Gov. Schwarzenegger, who held his Richmond news conference as part of a statewide push to tout his recently proposed jobs package, hailed a “clean tech” future while inside a hulking, aged former Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant.
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Mayor delivers State of City address
January 20, 2010 – 6:00 am
What Mayor Gayle McLaughlin’s State of the City address Tuesday night may have lacked in a unifying theme, it compensated for in sheer breadth.
City hails progress of local nonprofit urban renewal program
January 14, 2010 – 6:00 am
Groundwork Richmond becomes one of the newest members of a national network of independent local community ventures aimed at improving urban environments through local action.
“End Chevron’s Perk” campaign to start next week
January 7, 2010 – 6:00 am
As much as $15 million more could enter the City of Richmond’s budget if a campaign called “End Chevron’s Perk” persuades voters to end a cap on the Chevron refinery’s utility users’ tax.
Local civic group discusses Chevron’s role in community
January 6, 2010 – 6:00 am
The Point Richmond Neighborhood Council is a small but well-informed civic association. On Dec. 30, they took on the biggest topic in town: Chevron Corp.
Struggle between Chevron and city intensifies
December 31, 2009 – 6:01 am
As a political and legal standoff between the city and its biggest taxpayer deepens, Chevron Corp. officials are hinting that their 107-year stay in Richmond may be in jeopardy.
Chevron grants $1 million to non profits, but city official wants more
December 6, 2009 – 6:00 am
Chevron split a million-dollar grant last week between five Richmond non-profits against a backdrop of city officials’ efforts to obtain millions more from the oil giant through taxes.
Company Town?: History of the Richmond refinery
November 10, 2009 – 4:00 am
Explore the relationship between Richmond’s community and refinery with this interactive, multimedia presentation.
Youth employment program on the rise
November 9, 2009 – 11:35 pm
Richmond’s YouthWORKS, a city-run youth-employment program, employed 705 local teens and young adults ages 16-21 last summer at 140 Bay Area public and private work sites. The civic youth jobs program is one the nation’s largest in proportion to the population of the city it serves.