On January 24, the Richmond City Council will receive a presentation from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) representatives on the failed attempt 15 years ago to remove DDT residue from the Lauritzen Channel. (I-1. RECEIVE a presentation from the...

With the new Visitor Center opening this spring, the national Park Service is recruiting docents for Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park. They are looking for volunteers over the age of 18 to assist with operations in the park's new Visitor...

In perhaps the best organized ever Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service in Richmond, a crowd of hundreds turned out to clean, plant, weed and mulch a dozen different projects stretching along the Richmond Greenway from 5th Street to 16th Street and at 22nd and...

Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the two weeks ending January 13th, 2012. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting will be Tuesday, January 17th, beginning with a Closed Session at 5:00 PM, followed by the regular agenda at 6:30 PM. Please...

Richmond Residents Will Mark Anniversary of King Holiday By Serving Others in the City’s 5th Annual “Day On” Volunteers in Richmond, CA serve the community as part of National Day of Service Richmond, CA – A group of local organizations led by the City of Richmond,...

From: Point Richmond Acoustic Concerts [mailto:Point_Richmond_Acoustic_Concerts@mail.vresp.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 4:05 PM To: Butt, Tom Subject: Are you getting enough music in your diet? Dear Tom Just a quick reminder about our next show. May we...

Chevron, Contra Costa County spar, wind up property tax hearing By Lisa Vorderbrueggen Contra Costa Times Posted: 01/10/2012 08:14:49 AM PST Click photo to enlarge The Chevron oil refinery is photographed in Richmond (Aric Crabb/Staff File) MARTINEZ -- Chevron and...

In a pair of stories in today’s Contra Costa Times, Lisa Vorderbrueggen updates the epic clash with Chevron over property tax appeals. The potential hit for Richmond is as follows: Richmond's total share of the $18 million 2004-2006 refund, at 2 percent of the One...

When we embarked on the creation of a new General Plan several years ago, I looked on it as an opportunity to create a future Richmond that would be a better Richmond. As the process proceeded, there were great hopes and lots of hype. For example, we bragged that...

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...