Oil's not the only thing Chevron's been pumping - Chip Johnson Tuesday, September 26, 2006 Big Oil is raking it in these days, and Chevron is one of the companies reaping the bounty of record profits. But most residents of Richmond, where one of the company's oil...

By way of introduction, I might note that while I would have been reluctant to support Councilmember Rogers" motion to form a blue ribbon committee to study the use of the proposed container port location (had I stayed around), for reasons I previously articulated. I...

With Mayor Anderson, Councilmember Viramontes and City Attorney John Eastman in a remarkable rendition of the three stooges, supported by the talented City Council players, the public was once again cheated out of an opportunity for open discussion of the pursuit of a...

Tonight I am officially joining the "anybody but Anderson" (for mayor) movement. She has finally pushed me over the edge. I spent half a day over the weekend preparing a PowerPoint presentation I intended to present under Item K-4, placed on the agenda by...

Watch Channel 5 " Eye on the Bay -- at 7:00 p.m. next Wednesday, Sept. 13th " for a visit to Richmond"s Point Richmond Historic District, one of three unique Bay Area neighborhoods explored by KPIX reporter Liam Mayclem. Liam Mayclem combines his passion for music,...

Lots of people have asked me about how they can weigh in on the container port proposal. Apparently Dean O"Hair of Chevron will be making a presentation advocating the Wildcat Marsh container port at the Point Richmond Neighborhood Council meeting this coming...

Canine Amenities, Beautiful Scenery Give Dogs Plenty to Bark About Richmond, Calif. " With Labor Day weekend quickly approaching, summer travelers who won"t leave home without Fido can add some special stops to their plans that will have their beloved canines jumping...

Friends of the Richmond Greenway " a new group " will work with community members, businesses, and the City of Richmond to create a community vision and bring improvements to the Richmond Greenway, now under construction. Neighborhood safety, maintenance, and...

The Macdonald Landmarks Project of the Richmond Redevelopment Agency in concert with the Richmond Main Street Initiative and the National Park Service is one of the best things the Agency has taken on. It has really sparked an interest form the media, and its results...

For those of you with sufficient patience and interest to wade through it, the attached PDF file describes in detail why, in my opinion, three City of Richmond Agencies and two independent consultants, perhaps in a misguided attempt to suck up to the Richmond City...

In an August 1, 2006, article in the Berkeley Daily Planet, the City of Richmond and Orton Development were actually held up as an example to be emulated for the adaptive reuse of the former Ford Assembly Plant. This bodes well for the City"s recent recognition that...

Not an organization to start a trend, the Richmond City Council soundly rejected a resolution offered by Gayle McLaughlin last week to simply study the feasibility of using biodiesel at the Port of Richmond to reduce pollution. Was this an anti-business move? Not...

There is an exciting opportunity for a public-minded resident of West County to run for the open Ward I seat on the five-member Contra Costa Community College District Board of Trustees. The filing period for the November 2006 election is August 11, and as far as we...

The following additional information was just provided by the current trustee, David MacDiarmid. Note that the filing deadline is August 18, not August 11 as I previously wrote. An open seat, no incumbent is running. Trustee Ward 1 Contra Costa Community College...

Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending August 4th, 2006. 1. Meeting Notes There are no City Council meetings scheduled until Tuesday, September 12, 2006. As a reminder, there will be a public meeting on Tuesday, August 15th in the...

There has been movement in the right direction, I believe, for the Civic Center master plan. The project architect and City staff appear to have abandoned the idea of building a new Hall of Justice in front of the Richmond Art Center. The latest thinking is to build...

In the July 30, 2006, TROUBLE FOR TOLL BROTHERS, I included a PDF file describing "How the City of Richmond Subverted CEQA in the EIR for Terminal 1 (Point Richmond Shores). " This was based on information I had been able to assemble from sources other than the City...

MEMORIES OF MACDONALD: COMMUNITY HISTORY EVENT Memories of Macdonald is an invitation to the people of Richmond to share their recollections and reflections of Macdonald Avenue, the citys main downtown thoroughfare. Memories of Macdonald will preserve first-hand...

While we probably can"t dissuade Dr. Hagler from moving to quieter pastures, we want to give credit to Chief Magnus who is moving to address the problem. See the chief"s letter to Dr. Hagler, below. Also, attached is the July 2006 (and first!) of what will be an...

At last week"s City Council meeting, we had a spirited discussion of why Toll Brothers had not completed a portion of the Bay Trail along Brickyard Cove Road that was supposed to be completed by them as a condition of securing occupancy permits for Seacliff Estates....