As the countdown to Richmond"s Home Front Festival has less than a month to go, I reflected on the Home Front experiences of our own families. Click here for our families" Home Front stories. If you have Home Front stories, send them to me, and I will see that they...

As the City of Richmond and Chevron prepare to engage over an amended conditional use permit that would allow modifications to the Richmond Refinery, the pre-engagement posturing is playing out in the media. Chevron just can"t understand why the community won"t...

Richmond"s Home Front Festival is serendipitously playing right in the middle of perhaps the biggest WW II media history project ever, the long awaited Ken Burns series, The War, showing locally on KQED from September 23 through October 2. The KQED/KTEH website for...

CALL FOR ARTISTS " BOOTH APPLICATION FOR RICHMOND"S HOME FRONT FESTIVAL 9/29-30/2007 GREETINGS ARTISTS, There is still time to get a booth at the HOME FRONT FESTIVAL BY THE BAY scheduled at Richmond"s Marina Bay on SEPTEMBER 29-30, 2007. The booth fee is just $100 for...

I"m playing catch-up after a week in Arkansas. I find the Arkansas Ozarks, where I lived until age 23 in Fayetteville, very relaxing. What I enjoy most are the warm summer nights where you can sit on the veranda until midnight as the temperature hovers between 70 and...

UR NEIGHBORS: CHRIS TREADWAY School could reap greenway's rewards Contra Costa Times Article Launched:08/30/2007 03:04:46 AM PDT Anyway you look at it, the Richmond Greenway has potential. What that potential turns out to be depends on how the immediate and...

OUR NEIGHBORS: CHRIS TREADWAY Light station 'party' brings joy to many Contra Costa Times Article Launched:08/21/2007 03:08:00 AM PDT MONTHLY WORK PARTIES are a regular and necessary part of the operation of East Brother Light Station, the 143-year-old landmark just...

As Richmond gears up to officially open Rosie the Riveter WW II Home Front National Historical Park by celebrating its first Home Front Festival-by-the-Bay on September 28-30, 2007, it"s a good time to revisit the scope of extant places in Richmond that played...

The volunteers who maintain East Brother Light Station, the iconic and award-winning island lighthouse bed & breakfast in San Francisco Bay that also happens to be Richmond"s oldest building and a California Historic Landmark, are looking for someone to buy the...

According to today"s West County Times: NO SYNDICATION DEAL YET: There are not many Richmond residents keen on attending City Council meetings. And let's face it, while we all cherish the freedoms provided us by democracy, to see it in action at a city council meeting...

'Rosie' tours prove popular " National park honoring World War II icon can't keep up with the demand By John Geluardi STAFF WRITER Contra Costa Times Article Launched: 08/19/2007 03:04:11 AM PDT The popularity of Richmond's Rosie the Riveter national park was largely...

Long time Contra Costa Times Reporter John Geluardi is leaving the West County Times next week to join former East Bay Express reporter Will Harper at the San Francisco Weekly. Geluardi has covered the City of Richmond, including Richmond city government and politics...

Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending August 17th, 2007. 1. General Plan Advisory Committee received a status report on the San Pablo Peninsula On Monday, August 13th, the General Plan Advisory Committee and public heard presentations...

Emily Yellin, author of the critically acclaimed Our Mothers" War, has been selected as the keynote speaker for the Rosie the Riveter Trust fundraiser gala that will kick off the Home Front Festival-by-the-Bay on the evening of September 28th. You need to be there!...

Public Works Director: Yader Bermudez Mr. Bermudez comes to us from the City of Oakland where he is currently employed as the Engineering Design and Right of Way Management Manager. Prior to working for the City of Oakland, Mr. Bermudez worked for the State of...

In response to a number of frustrated E-FORUM readers who tried to use the new Crime Review program described in the City Managers" Weekly Report, Chief Magnus reports that apparently there was an internal misunderstanding to the readiness of Crimeview for a public...

Festival Excitement Are you excited yet about the Home Front Festival? We are and we want to share that excitement with you. So here is information about more of the events of the Festival weekend " Sept. 29 and 30 " and a great big thank you to our sponsors (so far)....

Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending August 10th, 2007. 1. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 11th, absent any matter of urgency that requires a special City Council meeting during the...

Point Richmond Music Festival Season Finale on Friday, August 10 (tomorrow). The Point Richmond Free Summer Music Festival continues to grow. Hundreds turned out to dance in the streets on a beautiful warm evening on July 13, and the season"s finale will be Friday,...

There will be a San Pablo Peninsula Visioning Workshop at the City Council Chambers " 1401 Marina Way South on Monday, Aug 13, 2007, 6:00 pm-9:00 pm. In this meeting, community members will provide input regarding potential alternative land uses for the San Pablo...