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...

In case you missed it, click here for a video on ABC Channel 7 featuring Richmond"s Vetrazzo, which recently won a $1 million recycling grant.

Iconic wigwags survive after 80 years under Point Richmond's watchful eye By Katherine Tam West County Times Updated: 12/28/2008 05:07:00 PM PST To the casual observer, the black-and-white-striped stumps with the funky vertical mast at one of Point Richmond's main...

Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending December 19th, 2008. 1. Meeting Notes The next regular City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, January 6th. During the month of January, the Council will also meet on January 13th (City...

Here"s a couple of nice Christmas eve stories about our favorite Grinch, Chevron. The latest from former West County Times reporter John Geluardi you can read and comment on at http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2008/12/chevrons_prince_of_darkness.php. The second is...

Whether you like the project or not, you can largely blame the preparer of the Environmental Impact Report for drawing a legal challenge. See story below from today"s West County Times and Thoughts on the Honda Port of Entry Project, November 20, 2008. Bad EIRs are...