Yes, A Community Organization Worth Supporting
In these times when people are falling over each other to garner City of Richmond financial support for organizations and initiatives that can mitigate violence, I want to recommend one, not for City funding, but for support from individuals and businesses. Youth...
Federal Railroad Administration and BNSF Conspire to Thwart Quiet Zones
In 1994, Congress passed legislation requiring regulations that permitted the establishment of Quiet Zones at railroad grade crossings. It took over 10 years for the regulations to finally go into effect, and Richmond acted quickly to establish Quiet Zones in areas...
Richmond Police Officers Suffer Identity Crisis
In a mailer that apparently targeted every Richmond household, the Richmond Police Officers Association (RPOA), is soliciting donations for worthy causes, described as follows: "Please join me today by donating to our worthy cause. Along with many others, we also...
Rosie the Riveter Webstore Goes Live
With the permanent Rosie the Riveter WW II Home Front National Historical Park visitor center and bookstore/gift shop at the Ford Assembly Building still maybe three years in the future, Rosie the Riveter Trust has opened a webstore to sell gifts, books, videos and...
Do The Stroll!
Come do the Stroll in Point Richmond this Thursday. Stop in at Interactive Resources, and I"ll pour you a refreshing beverage. Also see http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/article.cfm?issue=05-12-06&storyID=24125 for "Planning a Point Richmond Getaway." THE POINT...
Run Down in Richmond?
PEDS" PROJECT AIMS TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IN RICHMOND Contra Costa County is teaming with the City of Richmond to improve pedestrian safety in the county"s second largest city. The Richmond Pedestrian Project " nicknamed PEDS " is funded by a $278,926 grant from...
Historic Railroad Building Nears Completion
The historic Trainmaster/Santa Fe Reading Room building is almost completed on the exterior, with a new red roof to be installed this weekend. The building will be open for inspection on Sunday, May 21, 2 pm: Point Richmond History Association General Meeting and...
Richmond Greenway Groundbreaking
After many years of hard work and determination, we are proud to announce the beginning of construction for the Richmond Greenway, a bicycle and pedestrian pathway that will run through the heart of Richmond. To commemorate this event, the city of Richmond will be...
Richmond Scores Triple Crown in CCHE Competition
In an unprecedented success story, three Richmond projects were selected today in Round Two for funding for a total of over $5 million by the California Culture and Historical Endowment (CCHE), a state agency that funds projects through a competitive grant process to...
New WCCUSD Superintendent
Courtesy of Apple Bite, I bring you News from the West Contra Costa Unified School District, 1108 Bissell Ave. * Richmond, CA 94801-3135 * (510) 231-1100, www.wccusd.k12.ca.us April 26, 2006 * No. 0506-26 * Contact: Paul Ehara (510) 231-1132 District names new...
California Native Plant Garden Tour
Only a little more than two weeks before the 2006 BRINGING BACK THE NATIVES GARDEN TOUR. Our home will be on the tour again this year and will be one of the five Richmond gardens. I will be demonstrating how to extract honey from my beehives and providing free samples...
Contra Costa Times Editorializes Proposed Refinery Tax Cuts
The following editorial and front page story appeared in yesterday"s Contra Costa Times. Many of you have asked what you can do about this. Frankly, I don"t know, but if I come up with something, I"ll let you know. Posted on Sun, Apr. 16, 2006 EDITORIAL Refineries'...
Finance Committee Goes On The Road
The Richmond City Council Finance Committee will conduct a series of neighborhood meetings between now and the end of the month to receive public comment and discuss the City of Richmond budget for Fiscal Year 2006-2007 at the following times and locations: Monday,...
Sewer Ban Coverage In Berkeley Daily Planet
New Sewer Connection Ban Proposed in Richmond By Richard Brenneman (04-14-06) Berkeley Dailey Planet Tom Butt thinks he"s found a way to get quick action to start fixing Richmond"s sorely overtaxed sewer system"shut down new connections till the job is done. The...
Sewer Hook Up Moratorium
Although the collection system for the Richmond Sewer District No. 1, which serves approximately 60% of Richmond, is unable to handle peak wet weather flows, the City of Richmond continues to allow new hookups that add additional volume to an already overtaxed system....
Refinery Property Tax Reduction Impact Quantified
Based on information compiled by the Contra Costa Tax Assessor and published in today"s West County Times, the Chevron property tax appeal, if successful would cause Richmond to have "to return $1.7 million and reduce next year's budget by $5.2 million, which is the...
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Bayside Pocket Parks – A Volunteer Success Story
For nearly a century, there have been a number of platted but undeveloped portions of streets in Point Richmond that terminate at the San Francisco Bay Shoreline. Over 30 years ago, Lucretia Edwards dreamed that these unused remnants of public property in magnificent...
More Planning, Less Politics
Chip Johnson sounds off in today"s San Francisco Chronicle about the stampede for violence prevention dollars from the City treasury: Richmond's hope needs less politics - Chip Johnson Friday, April 7, 2006 Richmond, where crime has become generational and sons often...
An Irresponsible Vote
Following is the editorial from Friday's West County Times:Posted on Fri, Mar. 31, 2006 EDITORIAL An irresponsible vote THERE WAS A TIME in the not-too-distant past, when Richmond city officials conducted the people's business like they were running a spy agency....