Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the two weeks ending March 2nd, 2012. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting will be on Tuesday, March 6th, beginning with the regular agenda at 6:30 PM. There are no Closed Session items this week. United...

This spectacular quilt show has been at the Oakland Convention Center for decades and will be in the Craneway in Richmond this year. It is going to be a wonderful event in the Craneway. , and they are trying it in Richmond this year. We want to keep them, so we need...

Another Bay Area city moves against rodent poisons By Suzanne Bohan Contra Costa Times Posted: 02/22/2012 03:55:39 PM PST Updated: 02/22/2012 10:09:48 PM PST Many Bay Area stores sell rodent poisons deemed a threat to children, and this week Richmond joined other...

If El Segundo is the home of Chevron’s second California refinery, Richmond must be El Primero. El Segundo is often held up as the ultimate business friendly town; however, some of the same kind of tax disputes that Richmond and Chevron have argued and ultimately...

Scholarships Last year The West Contra Costa Retired Educators Scholarship Fund granted 25 $1500 scholarships for seniors in the WCCUSD. For information, https://sites.google.com/site/wccresf/home. Janet Duer Smith duersmith@comcast.net Internships

Tinker Belle, the sheep, delivered two new lambs today, signaling the beginning of Spring on Nicholl Knob. The proud father, Peter Pan of cliffhanger fame, chose not to attend the birth but was obviously pleased.

Please join us for the premier screening of the documentary, An Exploration of Our History: North Richmond, Part 4. Doug Harris, the film’s producer/director, will be on hand to answer questions after the screening. The Friends of the Richmond Public Library is...

Contra Costa Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) is announcing two openings on the commission: Public Member and Public Alternate. The term of office for the public member seats is four years expiring in May 2016. Attached is an announcement that we would...

Recession Resilience: California’s Green Economy Doubled Performance of Total Economy During Downturn By Stephen Lacey on Feb 8, 2012 at 12:32 pm Job creation in California’s clean energy/materials manufacturing sector increased by 53% from 1995 to 2010 When times get...

Plan Bay Area Special Alert Bay Area residents can express their priorities for how our region should grow and what kind of transportation system we will need to support that growth via an online workshop sponsored by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the...

Contra Costa County stands to lose millions in tax revenue from refineries By Lisa Vorderbrueggen Contra Costa Times Posted: 02/15/2012 05:44:55 PM PST Updated: 02/16/2012 06:35:19 AM PST Click photo to enlarge Interstate 580 snakes around the Richmond Chevron...

My firm, Interactive Resources is the architect for this project, which was heavily damaged by vandals just days before completion. It had been previously hit just a few weeks ago. The nearby Maritime Center which is now completed and operational, was hit numerous...

Police seek city's help in finding Richmond school vandals By Suzanne Bohan Contra Costa Times Posted: 02/14/2012 04:17:59 PM PST Updated: 02/14/2012 04:17:59 PM PST Richmond police are asking for the community's help in finding the vandals who on Sunday destroyed the...

Rare chance to visit battleship in Bay Area By Thomas Peele Contra Costa Times Posted: 02/14/2012 04:19:47 PM PST Updated: 02/14/2012 04:37:21 PM PST Click photo to enlarge The World War II-era battleship USS Iowa draws hundreds of visitors to walk over the...

The Richmond Rockets are now 15-3, number one in their conference and No. 8 nationally in the ABA. They are expected to advance to No. 4 or 5 when rankings are announced Monday. Below, celebrating victory at The Boiler House. Read more about the ABA.

Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the two weeks ending February 10th, 2012. Meeting Notes The next meeting of the Richmond City Council is on Tuesday, February 21st. Enjoy next week’s hiatus. Richmond Rockets at Richmond Memorial Auditorium As I...

I am forwarding this for information, but it is not a project of which I am supportive. The end objective of the project is to pack more people onto I-80 and get them where they are going faster. As we learned a long time ago, increasing freeway capacity no matter how...

Richmond Livable Corridors Community Kickoff Meeting Saturday, February 11. 9:00AM-2:00PM Calles Más Habitables en Richmond Reunión Inicial de la Comunidad Sabado, 11 de febrero de 9:00AM a 2:00PM DeJean Middle School, 3400 Macdonald Ave. Multipurpose Room The City of...

I recommend a new book, Designing Healthy Communities, a companion to a public television documentary hosted by Dr. Richard Jackson. Dr. Jackson has been a regular for years at Local Government Commission Conferences and was involved in the Health Element of Richmond...

We met yesterday at Caltrans with Bijan Sartipi and other interested parties. See Agenda below for participants. A meeting with Caltrans is kind of like being beaten with a pool cue and then being asked to thank your attacker for not hitting you harder. Caltrans is...