FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 25, 2007 Contact: Bill Lindsay, (510) 620-6512 City Hires Neighborhood Safety Director RICHMOND, Calif. " The City of Richmond has selected DeVone Boggan, a community organizer and nationally recognized expert in crime reduction, as its...

You can use a free service at www.familywatchdog.us to locate sex offenders living in your neighborhood, including clicking on each location to pull up photographs and details.

A new online site called Walk Score uses Google maps to calculate a score based on where you live and what's close by. It was developed to help homebuyers, renters, and real estate agents find houses and apartments in great neighborhoods. Walk Score shows you a map of...

Click here for a link to the KCRT website with information about The Green Screen TV show, our local EarthTeam environmental TV show, by and for teens. Episode #7 is now airing, per the schedule on this KCRT page, and includes a story about the opening of the Richmond...

Want to get into the restaurant business? Have a friend who wants to own a restaurant? Like to select and book bands for live music? Like the ambiance of Point Richmond? Now"s your chance! The historic Baltic Restaurant premises in the heart of old Point Richmond at...

There are two events next week that involve community health in Richmond. On Tuesday, September 25, there will be a community workshop to discuss the health consequences of train and truck traffic in West Contra Costa. See details below from West County Times:...

For release: September 21, 2007 Contact: Randy Sawyer, 925-250-7905 COMMENTS SOUGHT REGARDING INDUSTRIAL RISK PLANS Public comments are being sought before a November 5 deadline regarding reports about 13 companies and government facilities in Contra Costa County that...

For the first time in Richmond, the rare and extensive collection of children"s art from wartime child care centers will be on display. The exhibit kick-off reception will be Saturday, September 22 at 2:00 p.m. Richmond Museum of History, 400 Nevin Avenue, Richmond,...

We are still looking for both sponsors and attendees for the Home Front Festival kick-off event, the Gala Fundraising Dinner on September 28. Click here for complete information. This event will raise funds for Rosie the River Trust, where I serve as president of the...

Virtually all recent Bay Area news about photovoltaic solar systems involves installations where Richmond A/E firm Interactive Resources provided structural engineering services. " On September 20, CBS 5 carried the story "Newsom Unveils Thousands Of Solar Panels At...

To access real time information about Richmond crime in your neighborhood, visit http://crimeview.ci.richmond.ca.us/crimeviewcommunity/wizard.asp, courtesy of the Richmond Police Department

In a frantic scramble last night to out-green each other, Richmond City Council members passed a trio of policies guaranteed to render Richmond in a brighter shade of green. " Item G-18 was adoption of an ordinance adding chapter 6.45 to the city of Richmond Municipal...

As interest in WW II and Richmond"s Home Front Festival builds, interest in Richmond"s historic Shipyard 3 is also bursting out. Honda Imports With a letter of commitment from Honda, the Port of Richmond is aiming to expand its importation of automobiles in...

Set to debut on September 23, and running through October 2, Ken Burns" series "The War" (The War and the Richmond Home Front, September 1, 2007) serendipitously coincides with Richmond"s own Home Front Festival that takes place September 28, 29 and 30. A copy of the...

As interest in WW II and Richmond"s Home Front Festival builds, interest in Richmond"s historic Shipyard 3 is also bursting out. Honda Imports With a letter of commitment from Honda, the Port of Richmond is aiming to expand its importation of automobiles in...

At the Waterfront Center's 25th annual Urban Waterfronts conference in Boston on Nov. 2, TRAC, the Trails for Richmond Action Committee, will receive the Clearwater Award for "outstanding citizen efforts". The award is named after the Hudson River organization founded...

Please join us in this year's Coastal Cleanup on Saturday, September 15 at Marina Bay in Richmond. Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia, who lives at Marina Bay, continues his tradition of sponsoring this annual volunteer event since 1990, organized by the...

The public will have a chance to weigh in on what issue should be evaluated in the environmental impact report (EIR) for the Miraflores project that envisions building housing on the site of historic Japanese flower nurseries in Richmond. The Richmond Redevelopment...

Following a nomination prepared and submitted by Rosie the Riveter Trust in April of 2007, a collaboration of three public agencies and two non-profits has been jointly awarded a prestigious historic preservation award for work developing programs and infrastructure...

Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending September 7th, 2007. 1. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 11th, beginning with a Closed Session at 8:30 AM, followed by a Finance Committee meeting at...