If you missed it last year, be sure to sign up and/or volunteer for the 2005 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. Digital photographs available at...

The colorful, upbeat Richmond Bay Trail New Year Report has been mailed out to about 600 people on TRAC's snail mail list, including elected officials, community and business leaders and key government agency management. Special thanks go the Richmond Community...

Following a dog shooting last year, the Richmond Police Department internal investigation found no fault. See Richmond Also Dangerous for Dogs December 3, 2005 and Canine Killing Caper Piques Interest of Bay Area Media , December 9, 2005. The Police Commission,...

aronerlongwharf.pdf TRAC_SLC_Long_wharf.pdf Chevron-I-580_CorridorTimeline'98-01.pdf MTC_San_Pablo_Peninsula.pdf During the protracted discussions that have taken place about the future of Point Molate, there is one thing everybody agreed on " the construction of the...

Organized by the Local Government Commission and Penn State, the New Partners for Smart Growth annual conference is the premier national forum for planning safe, healthy and livable communities. This year's conference in Denver, which I attended January 26-28,...

See http://www.baycrossings.com/dispnews.asp?id=1475 for a feature on the Richmond Shoreline in the current Bay Crossings.

There are 26 unfilled positions on boards and commissions, and more will open up during 2006. Get involved and make a difference by serving on a board or commission. See attached PDF file for a list of opening and instructions for applying....

Attached is a list of the street repairs programmed by the City of Richmond for 2006. For questions, call: Andy Yeung, P.E. Associate Civil Engineer City of Richmond Engineering Division 1401 Marina Way South Richmond, CA 94804 Phone: 510-307-8108 Fax: 510-307-8116...

In case you missed it at Tuesday night"s Council Meeting Open Forum, a local civic-minded individual named Chris Hammond recounted how he spotted someone in a pickup dumping trash on a secluded city street near where he owned property. He pursued the dumper and tried...

Assistant City Attorney Wayne Nishioka informs us that the Federal Railroad Administration has recognized the establishment of Richmond"s first Railroad Quiet Zone, called the North Quiet Zone in the vicinity of Atlas and Giant Road and adjacent to Country Club...

sewage_letter_original.pdf If there was to be one Richmond success story of the decade, I thought it would involve Richmond"s wastewater treatment plant and collection system, Unfortunately, that was not to be. The Richmond City Council is responsible for the...

Recent inspections by the State Mining and Geology Board reveal that two large quarries in Richmond have unstable slopes and are in violation of both state law and local ordinances. One of the quarries is owned by Chevron and has unstable slopes that present a threat...

From Assembly Member Loni Hancock: I am writing to make you aware of a very important change in California law that is about to go into effect, which will impact every household in the state: Beginning February 9, 2006, it will be ILLEGAL to dispose of waste...

At an age when most have long since taken up a quieter life, Jean Siri continued to storm the bastions of traditional power and money to make the world a better place. Until her death on Friday, she represented Richmond and Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, El Cerrito, El...

The memorial event for Jean Siri will be held on Friday, February 10 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Miller Knox Regional Shoreline Park, near Point Richmond, at which time and place she will be given a proper Irish send off with lots of laughter and tears.

The phone number of the drop-off facility is 888/412-9277. _____________________________________________ From: Butt, Tom Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 8:20 AM Subject: FREE HOME PICKUP OF HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE Free home pickup of household hazardous waste from...

Solar Richmond Media Advisory.doc Gayle McLaughlin asked me to distribute the following information about www.SolarRichmond.org. I have always been excited about solar energy. My firm, Interactive Resources was founded during the first energy crisis of 1973 and was a...

For over three years, the City of Richmond Fire Department and the Contra Costa Fire Protection District have been negotiating to try to resolve a jurisdictional and service dispute in El Sobrante. People who live in El Sobrante understand that the El Sobrante...

Each City Council member has been requested to recommend three or four individuals who are wiling to serve on the General Plan Steering Committee. Nominees should have a strong commitment to assimilate new information to present to the consultant during the course of...

Five days from the time that the second installment of $2 million is due to renew the option by Upstream Point Molate LLC to purchase the former Point Molate Naval Fuel depot for $50 million, there will be flurry of activity that may change some of the original terms...