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		<title>Richmond City Council to consider soda tax ballot measure</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/05/15/richmond-city-council-to-consider-soda-tax-ballot-measure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 22:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A version of this story first appeared in the Contra Costa Times Richmond leaders hope to reduce consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in the city, and they want voters to approve a fee on local businesses’ sales of those products. The city council on Tuesday will consider placing a measure on the November 6 ballot asking...]]></description>
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		<title>Berkeley students present findings at North Richmond community meeting</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/05/10/berkeley-students-present-findings-at-north-richmond-community-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 20:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Richmond is a unique Bay Area community poised for growth and investment in the coming years. But it’s also saddled with a history of decades of poverty and violence, and a jaded outlook toward political leaders and outside forces. How well the tiny community of about 4,000 residents can reconcile those clashing realities could...]]></description>
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		<title>Richmond YouthWORKS program gets new facility</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 16:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Hopkinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The construction won’t be complete until June, but staff at the Richmond YouthWORKS program are already excited about taking ownership of a new 13-room facility at the corner 27th and Macdonald Streets directly opposite St. Cornelius Church. The building’s grand opening will be in August. For more information on programs at Richmond YouthWORKS call 510-412-2044. ]]></description>
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		<title>Richmond Port project on hold as council to weigh two competing sites</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/05/02/richmond-port-project-on-hold-as-council-to-weigh-two-competing-sites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 22:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A divided City Council halted a grant-funded port security construction project Tuesday, opting to put plans for the site on hold while exploring the feasibility of a nearby location. The move delays a nearly $4 million project to build a security and operations center for first responders at 1411 Harbour Way South, the Richmond Port’s...]]></description>
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		<title>Dueling proposals compete for federal money to build security center at Richmond port</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[City Council officials will decide tonight whether to halt federal grant-funded project to convert a building into a port security center. Councilman Tom Butt has for weeks raised concerns about whether the money would be better spent doing the same thing in a nearby structure. Butt says the city’s port operations have devolved into a...]]></description>
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		<title>Over a hundred people debate general plan at city council meeting</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/04/18/over-a-hundrd-people-debate-general-plan-at-city-council-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Kleinveld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An unusually large number of people attended Tuesday’s city council meeting in Richmond. Many carried banners or wore bright colored shirts with slogans like “Don’t kill our jobs,” which others changed in “Don’t kill our kids” later in the evening.
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		<title>Veolia hires and trains two Richmond residents in wastewater management</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/04/13/veolia-hires-and-trains-two-richmond-residents-in-wastewater-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendi Jonassen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to build better a more amicable relationship with the community, Veolia, the company that manages the wastewater treatment plant in Richmond, has instituted an internship program geared at employing local residents. The company is already through the first stages of selecting two interns, said Jamal Muhammad, the Community Outreach Coordinator for Veolia.]]></description>
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		<title>The night that BART didn&#8217;t stop</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/04/11/the-night-that-bart-didnt-stop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Waldholz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you live in the Bay Area, there&#8217;s one question you&#8217;ve probably asked at some point: why on earth doesn&#8217;t BART run past midnight? Over Presidents Day Weekend, it did. When construction shut down parts of the Bay Bridge, BART ran around the clock between San Francisco and the East Bay. We head underground to find...]]></description>
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		<title>Richmond protesters descend on Chevron executive&#8217;s Lafayette home</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where do you go to protest wealth inequality? For about 30 people, many Richmond residents, the answer was simple on Tuesday: Go to the million-dollar-plus Lafayette estate of Chevron Corp. CEO John Watson. About 30 protesters stood in the rain in front of Watson’s home, criticizing the CEO as an example of what they called...]]></description>
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		<title>Richmond&#8217;s Congressman George Miller discusses healthcare, crime, pollution, and food policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Representative George Miller is an unabashedly left-leaning Democrat and Richmond’s congressional representative, who is currently focused on the national healthcare and budget debates.
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