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...

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...