The crime comparisons between 2010 (which also showed significant violent crime decreases) and 2011 are generally quite positive. Violent crime in Richmond decreased 14% compared to 2010. Some of the biggest decreases involved reductions in Armed Robberies and...

Click here for video. Richmond Superfund Site Remains Contaminated Despite EPA Cleanup January 5, 2012 8:44 PM Water flows toward the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge from San Pablo Bay (CBS) Reporting Bob Butler Related tags Bob Butler, DDT, Environment, Environmental...

There is a lot of interesting history to this. In the November 1994 Record of Decision indicates that from approximately 1947 to 1966, several companies, collectively referred to as “United Heckathorn” used the site to package pesticides, predominantly DDT. United...

2011 was a very good year for the bay Trail in Richmond. Click here for the Trails for Richmond Action Committee (TRAC) Year-End Report. With over 31 miles of San Francisco Bay Trail in place, Richmond leads all cities in Bay Trail completion. How much is a bike trail...

Richmond Superfund site toxic pollution increasing By Hannah Dreier Contra Costa Times Posted: 01/03/2012 06:57:09 PM PST Updated: 01/04/2012 04:28:45 AM PST Click photo to enlarge Leonardo Bravo of Richmond, Calif., 65, says he's not concerned about warnings of...

Richmond-El Cerrito trail project wins grant By Chris Treadway Contra Costa Times Posted: 01/23/2012 04:49:25 PM PST Richmond Richmond-El Cerrito trail project wins grant A grant of $502,000 was awarded last week for work to close the gap between the Ohlone Greenway...

Click here for the 2011 Year End Review and Prediction and Wishes for 2012, In What Will We Delve in 2012?. The folks at Richmond Confidential also put together Richmond 2011: The year in review. Happy New Year!

Click here for the Richmond Refinery Stakeholder Assessment - Draft Report provided by the Consensus Building Institute (CBI), a not-for-profit organization that helps communities and organizations to address concerns and collaborate. Chevron asked CBI to conduct this...

Yesterday, the California Supreme Court upheld legislation passed earlier this year abolishing redevelopment agencies in California. Hamstrung by a Republican minority that will not touch California’s current tax scheme and facing reduction of funding for schools and...

In the days leading up to Christmas, numerous people and organizations rallied to make sure that no children went without presents and no one went hungry. Following are some of the events that helped bring Christmas to thousands of Richmond children. Below, the...

I don’t remember when I first met Mildred, but we became friends and worked together on a lot of policies and issues that involved drugs and alcohol in Richmond. Mildred understood the devastation that alcohol abuse can wreak and the damage that especially poorly...

Contra Costa Times Your Turn: Soda tax is an excellent tool in fighting obesity By Jeremy Fish Contra Costa Times Your Turn © Copyright 2011, Bay Area News Group Posted: 12/24/2011 04:00:00 PM PST Updated: 12/24/2011 04:20:42 PM PST As a practicing family physician...

Only 7days left in 2011 - Now is time for E-FORUM Readers to weigh in on the best and worst of 2011 and predictions for 2012. In a tradition that started in 2002, I will present my version, augmented by suggestions from E-FORUM readers, of the 2011 Year End Review -...

Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the two weeks ending December 23rd, 2011. (Editor’s [City Manager’s] note: This is the final weekly report for 2011. Since it is rather lengthy, although information-filled, many of you may not read it in its...

As my holiday e-card to E-FORUM subscribers, I offer the this, which is also the card sent by my firm, Interactive Resources. For more than 20 years, our firm holiday card has featured one of my sketches from somewhere far or near. This marks the 10th year of the...

USS Iowa gives sneak preview SAN PEDRO: Historic battleship that will be berthed at the Port of L.A. draws hundreds. By Donna Littlejohn, Staff Writer, Contra Costa Times Posted: 12/18/2011 04:26:13 PM PST Updated: 12/18/2011 09:04:57 PM PST Tourists and members of...

United Heckathorn is a US EPA Superfund site in the Richmond Inner Harbor. The site was used to process DDT, dieldren and other now-banned compounds/pesticides through 1966. The hazardous waste clean-up in the mid-1990s left hazards on-site which triggered the...

The following is from Michael Beer, who requested I share this on the E-FORUM: Dear Tom, I’m saddened that the people who receive your e-forum, about 2000 of them, read what you forwarded of Felix Hunziker’s description of an event that took place last week. Hunziker...

Critics say Chevron tax appeal undercuts its "We Agree" ad By Hannah Dreier Contra Costa Times Posted: 12/19/2011 04:22:02 PM PST Critics are calling out Chevron for touting its community contributions to Richmond with national ad while fighting for a...

From WCCUSD School Board President Charles Ramsey: Yesterday, the state allocation board approved a fund release for the money for De Anza High School in the amount of $13,346,561. The Office of Public School Construction will have that money in our coffers in three...