Richmond Stays Intact in Congressional Redistricting
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
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...
RPD Activity Update from Chief Magnus
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...
Park Ranger Betty Soskin in the Funnies
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.
Trouble in the Canyon
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
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...
Vorderbrueggen – “NO One Delivers Constituent Service Quite Like Richmond Vice Mayor Tom Butt
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
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...
City Manager’s Weekly Report for the Week Ending July 22nd, 2011
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...
Policy Change for Vehicle Towing in Richmond
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...
LBNL Welcoming Reception Tonight!
This is really important. I hope you can come and bring friends and family. Tonight – Reception 6:00 PM and Town Hall Meeting at 7:00 PM, Richmond Memorial Auditorium in the Civic Center.
Point Richmond’s Baltic Named Best Neighborhood Hangout – East Bay Express Best of the East Bay 2011
Best Neighborhood Hangout The Baltic 135 Park Place Point Richmond 510-237-1000 BalticJoint.com What makes a hangout a hangout? Is it the food? The music? The atmosphere? The clientele? Is it the way the bartender stirs your martini, or the nook out back where you can...
Chevron Hiring 15 Operators at Richmond Refinery
From: Coyle, Mike (MCoyle) [mailto:MCoyle@chevron.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 4:11 PM To: Butt, Tom Subject: Hiring Operators at Richmond Refinery Dear Councilmember Butt, Next week Chevron will be accepting applications for up to fifteen Operator Trainee...
Former Richmond Police officers Charged with Conspiracy to Tamper With Witnesses
This is an important step in closing the chapter on this saga. It was our department that initiated this investigation in the first place as part of the Professional Standards process, and it was the RPD that referred this to the FBI. Chief Magnus FORMER RICHMOND...
Richmond Company Helping Build The Next Space Telescope
Richmond company helping build the next space telescope By Shelly Meron Contra Costa Times Posted: 07/17/2011 07:40:02 PM PDT Updated: 07/17/2011 07:40:55 PM PDT Robert Garfield, a manufacturing process engineer, points to a 650-pound secondary telescope... A little...
Fireworks in Richmond?
After the recent 4th of July, it was widely speculated in neighborhood blogs and email distribution lists that the observance of this Independence Day in Richmond with “personal” fireworks had set a new high. Certainly I could agree with that from what I observed....
Update on Tow Away to Go Away?
It turns out that this struck an unexpected chord in E-FORUM readers. I received over 100 responses, all but two of which approved (three emails from one dissenter). And of those two who did not approve, one is the manager of A&D Towing. Instead of an ordinance...
City Manager’s Weekly Report for the Week Ending July 15th, 2011
Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending July 15th, 2011. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 19th, beginning with a Closed Session at 5:00 PM and with the regular agenda convening at 6:30 PM. The...
LBNL Welcoming Reception July 21
Contra Costa Times Readers' Forum: Jeff Ritterman: Must show Richmond in on the rise jeff ritterman | From the community By Jeff Ritterman Guest Commentary Posted: 07/14/2011 04:00:00 PM PDT Updated: 07/15/2011 03:59:41 PM PDT IT WAS the summer of 1981. I was 32 years...