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		<title>Berkeley students present findings at North Richmond community meeting</title>
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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>Massive sinkhole repair project hailed by Richmond leaders</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/05/07/massive-sinkhole-project-hailed-by-richmond-leaders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 16:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The golden shovels were out, but this wasn’t a “groundbreaking” ceremony. It was a ground “filling” one. City leaders and state and county officials were joined by more than 100 people Friday to mark the start of the final phase of a project to repair a massive sinkhole that swallowed cars and blocked access to...]]></description>
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		<title>Local nonprofits report progress made in education and employment with Chevron support</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/04/26/local-nonprofits-report-progress-made-in-education-and-employment-with-chevron-support/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chevron Corp. invested $1 million in seven nonprofits focused on improving science and math education and enhancing economic development in Richmond. On Wednesday, about more than 100 people came to the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts to hear leaders from the seven organizations report on what they accomplished with the money over the...]]></description>
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		<title>Weekends in Richmond: EcoVillage Farm educates on Earth Day</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/04/23/weekends-in-richmond-ecovillage-farm-educates-on-earth-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Oltmanns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, dozens turned out at Richmond's EcoVillage Farm to celebrate Earth Day. Shyaam M. Shabaka, the farm's founder and executive director, gave a guided tour of the estate and offered tips on growing food in an urban environment.
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		<title>Earth Day in North Richmond is about honoring past, looking to future</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/04/22/earth-day-in-north-richmond-is-about-honoring-past-looking-to-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 100 residents and activists turned out in force to work and celebrate Earth Day in North Richmond on Saturday. But they had a lot of help from those no longer here in body, but very much loom over this historic community in spirit. “It feels so good that the community thinks so much...]]></description>
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		<title>Residents come together to clean Point Molate Beach</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/04/22/residents-come-together-to-clean-point-molate-beach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For eight years, a jewel in Richmond has been kept from public view. It’s a stretch of sandy beach, where gentle swells lap against the shore and each day closes with a brilliant sunset framed by the San Rafael Bridge. But Point Molate Beach has been closed since 2004, when the city’s fiscal troubles forced...]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy Richmond protesters celebrate Earth Day, criticize Chevron</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/04/21/occupy-richmond-protesters-celebrate-earth-day-criticize-chevron/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Kleinveld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Around two hundred people gathered Friday at the Richmond BART for a rally in celebration of Earth Day. During the event, organized by Occupy Richmond, protestors carried signs, sang songs and chanted slogans against Chevron.
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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>As in Richmond, refineries throughout the country dispute property tax assessments</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/04/17/as-in-richmond-refineries-throughout-the-country-dispute-property-tax-assessments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byrhonda Lyons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the County Assessor’s Appeals Board prepares to meet to decide on Chevron’s tax assessment appeal value for 2010 and 2011, Richmond Confidential searched for other some US cities where other oil refineries are also appealing their local property tax assessments or have appealed them over the past five years.]]></description>
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		<title>Veolia hires and trains two Richmond residents in wastewater management</title>
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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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