I don"t think there is a business in Richmond that works harder and is more successful than Timber Manhart"s Catahoula Coffee Company at building community. This neighborhood coffee roastery works about 25 hours a day at making Richmond a better place and giving the...

When I was a kid, there was nothing better than exploring the local creek. There were tadpoles and crawdads, water skimmers and a few small fish. It was called Spout Spring Branch (Fayetteville, Arkansas), but we just called it "the branch." The creek was quiet,...

In a letter dated January 30, 2009, Steven H. Oliver of L&S Properties, informed me that the application to construct a Kohl"s Department Store on a 5.81 acre industrial site located at 4903 Central Avenue and 2700 Rydin Road with a two-story 99,011-square-foot...

On January 29th, the first administrative hearing was held regarding Countrywide Home Loans Inc."s failure to maintain a vacant foreclosed residence in the 600 block of 8th Street. Countrywide received both a notice of the violations present at the property and the...

Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending January 30th, 2009 (Monday edition). 1. Meeting Notes The next regular City Council meeting is tomorrow, February 3rd, beginning with a Closed Session at 5:00 PM, and followed by Housing Authority...

No Bay Trail construction money in state lease to Chevron By Katherine Tam West County Times Posted: 02/02/2009 04:00:47 PM PST Where funding to construct a section of the San Francisco Bay Trail at the Chevron Richmond refinery will come from remains up in the air....

From: Bill Lindsay [mailto:bill_lindsay@ci.richmond.ca.us] Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 8:12 AM To: elirapty@aim.com; Gayle McLaughlin; Ritterman, Jeff; Lopez.Ludmyrna@comcast.net; Viramontes, Maria; Langlois, Marilyn; Bates, Nat; Nicole Valentino; Butt, Tom Cc:...

Adding to the confusion about school closures and modernization funding, the stimulus package, if passed by the Senate and signed into law, will provide $26 million for WCCUSD, including $10 million for construction. See...

From: TRAC [mailto:tracbaytrail@earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 8:57 AM To: TRAC TRAC Subject: State Lands Commission Approves Chevron Long Wharf Lease Richmond Bay Trail Network, Despite an all out effort by Bay Trail supporters, the State Lands...

Had Chevron funded their share of the Bay Trail in 2008, as originally recommended by Lt. Gov. Garamendi, their 2008 profits would have been $23,925,000,000 instead of $23,930,000,000 billion, still an all-time record. Note that the 2008 earnings improvement resulted...

The following letter from Bob Dabney appeared in the Contra Costa Times on January 28. Now, Bob is a friend, and in fact, we had lunch together today at Richmond Rotary Club. This is not personal, it is political. I cannot let it go unanswered, but I do so in the...

Our Neighbors: Park reopening, history converge By Chris Treadway West County Times Posted: 01/28/2009 05:02:11 PM PST History is in the details, and it is the small, everyday details that researchers want to uncover in compiling the history of life in the Iron...

Richmond commits to funding for Bay Trail at refinery By Katherine Tam West County Times Posted: 01/28/2009 04:53:46 PM PST Updated: 01/28/2009 04:53:46 PM PST Richmond city officials are promising as much as $2 million for a public walking and bicycling trail at the...

When I blasted the quality of the EIR for the Honda Port of Entry Project, the person responsible for preparing it, Doug Herring, demanded a retraction. Click here for the letter from Doug Herring. Despite my criticism, I thought there might be one redeeming piece of...

Once again, the fate of the pedestrian/bicycle trail linking the rest of Richmond (including the Bay Trail and the Richmond Greenway) to the San Pablo peninsula and Point Molate is in the hands of the State Lands Commission., which will be meeting in Santa Barbara...

Richmond, developer, tribe sued over Navy land deal for proposed casino complex By John Simerman Contra Costa Times Posted: 01/26/2009 06:58:50 PM PST Critics of a proposed $1 billion shoreline mega-complex anchored by a Las Vegas-style casino sued Richmond, the...

In mid-December 2008, a complaint was received that a train had been blocking crossing at Marina Bay for an extended of period of time . A police officer was sent to investigate, and subsequently issued a misdemeanor citation. The arraignment was set for 45 days, but...

From January 22-24, 2009, four members of the Richmond City Council (Butt, McLaughlin, Ritterman and Rogers) were attending the 8th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference in Albuquerque, NM. Albuquerque is my birthplace (See Our Families' Home Front Stories,...

Join Us! Tour the North Richmond Shoreline The North Richmond Shoreline Academy invites you to join fellow community members in". - creating a vision for the future of our "forgotten shoreline" - learning about exciting shoreline projects & opportunities Shoreline...

Biracial ranger, 87, heads to the inauguration Kevin Fagan, Chronicle Staff Writer Monday, January 19, 2009 (01-18) 17:44 PST -- Betty Soskin remembers having to drink as a child at water fountains marked "colored" in New Orleans. She remembers laughing with her...