Grant Awarded to SS Red Oak Victory Photo: Ken Osborne Richmond Museum Association Receives Maximum Award To Take SS Red Oak Victory Into Drydock On February 1, 2011, the National Park Service (NPS) announced the awarding of $14.3 Million in federal competitive Save...

Locomotive horn use in the West Five Quiet Zone will cease at 12:01 AM tonight, February 10, 2011. This includes grade crossings at 2nd and 3rd Streets. This will reduce by half horn blowing that most affects the Santa Fe Neighborhood and to a lesser extent Atchison...

I arrived home tonight to find the Point Molate Final EIR sitting on my porch. It consists of three volumes about ten inches thick total. A check of the City’s website indicates that it has not yet been posted. Presumably it will be available in libraries tomorrow. I...

10th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Building Safe, Healthy and Livable Communities The E-FORUM did not go off a cliff this past week. I was in Charlotte, North Carolina, from Wednesday through Sunday at the 10th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference...

Free Wi-Fi Internet connection to reach Iron Triangle residents Carolina Garcia, a parent in the Iron Triangle neighborhood, begins computer training at the Nevin Community Center. Photo by Emily Bender. By: Ashley Hopkinson | February 2, 2011 – 10:34 am | Residents...

Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending February 4th, 2011. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 15th. Enjoy the week off. Sacramento Hearings on Redevelopment The Community & Economic...

When the most dramatic thing in Richmond is an animal rescue, it’s a good day. We have three goats and two sheep in our yard to keep down the brush on a steep hillside that backs up to Nichol Knob in the Miller-Knox Regional Shoreline. There is a wildfire in the area...

Take the Budget Challenge This month, Governor Brown released the first budget proposal of his new administration. What do you think? How would you vote on his proposed budget? The California Budget Challenge, created by Next 10, is a hands-on activity that lets you...

A trio of Richmond City Council members is urging Chevron to restart its nearly $1 billion Hydrogen and Energy Renewal project that has been stalled for nearly two years by litigation successfully challenging the content of the environmental impact report. In December...

Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending January 28th, 2011. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 1st, beginning with a closed session at 6:00 PM, followed by the regular agenda at 6:30 PM....

RPD JOINS FACEBOOK Can social media help fight crime? RPD thinks so. Facebook users can now sign up for news, rewards, crime stats, discussions, updates, articles, tips and alerts from the Richmond Police Department by “liking” the RPD page online. To find the link...

From Jim Matzorkis, Richmond Port Director: Mayor and Council Members, We are pleased to announce that Subaru of America has chosen the Port of Richmond and AWC for the distribution of their Northern California and Southwest Region vehicles. Subaru currently operates...

Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the two weeks ending January 21st, 2011. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting will be a joint meeting of the Richmond City Council and the West Contra Costa Unified School District Board of Trustees. The...

Friends of the Bay Trail in Richmond, Attached is the colorful, upbeat New Year Report for the San Francisco Bay Trail in Richmond prepared by TRAC, the Trails for Richmond Action Committee. Read all about new trails, trail guides, construction bid documents and...

Planners shoot down Point Richmond sandwich shop proposal By Katherine Tam Contra Costa Times Posted: 01/20/2011 10:50:55 PM PST Updated: 01/20/2011 11:11:46 PM PST A proposal to bring a Subway sandwich shop into quaint Point Richmond has been derailed -- at least for...

Breuner Marsh restoration will turn old dumping ground into ecological gem By Denis Cuff Contra Costa Times Posted: 01/19/2011 12:00:00 AM PST Updated: 01/19/2011 09:56:15 AM PST RICHMOND -- As a child in the 1950s, Whitney Dotson and his friends would scramble across...

The good news is that locomotive horn use in the West Five Quiet Zone will cease at 12:01 AM on February 10, 2011. This includes grade crossings at 2nd and 3rd Streets. This will reduce by half horn blowing that most affects the Santa Fe Neighborhood and to a lesser...

It started during the 2010 election campaign and criticism of the Richmond City Council’s emphasis on sustainability continues from critics of Richmond’s focus on green jobs to alleviate our high unemployment rate. Today, two media reported what we have been saying...

Preview Richmond's Pedestrian Plan! Thursday, January 20, 2011. 5:30-7 PM Recreation Complex, 32nd and Macdonald, Richmond Take the opportunity to contribute to this plan that will make walking in Richmond safer and more convenient! Once completed, the plan will help...

From: Chris Magnus [mailto:cmagnus@richmondpd.net] Last week I had the opportunity to participate in the National Executive Session on Policing and Public Safety, which is a project sponsored the National Institute of Justice, the U.S. Department of Justice, the...