Progressives blast Chevron, air district
Speakers from local environmental and community groups blasted the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, which is charged with regulating air pollution, and called for...
Rachel Waldholz
Rachel Waldholz covers business, economics and city life for Richmond Confidential. Her work has appeared in the Denver Post and Salt Lake Tribune, and on Grist.org. Before moving to the Bay Area, she wrote on energy, environment and land use for Colorado's High Country News, and helped launch the Tremont Tribune, a hyperlocal community newspaper in the Bronx. Send news tips, ideas and feedback to rachel.waldholz@richmondconfidential.org.
Stories by Rachel
City has spent $4.5 million defending against discrimination lawsuit
By Rachel Waldholz Posted
Now that a jury has cleared the city and police Chief Chris Magnus of racial discrimination and harassment charges—after five years of legal wrangling and...
The night that BART didn’t stop
By Rachel Waldholz Posted
If you live in the Bay Area, there’s one question you’ve probably asked at some point: why on earth doesn’t BART run past midnight? Over...
Deli, Planned Parenthood fill long-empty retail spaces at Transit Village
By Rachel Waldholz Posted
When downtown Richmond’s Metro Walk was first designed, it was billed as a mixed-use development where residents could live just steps from BART and Amtrak,...
Testimony in discrimination suit highlights emails of former deputy chief
By Rachel Waldholz Posted
During six weeks of testimony in the racial discrimination lawsuit against the city of Richmond, one name has come up again and again: that of...
Chief takes the stand in discrimination lawsuit
By Rachel Waldholz Posted
Richmond Police Chief Chris Magnus took the stand Wednesday, the first time the jury has heard from him since testimony began in the racial discrimination...
Plaintiffs cite cliques, exclusion in Magnus descrimination suit
By Rachel Waldholz Posted
Cliques, rumors, exclusion: those words came up again and again on Wednesday during testimony in the racial discrimination suit against the city and police Chief...
Sergeant testifies he was denied promotion in descrimination suit against Chief Magnus
By Rachel Waldholz Posted
In 2007, eight high-ranking African American police officers sued the city of Richmond, accusing police Chief Chris Magnus and former Deputy Chief Lori Ritter of...
LBNL delays decision on second campus until early 2012
By Rachel Waldholz Posted
The Lawrence Berkeley National Lab will not choose a site for its second campus until early 2012, the lab announced today. The final decision had...
Chevron announces $1 million in grants
By Rachel Waldholz Posted
Chevron announced $1 million in grants for six local initiatives in job training and science education on Monday. Recipients include the West Contra Costa Unified...
Richmond to host major meeting on environmental justice
By Rachel Waldholz Posted
Richmond will host a major public meeting on environmental justice and job creation Thursday, with representatives from nearly a dozen federal agencies as well as...
Occupy Richmond goes marching by
By Rachel Waldholz Posted
If you’re on San Pablo Avenue this morning, look around — Occupy Richmond may be marching by. About a dozen protesters representing Occupy Richmond gathered...
Chevron blames Richmond regulations, calls the county inept, as property tax hearing opens
By Rachel Waldholz Posted
The last time Chevron and Contra Costa County clashed over property taxes, the hearing took two years. The question then was how much the refinery...
