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...

It is time to plan fun Bay Trail outings for autumn. The new Calendar at http://www.pointrichmond.com/baytrail/calendar.htm presents 19 diverse events along the San Francisco Bay Trail in Richmond during September & October. Be sure to click the link to the North...

If there is an official Richmond photographer, it is Ellen Gailing. See her work through November 9 at the Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond. A reception for the artists will be held Saturday, September 22, 2007, 3:00 to 5:00 PM. Hope you can make it...

The Home Front Festival Committee continues to release more details about the Home Front Festival-by-the-Bay taking place on Richmond"s southern waterfront beginning Friday, September 28, and ending Sunday, September 30. Three new event posters are available for...

Interactive Resources, a Richmond architecture-engineering-planning firm, has been awarded a contract, following a competitive selection process, by the Berkeley Unified School District to provide architecture-engineering services for the design and construction of a...

Before Richmond City Manager Bill Lindsay left Orinda for Richmond, he oversaw the beginning of a new city hall, which was recently dedicated. In yesterday"s San Francisco Chronicle, Urban Design Writer John King praised the building"s design and its designers. What...