See We'll Be Fine in 2009?, December 8, 2008. Now is time for E-FORUM Readers to weigh in on the best and worst of 2008 and predictions for 2009. For several years, I have prepared detailed year-end evaluations of City of Richmond services, problems challenges and...

Mayor Gayle McLaughlin The Richmond City Council and City Manager Bill Lindsay Cordially invite you to attend the Swearing-In Ceremony for the newly-elected and re-elected City Councilmembers on Tuesday, the thirteenth of January Two thousand and nine at six thirty in...

A number of City of Richmond boards, commissions and committees have vacancies, or the terms of some members have expired. This is an opportunity to serve diverse interests of city government. Most, but not all, bodies require members to be Richmond residents. The...

Here's the "School Closure Background Information", from the District website. http://www.wccusd.net/Fiscal/School_closure/closure_presentation_12-11-0... And, from the West County Times: West Contra Costa releases list of potential schools to be closed By Kimberly S....

The following was provided by WCCUSD Board Member Tony Thurmond: The recommendation from a WCCUSD consultant group includes two different scenario lists of schools to possibly be closed. These lists were just released today and a community meeting is scheduled to take...

2009 promises to be a big year for the Richmond Greenway project. The eastern portion of the Greenway is under contract and will be constructed in the spring of 2009. Last night, the Richmond City Council authorized purchase of the "Adachi Property" which provides the...

The Watershed Nursery has recently moved to Richmond. This unique business, which leases land from the City of Richmond adjacent to the Wastewater Treatment Plant specializes in habitat restoration and enhancement projects and is committed to providing dependable...

Richmond factory collects $1M for recycling Wednesday, December 10, 2008 | 6:56 PM RICHMOND, CA (KGO) -- Transforming trash into treasure comes with a financial incentive. The state handed out tens of millions of dollars in grant money on Wednesday to companies that...

Walter Fanning, without whom the East Brother Lighthouse preservation would not have succeeded, died last week at age 99. Walter was a modern renaissance man, bringing multiple skills to the complex and difficult rehabilitation of Richmond's best known historic...

Now is time for E-FORUM Readers to weigh in on the best and worst of 2008 and predictions for 2009. For several years, I have prepared detailed year-end evaluations of City of Richmond services, problems challenges and wishes. Originally, these were conveyed only to...

Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending December 5th, 2008. 1. Meeting Notes The next regular City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, December 16th, which will be the final City Council meeting during calendar year 2008. The City...

For a December 3 update on the Point Molate Land Disposition Agreement (LDA) click here. For background information on Point Molate: " RAB Chair Responds to BDP on Point Molate; Information Update on Point Molate Websites, July 1, 2008 " Even More on Point Molate and...

Historic Richmond B&B seeks innkeeper By Chris Treadway West County Times Posted: 12/06/2008 03:31:13 PM PST Updated: 12/07/2008 06:42:48 AM PST Click photo to enlarge Elan Stewart takes in the view as he gives a tour of the lighthouse at the East Brother Light......

Two Richmond firms, Interactive Resources as project architect and Alten Construction, as general contractor, are involved in the rehabilitation of a 19th Century church that will serve as the City Council Chamber and community center in Novato. As a historic...

On December 3, State Lands Commissioner Lt. Gov. John Garamendi convinced the Commission to hold over for a couple of month"s consideration of Chevron"s Long Wharf lease so that a funding plan for the Bay Trail across I-580 near the Chevron long Wharf could be...

On December 2, what is believed to be the final unofficial vote count for the November 4 election was posted by Contra Costa County. The results for Richmond City Council and Measure T were essentially unchanged, but I slipped to third place, 632 votes behind Jeff...

From today"s San Francisco Chronicle: Richmond mulls how to spend Measure T windfall Charles Burress, Chronicle Staff Writer Monday, December 1, 2008 (11-30) 17:50 PST -- After Richmond voters approved a citizens initiative last month that requires the Chevron...

This article piqued my interest because it plays on my "Richmond as a cool place to live" theme. How can we sell Richmond to the rest of the Bay Area when our own residents don"t appreciate what we have? Remember that City Council member who says Richmond has too many...

San Pablo Bay lighthouse needs new keeper Carolyn Jones, Chronicle Staff Writer Sunday, November 30, 2008 Recently laid off? Don't despair. The job of a lifetime awaits you on a windswept island lost in time. Or at least lost in the fog. Images View More Images A...

On Wednesday, December 3, 2008, the California State Lands Commission, which consists of only three people, has the life and death power to make the Bay Trail link to the San Pablo Peninsula a reality. For advocacy by the City of Richmond and supporting legal...