Costa Times Posted: 04/20/2012 06:00:00 PM PDT Updated: 04/21/2012 09:37:34 PM PDT Richmond's bare-knuckle politics are rarely confused with the silken-glove civility of Danville, but even the...

Compost Giveaway – Saturday, April 21. 9AM-1PM. 2 Cubic Feet of Free Compost per Resident On Saturday, April 21st, from 9AM-1PM, the City of Richmond will host a compost giveaway. Residents are invited to pick up 2 cubic feet of compost (about three 5-gallon buckets)...

Earth Day 2012! West County really embraces Earth Day! As soon as we sent out a list of West County events earlier this week, we heard about a creek clean-up in El Sobrante – added below. When: Saturday, April 21 El Sobrante –Community clean-up; educational activities...

I supported Corky in most, if not all, of his campaigns for City Council because I believed that we had a common vision of Richmond’s future. I am optimistic that we will return to that some day, but for now I am dismayed that Corky not only opposes projects I have...

See the invitation below to the City of Richmond Historic Preservation Awards ceremony and reception on May 7, 2012.

From: Sidney Sweeney [mailto:sidney@aiaeb.org] Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 10:10 AM To: Butt, Tom Subject: RE: City of Richmond Historic Preservation Awards Ceremony and Reception on May 7, 2012. We have a few spots left on tomorrow’s tour of the East Bay Center for...

I am looking for bee swarms to collect. If you see any, please give me a call or email me. The buzz: Honeybees are swarming, and that's a good thing By Mike Taugher Contra Costa Times Posted: 04/19/2012 07:42:39 PM PDT Updated: 04/20/2012 06:30:14 AM PDT Click photo...

Top McLaughlin aide resigns, joins 2012 electoral field in Richmond (Stacey Kennelly/RichmondConfidential) By: Robert Rogers | April 14, 2012 – 10:35 am The race for Richmond City Council 2012 just got more interesting. Longtime mayoral aide and local activist Marilyn...

Once again, Richmond’s Catahoula Coffee was Number 1 on the ABC 7 Bay Area A-List. See http://sf.cityvoter.com/catahoula-coffee-company/biz/115335. “I'm just a simple man who fell in love with coffee and the roasting process. My goal is to deliver quality coffee that...

I am sending this again because we still need a few more sponsors for this event. If you are a Richmond business owner, please make this event a priority for not only supporting your community but also putting a positive face on it for people everywhere, including the...

On Tuesday, April 17, the City Council will consider amending an existing contract with a consulting engineer, WJE, to perform a small amount of additional analysis to verify that their already competed plans for rehabilitation of the Riggers Loft can be adapted so...

Click here for Results of Corky Booze Survey resulting from my April 6, 2012, E-FORUM. I did this survey simply because Corky asked me to, and I have shared it with him before publishing it on the E-FORUM. I have worked well with Corky in the past, and I look forward...

Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending April 13th, 2012. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is on Tuesday, April 17th, 2012, beginning with a Closed Session at 5:00 PM, and with the regular agenda beginning at 6:30 PM. City of...

You may have noticed an absence of any coverage, comment or commentary from the E-FORUM on this over the last year or so. This is because we City Council members continue to be under a gag order imposed by a federal judge in connection with the still pending and...