If you had nothing better to do than watch the October 1 City Council meeting, and if you tuned in early for the Study Session, you would have heard a presentation on how Richmond was contributing to America"s homeland security. The police chief and mayor had just...

" Sudden Oak Death and other Introduced Forest Pathogens by Professor Tom Bruns of the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at UC Berkeley. Wednesday, October 23rd, 2002 at 7:30 p.m. Makamie Hall, Northminster Presbyterian Church 545 Ashbury Street, El Cerrito....

RICHMOND INVITES COMMUNITY INPUT FOR SECOND WORKSHOP ON CIVIC CENTER MASTER PLAN PROJECT Consultant team will present process and alternatives derived from concerns expressed by community. A San Francisco-based consulting group hired by the City of Richmond will hold...

The following story about a prospective Target store in Richmond appeared in the September 30, 2002, issue of the San Francisco Business Times. Cities typically salivate over big box stores for the sales tax income they bring in. In this case, the City of Richmond is...

Richmond, Calif. " Superintendent Gloria Johnston announced today that Governor Gray Davis signed legislation yesterday which cancels the state attendance audits of California school districts initiated by the State Controller"s Office (SCO). The West Contra Costa...

Students to Celebrate Flashing Crosswalk in Dangerous Intersection A group of East Bay students has a lot to celebrate Wednesday as the country marks Walk to School Day to underscore the importance of pedestrian safety and exercise. Students at Grant Elementary School...

The following article appeared on the Rebuild America newsletter (http://www.rebuild.org/news/newsdetail.asp?NewsID=1310): Rebuild America is a program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that focuses on energy-savings solutions as community solutions. Rebuild...

The following article appeared in the September 9, 2002, edition of Nation"s Weekly, a weekly publication of the National League of Cities. What is Richmond"s image? What instant impression jumps into the minds of people in other parts of the Bay Area when they hear...

The public will have a chance to review and make suggestions about a draft work plan to evaluate safety at a chemical plant in the East Bay that has been the scene of a series of recent accidents. MRS Environmental Company will present its plan for a safety evaluation...

On September 23, 2002, I received (as did other City Council members) the following email letter from Jim Worden of Owens Corning: September 23, 2002 The Honorable Thomas K. Butt 2600 Barrett Avenue Richmond, CA 94804 Dear Mr. Butt, Thank you for taking your time to...

The city manager was called by Jeff Kanzen, environmental manager for General Chemical at 11:40 a.m. today. He stated that General Chemical had a chemical release lasting 10 minutes consisting of sulfur trioxide. Sulfur trioxide (also called "sulfuric trioxide") is a...

According to an article in the San Francisco Business Times (James Temple, August 30, 2002), Ford Motor Co. is marketing its Richmond distribution center, a 15,100-square-foot office building and a 248,100-square-foot warehouse on 25 acres of land, for $15 million....

Verde Elementary School"s "Verde Involving Parents" program has captured the prestigious "California Gold Community" award for outstanding work in improving attendance and parent participation at one of the state"s lowest-performing schools. "The County is very...

On September 19, 2002, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District Board of Directors voted to award the City of Richmond a $100,000 Transportation Fund for Clean Air grant to help fill the one-mile gap in the Richmond Parkway Bay Trail past Peres School between...

The third in a series of four Point Richmond Summer Concerts was a rousing success last Friday night with several hundred in attendance to applaud the Featuring El Cerrito High Jazz Ensemble and Doni Harvey. See http://www.pointrichmond.com/prmusic/prmusicpicssep.htm...

As government officials from congressman to mayor convened yesterday a Ferry Point to dedicate the restored pier and heap praise on the Bay Trail and Richmond"s beautiful shoreline, a more sinister struggle was shaping up around a proposal for a new waterfront heavy...

The California Public Utility Commission convened a Prehearing Conference September 11, 2002, on the Wig Wag application, Administrative Law Judge Anne E. Simon, presiding. The main order of business was to set a calendar for discovery and hearings, as follows:...

The West Contra Costa Sanitary Landfill is seeking extensions to its permits from Contra Costa County and the City of Richmond to continue operating and expanding upward primarily as a composting and recycling facility. The initial study is attached as a PDF file. A...

Don"t miss tomorrow evening"s third event of the popular Point Richmond Summer Concert Series. Friday, September 13 from 5 - 7:30 PM, at Baltic Square in the Center of Point Richmond (behind Starbucks and the Baltic Restaurant) Featuring El Cerrito High Jazz Ensemble...

I want to recommend that you support my good friend and neighbor, John Medlock, for Doctors Medical Center San Pablo Governing Board. John was appointed to fill an unexpired term two years ago and is now standing for election to the position. John is committed to...