Today is the day that filing papers are available for the City Council race. Richmond City Council to shrink to seven members in November election By Katherine Tam West County Times Article Launched: 07/12/2008 05:42:52 PM PDT The race for Richmond City Council,...

Click here for the results of a new poll by David Binder Research, commissioned by APEN (Asian Pacific Environmental Network/Laotian Organizing Project), to understand the public"s opinion towards Chevron"s proposed refinery expansion in Richmond. The poll was...

Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending July 11th, 2008. 1. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 15th, beginning with a Consent Calendar and Closed Session at 5:00 PM, followed by the City Council...

Click here for the Chevron Energy and Hydrogen Renewal Project Agenda Report for the July 15, 2008 City Council appeal hearing. Due to the large file size, Attachments 1 through 22 can be downloaded from the City of Richmond"s Planning web site. The direct link is as...

Copied below is an extensive article in the East Bay Express about the upcoming appeal of the Chevron Energy and Hydrogen Renewal project. Also, I received two very interesting and highly detailed letters today from CBE criticizing the previous action by the Richmond...

This coming Saturday is the monthly volunteer workday at East Brother Lighthouse. Help maintain one of Richmond"s jewels. Maintaining a lighthouse is a never-ending task. The keepers of old were nicknamed "wickies" because of all of the time they spent trimming the...

After a record breaking crowd for the June performance, the Point Richmond Summer Music Festival cranks up again this coming Friday, July 11, at 5:30 in downtown Point Richmond. Featured artists are: " 5:30-6:45 - THE MICHAEL O'NEILL QUINTET featuring Kenny Washington...

In the face of criticism for hiring a consultant to make recommendations regarding mitigations and conditions for the Chevron Energy and Hydrogen Renewal project based on secret information available to neither the City Council nor the public, Council Members Marquez...

The E-FORUM Slogans and Logos - Time for a Change?, July 6, 2008, drew a huge response, examples of which are copied below " all without names except for the first, which came from Councilmember Jim Rogers and identified him as the author at his request. It was a...

An article in the San Francisco Chronicle last week (see below) got me thinking once again that it might be time to move on from Richmond"s enigmatic logo and slogan. The City"s slogan is "City of Pride and Purpose," and its logo (above) is, well, whatever you want it...

The City Council tried to address the Design Review Board quorum issue (see Design Review Board Dispute Stops Richmond Development Dead in It's Tracks, July 1, 2008) as an emergency item, but the city attorney admonished them citing the Brown Act, which defines an...

The West County Times story that follows is a pretty good summary of what the City Council decided. I voted against it because I felt the schedule would make it difficult for the community to be heard on this matter. I am also concerned that we City Council members,...

Click here for a copy of the colorful, upbeat Richmond Bay Trail Mid Year 2008 Report. Please share the report with your friends and neighbors by forwarding this and letting them know that they may join the Richmond Bay Trail Network at no cost by e-mailing...

Posted: Thursday, 03 July 2008 1:13PM Seeds of Change Planted in Violence-Plagued Community RICHMOND, Calif. (KCBS) " Dump trucks roll in and out of a bulldozed park at 4th and McDonald, an area that was once home to what locals referred to as "the devil"s...

Click here for the latest issue (Summer 2008) of the National Park Service Partnership Newsletter from Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park. Lots of events and activities are planned this summer, including tomorrow the JULY 3RD - Independence Day...

The following letter was posted by Don Gosney, Chair of the Point Molate Restoration Advisory Committee in response to the Berkeley daily Planet story on Point Molate (Point Molate According to the Daily Planet, June 9, 2008). The City"s web page for Point Molate can...

A move by the City Council majority, three of whom are running for re-election this year, to do away with the Design Review Board (DRB) and a refusal to accept nominations of new members by the mayor has apparently provided a de facto moratorium on development...

Steeped in history, Richmond looks forward Dana Perrigan, Special to The Chronicle Sunday, June 29, 2008 More... When Terence Krista and Bang Nguyen set out to buy a home in the Bay Area five years ago, the real estate market was a little like a Wild West hanging...

Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly (and rather lengthy this week) report for the week ending June 27th, 2008. 1. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 1st, beginning with a Closed Session at 5:30 PM, followed by Housing...

The long-awaited first step in implementation of AB 32 was taken yesterday when the California Air Resources Board released its Climate Change Draft Scoping Plan, which you can download from http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/scopingplan/document/draftscopingplan.pdf. You may...