Tuesday, August 16th from 7:00 to 8:30 PM at the El Cerrito City Hall 10890 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito, CA 94530. R3 - Richmond Recovery solar Rebate program The City’s Environment Initiatives Division is proud to launch the new Richmond Recovery solar Rebate...

In response to “Richmond and Outdoor Gear - George Marks' 80th,” I received the following, including pointing out that I failed to recognize the party’s co-host, for which I apologize. Goody-Goody is located at 194 23rd St, Richmond, CA 94804. You should probably have...

Chris Treadway: Event showcases local cuisine, assists with local needs Contra Costa Times Posted: 08/05/2011 06:05:02 PM PDT Updated: 08/05/2011 09:49:18 PM PDT An event that uses an eye-catching Richmond shoreline setting to offer some of the best in local cuisine...

Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the two weeks ending August 5th, 2011. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 13th. I trust that everyone has begun enjoying their August meeting break. City Receives...

$1 million grant hopes to take a bite out of unhealthy food Beatriz Lopez, of Richmond, stocks shelves at El Campesino supermarket in Richmond. Lopez said finding fresh fruits and vegetables in Richmond is not hard, but people choose to visit places that don't serve...

Chris Treadway: Exhibit recounts 'Richmond Day' at the 1915 World's Fair By Chris Treadway Contra Costa Times Columnist Posted: 08/04/2011 04:39:30 PM PDT Updated: 08/05/2011 11:59:22 AM PDT Richmond was observing the 10th year since its founding Aug. 7, 1915, and a...

The article below recently appeared in the SF Examiner. To visit East Brother Lighthouse or to volunteer, see www.ebls.org. Next volunteer Saturday is August 13. Get away to an island in San Francisco Bay – setting the scene Ginger Dingus, , SF Cruise and Train Travel...

Richmond's Hotel Mac restaurant on the market By Hannah Dreier Contra Costa Times Posted: 08/03/2011 03:00:25 PM PDT Updated: 08/03/2011 05:48:42 PM PDT Restaurant co-owner Griff Brazil, standing, chats with diners at the Hotel Mac in Richmond,... Owners of the...

Everyone knows about Silicon Valley, but there is another valley in the Bay Area that stretches from Richmond to Berkeley. Let’s call it the Outdoor Gear Valley. In what one writer for Backpacker called “the great gear wars of the 1960s,” there was a revolution in...

Even as the venerable Hotel Mac restaurant celebrates its 100th anniversary this month, the restaurant is apparently being listed for sale by broker J. Back & Associates Restaurant Real Estate in Danville (see...

Citizens commission releases final maps By Lisa Vorderbrueggen Contra Costa Times Posted: 07/28/2011 09:59:26 PM PDT Updated: 07/29/2011 05:37:27 AM PDT After months of speculation and discord, California's "citizen" mappers Thursday unveiled nearly final...

Chevron profits of $7.73 billion soar 43 percent, propelled by rising oil and gasoline prices By George Avalos Contra Costa Times Posted: 07/29/2011 06:17:13 AM PDT Updated: 07/29/2011 06:54:52 AM PDT Chevron powered to a second-quarter profit of $7.73 billion that...

And here I thought last week was one long, difficult week! As you can see, many members of our department were hard at work dealing with quite the range of dangerous and challenging situations. I continue to be impressed with the restraint, patience, and good judgment...

Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park Ranger Betty Soskin has received many honors, but we knew she had made the big time when she made the comic strips. The piece below by Morrie Turner features Betty.

Turf, Toilets, and Parking Environmentalists say a plan for additional parking in Wildcat Canyon is more evidence of a bigger problem with the East Bay Regional Park District. By John Geluardi Stephen Loewinsohn Alan La Pointe says there are more feasible parking...

Richmond puts on charm offensive to woo Berkeley Lab By Hannah Dreier Contra Costa Times Posted: 07/22/2011 01:26:32 PM PDT Updated: 07/22/2011 05:31:07 PM PDT Tom Butt hands out “We LNBL” buttons at Town Hall Meeting About 700 residents packed into the Richmond...

Richmond official spars with tow truck By Lisa Vorderbrueggen Friday, July 22nd, 2011 at 1:18 pm 5 Comments » Tom Butt N0 one delivers constituent service quite like Richmond Vice Mayor Tom Butt. Check out Contra Costa Times reporter Karl Fischer’s story about how...

From Vacant City Lots to Food on the Table --by Madeline Ostrander , Yes Magazine How to grow food where we need it. The first time I went to Richmond, Calif., nine years ago, my friend, who ran a punk music recording studio out of a converted warehouse, told us not...

Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending July 22nd, 2011. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 26th, beginning with a Closed Session at 5:30 PM and with the regular agenda convening at 6:30 PM. Note...

See the Contra Costa Times story below, “Richmond vice mayor's tow truck battle changes policy, and: Tow Away to Go Away? July 16, 2011 Update on Tow Away to Go Away? July 19, 2011 The Contra Costa Times story is reasonably accurate but is not clear about a couple of...