A new website, http://www.ssredoakvictory.org/, designed by Richmond"s premier webmaster, Sincere Design, is now open to describe the restoration of the Red Oak Victory and the many upcoming events open to the public. Launched on November 9, 1944, and commissioned as...

You are Invited to a Neighborhood Open House Bay Trail Interpretive Signage Project The Richmond Redevelopment Agency and the National Park Service are planning interpretive signs about Richmond"s WWII history along the waterfront. We are exploring a variety of themes...

As the City"s financial crises enters its third month, I continue to receive pleas from residents (and non residents) to save endangered programs " particularly the Richmond Swim Center, community centers and the Library. See today"s West County Times "Budget makes...

Frequently, residents inquire about how to get a "speed bump" (speed control undulation) installed. In 1996, the City Council passed Resolution 62-96 that prescribes the procedure, which is copied below. There are, however, some updates and helpful hints: The...

The Red Oak Victory was built in Richmond some 60 years ago and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is part of the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park. It is undergoing restoration at the foot of Dornan Drive...

A report on the impact of closing Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo is now available. Contra Costa Health Services Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agency directed the report. It was conducted by the Abaris Group, a Walnut Creek consulting firm. The full report and...

Oakland Releaf, a non-profit organization that has recently expanded to cover Richmond (Richmond Releaf), invites the public to participate in planting 200 trees at the Shields-Reid Community Center, 1410 Kelsey Avenue, Richmond, CA 94801, on Thursday, April 15, 2004,...

The following first quarter update on the bay Trail has been provided by TRAC (Trails for Richmond Action Committee): Since TRAC, the Trails for Richmond Action Committee, will be celebrating its fifth anniversary this July, it seems appropriate to begin this first...

Representatives of the three railroad companies that operate in Richmond, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) were present at a Town Hall Meeting in the Richmond City Council Chamber on Saturday, March 27, to...

Once again, some of my City Council colleagues have excoriated me for violating the code of secrecy that has traditionally shrouded Richmond City government. After chastising me privately, they made a public threat to censure me, I am told, in the post midnight...

Fighting the Richmond secrecy machine is not new. Both former Council member Donna Powers and I took the City of Richmond to court over access to public information in the early 1990"s. We both lost our court cases on technicalities, with laws and courts that should...

For nearly eight years, citizens of Richmond have been working with four different planning directors, four city managers (including acting and interim), half a dozen public works (services) directors, two mayors, a dozen city council members, MTC, CCTA, Caltrans, the...

Today"s San Francisco Chronicle featured Richmond"s Rosie the Riveter Memorial in the Rosie the Riveter World War II/Home Front National Historical Park as a Women"s History Month special. The article, which also describes the park"s "spectacular waterfront setting,"...

I inadvertently left one page out of the draft Layoff Plan attached to the 3/27 LAYOFF PLAN UNDER CONSIDERATION BY CITY COUNCIL. The entire draft plan, including the previously missing page, is attached. layoff_plan_033004.pdf

If you are interested in preserving the few pristine portions remaining of Richmond"s 32 miles of shoreline, you will want to join the Shoreline Alliance next Saturday, April 3, to check-in on the status of those efforts, and to imagine new ways to move shoreline...

On March 23, 2004, the City Council directed the City Manager to take certain actions to achieve $25 million in budget reductions and/or increased revenues for FY 2004-2005. An implementation plan for reductions of $12.5 million was to be reported on April 6, 2004....

The following is from the Richmond Chamber of Commerce March 2004 Newsletter, "Richmond Chamber News," which can be found at http://www.localcommunities.org/lc/088/FSLO-1079463869-529088.pdf. THE SILENT VICTIM By Mark Howe, Chair, Richmond Chamber of Commerce The...

Interim City Manager Jay Corey did not find out the true magnitude of Richmond"s budget deficit until after Isiah Turner had announced his retirement and left office. I suppose Corey could have bailed out in shock, but he didn"t. He agreed to stay on and direct the...

Despite municipal travails, the sun still rises, and spring has come to Richmond. The goat pasture (without Big Floyd) has long since greened up, and even wildflowers are more rampant than usual. The bees are making honey from the wild Ceonothas as well as the...

Tomorrow, March 16, 2004, at 6:30 PM in the Council Chamber, the City Council will hold a study session to discuss proposed changes to Richmond"s Historic Preservation Ordinance intended to secure approval by the State of California of Richmond as a Certified Local...