The Richmond Farmers Market Association celebrates Richmond Farmers Week September 13-17, 2004, to be culminated with an exciting program at the market on Friday the 17th from 12:00 PM to -3:00 pm. The public is invited. The Richmond Farmers Market is open every...

Many constituents have identified education as one of the three top issues in Richmond. Despite the low rating given to the City Council and City management, the top concern of Richmond voters in 2004, according to a poll paid for by the City of Richmond, is not the...

With the recent resignation of Architect Charles Duncan, the Design Review Board, authorized with a membership of seven, shrinks to five. The Design Review Board and its mission are described in Richmond Municipal Code 15.04.930...

Dumping has become endemic in Richmond. Favorite spots are poorly lit streets in commercial and industrial areas where few people live, deserted cul-de-sacs and vacant lots. There are many reasons for this, but most of them boil down to people not wanting to pay the...

Yesterday, Our Interim City Manager, Phil Batchelor, handed out copies of his 170-item list of things that have to be done to fix Richmond. The most refreshing part for me was the fact that the shortcomings were actually being acknowledged. Richmond city government at...

Start by attending the Point Richmond Music Festival tomorrow evening, Friday, September 10, 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM at Baltic Square. See http://www.pointrichmond.com/prmusic/index.htm and attached flyer for more details. On Saturday morning, celebrate California Coastal...

In a 6-2 vote yesterday at a quickie and lightly attended noon public meeting, the Richmond City Council ratified a previous extension of the Exclusive Right to Negotiate (ERN) with Upstream Investments. Chevron had earlier written a letter to the City claiming the...

A fourth possible West County casino site at Hilltop surfaced today in the Chron"s Matier and Ross column. Read on. Firm sees Hilltop Mall as possible casino site - Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross Wednesday, September 8, 2004 There's a new player in the fierce battle over...

It was pointed out to me that I missed the Berkeley Daily Planet article on Point Molate. Richard Brenneman of the Planet has taken a great deal of interest in the subject and provided some of the most detailed coverage. The Planet can be found on the web at...

The proposed residential component of Campus Bay (see http://www.campusbay.info) may have been snagged in a debate about the technical aspects of the environmental cleanup. The controversy involves differing perceptions of several public agencies, including the...

Fay_Jones.pdf When I studied architecture at the University of Arkansas in the mid-1960s, the chairman of the Architecture Department (not yet elevated to the status of a "school") was a quiet man named Euine Fay Jones. He went by "Fay." He taught design studios and...

My home Internet access has been down most of this week, so E-Forum activity ground to a halt. However, on Friday, an electronic swat team from Comcast and City of Richmond IT descended on my residence and got me back on line. I give special thanks to Henry Lei of...

Following today"s hearing on ChevronTexaco"s request for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) prohibiting the City of Richmond from moving ahead on a vote to approve the proposed Point Molate Land Disposition and Development Agreement (LDDA), the Court technically...

After two weeks battling an infection that was probably Salmon Poisoning Disease (See Tom Butt E-Forum, August 23, 2004, "Something Fishy"), but may have been something else, Lodi succumbed this morning. He had been back at Abbey Pet Hospital on an IV for the last...

Citing the "first responders" argument, port cities, such as cash-strapped Richmond, have continued to seek federal funds for homeland security. Security funds rained on California recently, but in the Richmond area, most of the money went to Chevron. Chevron received...

Unable to assemble a quorum for a live meeting, the City Council will "meet" via conference call this morning at 9:00 AM in an executive session to discuss what the Agenda describes as "CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL: EXISTING LITIGATION (Government Code Section...

The Richmond City Council has been informed that Chevron has filed, presumably with Contra Costa County Superior Court, and served the City of Richmond with an action seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO) prohibiting the City of Richmond from entering into an...

The Richmond political machine is rapidly gearing up for an August 31 showdown over Point Molate. Fed by big money interests including Chevron, Nevada gambling businesses, California cardrooms and a host of lobbyists, labor unions, consultants and affiliates of...

Next time you think it would be a good idea to take your dog fishing, think again. In late May, we ventured with friends to a back-country cabin on the South Fork of Battle Creek east of Red Bluff for some trout fishing. With us were our two Labrador Retrievers, Tess...

See articles in today"s San Francisco Chronicle and Sacramento Bee: San Pablo casino plan cut back, Burton says -- State Senate leader John Burton said Friday that Democrats had blocked plans by a Bay Area Indian tribe for a mammoth, 5,000-slot casino in the heart of...