On October 29, Chevron filed a motion for a stay or suspension of its small power plant exemption for a 60 megawatt generation project before the California Energy Commission. The document can be accessed at...

Following are articles from the Contra Costa Times and East Bay Business Times about the grand opening of the Point Richmond Mechanics Bank Branch in the restored historic Santa Fe Reading Room/Trainmaster"s Office. From boarded-up to a busy bank " Point Richmond...

Friends of the Richmond Greenway (FORG) are inviting everyone to a weekly Greenway Stroll on Saturdays at 9:30 AM beginning November 10. Meet at the western end of the Greenway at 2nd Street, just north of Ohio, and walk east along the Greenway and back with friends,...

After a $1 million + makeover, one of Richmond"s oldest and most unusual buildings reopens with a public ceremony at the new Point Richmond Gateway Plaza at the corner of Garrard Boulevard and West Richmond Avenue, across the street from The Plunge and adjacent to the...

Click here for you invitation to RICHMOND: The Story Continues", Nov. 9th - Dec. 15th, 2007 Location: 1303 Canal Blvd., Richmond, CA SHOWS: Fri. @ 8pm Nov. 9,16,23,30 Dec. 7 & 14 Sat. @ 2pm & 6pm Nov. 10,17,24 Dec. 1,8 & 15 Reservation Line: (510) 619-3675...

Friends of the Bay Trail in Richmond, The new calendar of events along the San Francisco Bay Trail in Richmond is available at http://www.pointrichmond.com/baytrail/calendar.htm. It features the 2007 Richmond Shoreline Festival " November 3, 10AM - 3PM at Pt. Pinole...

Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending October 26th, 2007. 1. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is a special meeting scheduled for Tuesday, October 30th, beginning with a 5:00 PM Closed Session, followed by a short Study...

The TV show "Eye on the Bay" on KPIX channel 5, hosted by Brian Hackney, will air two back-to-back, 1/2 hour shows about the Bay's islands, featuring "The Islands of San Francisco Bay" book, which includes Richmond"s East Brother Light Station. It will air on Monday,...

If you read the E-FORUM Far Worse Than Homicides? October 20, 2007, you know what a problem childhood obesity is in West Contra Costa County. It may be time to ditch the traditional candy at Halloween and move to healthier treats. Supervisor John Gioia has some...

For the second time in months, government agencies have cynically reached tentative settlements resolving environmental damage in Richmond caused by Richmond businesses but have exploited Richmond"s history of environmental degradation by secretly diverting the...

Martha J. Lee, General Superintendant of John Muir NHS, Eugene O'Neill NHS, Port Chicago Naval Magazine NM and Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front NHP announced the selection of Naomi Torres as Chief of Interpretation: I am pleased to announce that our new Chief...

Dr. Louis Hagler was a resident of Marina Bay until train horns drove him away to the relative quietude of the Berkeley Hills last year. Before he left, however, he played a major role in establishing Richmond"s four railroad Quiet Zones, and he continues to meet with...

Exhibitors from the Green Chamber of Commerce filled the Lovonya DeJean Middle School auditorium on Saturday. Meanwhile, the Richmond Chamber of Commerce is up to its old tricks, writing its members to oppose the "manufacturing tax," although the proposed tax would...

My City Council colleague, Jim Rogers, asked me to post the following on the E-FORUM: Look at almost any media these days, and there are numerous articles about various efforts to go green and clean. Thanks to the unanimous support of the Richmond City Council, future...

The National Wildlife Federation will honor Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour Coordinator Kathy Kramer in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 1 at its annual National Achievement Awards and Dinner. Among the dozen other recipients receiving awards that evening are Al Gore...

I just returned from quick trip to Washington, DC to attend the Childhood Obesity Prevention Summit sponsored by the Leadership for Healthy Communities, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This was not, by far, my first exposure to the subject....

It all started when a Richmond resident, noting "petroleum pipeline" signs along Cutting Boulevard, the Richmond Parkway, and Hilltop Mall, asked me if there is any information available about the location of pipelines in Richmond that carry potentially hazardous...

It turns out that there are ways to get partially past Richmond"s obsession with secrecy and security. Thanks to Carl Weimer of the Pipeline Safety Trust , I have found that you can access the federal Office of Pipeline Safety's mapping system at:...

Richmond"s Zip Code 94801, which includes my home in Point Richmond as well as much of the Iron Triangle, has the second-highest foreclosure rate, (15.7%) in the nine-county Bay Area, exceeded only by a zip code in Antioch with 23.1%. In Zip Code 94801, where the...

A delegation of City Council members and staff are currently in China visiting Richmond"s Sister City Zhoushan at a reported cost to taxpayers of $21,230, not including the cost of staff time for those visiting China or otherwise providing support.