For several months, a cute little shaggy dog, but somewhat shy, has been wandering the streets of Point Richmond. I think everyone thought it belonged to someone local. But others noticed it was spending the night at the Trainmaster/Reading Room Building site....

The Point Richmond Business Association PRESENTS Indian Statue Day Saturday, October 13, 2007 12 NOON to 5:00PM Downtown POINT RICHMOND Come Join in the Fun. Info: 234-4219 12 Noon - 5:00pm: Arts & Crafts Booths, Pt. Richmond History Museum, Festivities 12...

If you get a solicitation from the Firefighters Charitable Foundation to buy tickets to a rodeo at the Cow palace to pay for "assistance programs," do not respond. This has no relationship to Richmond firefighters. The organization indicates that is missions is ""for...

Meet and Greet the Newly Appointed Director of the Office of Neighborhood Safety at a reception from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Friday, October 12. More. This week you have the opportunity to meet and greet the newly appointed Director of the Office of Neighborhood Safety...

Spend a beautiful fall day this coming Saturday on an island in San Francisco Bay helping to maintain one of Richmond"s unique treasures " East Brother Lighthouse. Maintaining a lighthouse is a never-ending task. The keepers of old were nicknamed "wickies" because of...

National Park WWII sites The Associated Press News FuzeArticle Launched:10/08/2007 12:46:29 PM PDT WASHINGTON"Has Ken Burns' PBS miniseries "The War" gotten you interested in learning more about the experiences of Americans during World War II? The National Parks...

There has been a flurry of discussion the last two days about Richmond"s pending investment in security cameras in public places. The article below from today"s Contra Costa Times discusses objections in general to security cameras from the ACLU, including quotes from...

Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending October 5th, 2007. 1. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 16th. 2. City Offices and City Manager Schedule Please be advised that the City offices will be...

Rosie the Riveter Home Front Festival by the Bay Click here for photos of events. A whirlwind of activities that began on September 22 and ended today, September 30, drew thousands of visitors to Richmond to participate in the first Home Front Festival by the Bay and...

With three City Council members setting an example by winning first place ribbons in the 5K Home Front Festival Run, this is a good time to get Richmond kids out and walking to school. This Wednesday, October 4, is International Walk-to-School Day, a perfect...

A number of individual and organizations are meeting next week to re-establish a Little League program in Richmond. They invite anyone interested in being part of the effort to join them at an organizational meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, October 3, at the Coronado...

A new ballot measure, which salvages the least controversial component of Measure T of 2007, is currently the subject of a low profile but apparently fruitful petition drive by volunteers. Measure T of 2007, which would have amended Richmond"s Business License...

The Home Front Festival starts tonight with a sold out Gala Fundraising Dinner for Rosie the Riveter Trust in the historical Ford Building Craneway. Public Festivities continue tomorrow through Sunday. Click here for a full schedule of events. To view the video shown...

Tom Carson was perhaps best known around Richmond for his community volunteer activities, particularly those with WCCUSD students. He introduced and created a robotics class as a volunteer for the West Contra Costa Unified School District for which he received the...

See http://richmondca.wordpress.com/ for a view of Richmond from UC Berkeley graduate journalism students. For more information, contact Nick Kusnetz, Reporter, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, 917-715-5228, nkusnetz@gmail.com ,...

For those who hunger for news about what the Richmond Police Department is doing about crime, click here for a link to the RPD monthly newsletter.

The workshop is actually on this Wednesday, September 26th. For more information, contact Eli Moore, Program Associate, Community Strategies for Sustainability and Justice, The Pacific Institute, 510.251.1600 (ext. 123), emoore@pacinst.org,...

Contra Costa schools to participate in Shelter-in-Place drill Richmond and Martinez schools model sites for drill School children across Contra Costa will participate in the annual Countywide All School Drill next week to practice how to Shelter-in-Place. Washington...

The Green Chamber of Commerce is organizing an event called "Greening Richmond " A Community Battles Global Warming," Sunday, October 21st, from 1-5 p.m. at DeJean Middle School in Richmond. This event is designed to help residents and business owners learn about...

I don"t know where the West County Times got the headline for this story, "Concern for nurseries stands in way of project," but they should have listed it, "Project gets in way of preserving history." See Miraflores EIR Scoping Meeting September 26, 2007, September...