From: David Barna Sent: 01/16/2009 01:30 PM EST Subject: National Park Service new release: FORMER ROSIE THE RIVETER TO WITNESS INAUGURATION For Immediate Release Holly Bundock, Public Affairs Officer Date: January 16, 2009 FORMER ROSIE THE RIVETER TO WITNESS...

Martin Luther King, Jr Day of Service on the Richmond Greenway 1.19.09 The 2nd Annual MLK Day of Service on the Richmond Greenway is only 8 days away. This year, coming together as a community to honor Dr. King"s legacy and vision, and to work together to improve our...

From Friends of the Bay Trail in Richmond: Click Here for the upbeat New Year Report for the San Francisco Bay Trail in Richmond prepared by TRAC, the Trails for Richmond Action Committee. By reading both sides of the report, you will learn about advances made during...

Many people have contacted me via email, phone or mail with ideas and opinions about proposed school closures in Richmond by the WCCUSD. Some have asked why I did not attend the joint City Council /WCCUSD meeting last week. The reason I cannot participate in any City...

At the City Council inauguration festivities, representatives of Upstream Point Molate quietly handed over a check for $5 million, the final payment of a $15 million option against a purchase price of $50 million to purchase Point Molate. The option period ends at the...

Nearly two years after the City Council voted to merge the Planning Commission and Design Review Board, that has not happened, largely I believe, due to the complexity of the process and widespread community opposition. Despite some bitter differences between...

At 7:00 PM or thereabouts last night, the Richmond City Council burned off slightly more than 22% of its excess fat, shrinking from nine members to seven with the flick of a roll call. Both farewell speeches and acceptance speeches tended towards the protracted and...

There was a nice piece on Channel 5 last night about Richmond"s newest residents, Ed and Anne Witts, who will manage the East Brother Lighthouse B&B beginning in February. Click on Family Begins Life On San Francisco Bay Island...

Community policing bears fruit in Richmond Chip Johnson Tuesday, January 13, 2009 In Richmond, a city that has traditionally struggled with poverty and high crime rates, a community policing plan implemented 2 1/2 years ago is beginning to take hold in some of the...

After a "worldwide" search, the Board of East Brother Light Station, Inc., selected a local couple, Ed and Anne Witts form Walnut Creek to be the next keepers of East Brother Lighthouse. The term "worldwide" search was used because the largest volume of applications...

In addition to the MLK Day of Service on the Richmond Greenway, January 19, there is another project, Help Clean up Richmond Shoreline at Shimada Friendship Park. Give back to your community by helping clean up the shoreline, plant and tend drought tolerant wildlife...

From: Bill Lindsay [mailto:bill_lindsay@ci.richmond.ca.us] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 7:16 PM To: elirapty@aim.com; Gayle McLaughlin; Sandhu, Harpreet; Ritterman, Jeff; Marquez, John; Lopez.Ludmyrna@comcast.net; Viramontes, Maria; Langlois, Marilyn; Bates, Nat;...

Proving that there is indeed life after the political grave, a lame duck City Council still dominated by the Chevron Five used its last official gasp of any substance to ensure control over the discretionary $10 million of Chevron money in the Community Benefits...

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission just released its updated Pavement Condition Indices for 2007. Richmond has finally broken a five-year trend of declining streets, rising 6 points from 46 in 2006 to 50 in 2007 and climbing out of last place over six other...

Last year, more than 150 volunteers turned out for a Day of Service on the Richmond Greenway to honor the legacy and spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We worked together to build garden beds, clean up garbage, and to plant trees, berry bushes, and native plants....

Richmond"s Vetrazzo just can"t stay out of the news. Below is from today"s West County Times. We remember fondly that Vetrazzo split with the Chamber of Commerce and endorsed Measure T in the November 2008 election. It"s nice to have a recession-proof business that...

The Point Richmond Gateway Foundation uses excess rent proceeds from the Mechanics Bank in the rehabilitated former Santa Fe Reading Room (Trainmaster"s Office) to fund community improvement projects. This is a triple win project that resulted from public...

Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending January 23rd, 2009. 1. Meeting Notes The next regular City Council meeting is January 27th, beginning with a Closed Session at 5:00 PM, and followed by the regular City Council agenda (mostly...

In a tradition that started in 2002, I present my version, augmented by suggestions from E-FORUM readers, of the Richmond 2008 Year End Review and Hopes for 2009. Click here for the MSWORD version that has hundreds of hyperlinks to E-FORUM postings and media articles,...

As we close this year, I wanted to pass on some last minute information and some updates on recent news making incidents. First, I"d like to pass on some of the great work being accomplished by your RPD officers. 1952 hours PC 211 Robbery 24th Street/Macdonald Avenue...