Month: May 2010
Richmond’s City Council delivered a unanimous verdict against Arizona’s controversial immigration law. The council voted 6-0 to cease all public business with the state and companies that operate there.
On Monday night, it was regular folks from the neighborhood around Nystrom Elementary School who were taking the lead in addressing challenges in their community.
A community meeting tonight for the roughly 40-square block area in the southern section of the city’s Iron Triangle could mark a major step in a long-building local civic improvement initiative.
Former Mayor George Livingston spent a lifetime on the front lines of progress. Meeting with Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., becoming one of the city’s first black elected officials, and now sharing his wisdom with the next generation.
Chevron’s plans to expand operations to refine a wider range of crude oil at its Richmond refinery have been halted by a California court.