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		<title>FEMA&#8217;s levee standards may impose extra insurance on North Richmond residents</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/02/03/femas-levee-standards-may-impose-extra-insurance-on-north-richmond-residents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendi Jonassen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The North Richmond neighborhood hasn’t flooded since the Army Corps of Engineers erected levees decades ago around the two creeks. But although their record so far is good, the levees now don’t meet Federal Emergency Management Agency standards.]]></description>
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		<title>Richmond program installing solar panels with help of local labor</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/01/13/richmond-program-installing-solar-panels-with-help-of-local-labor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Juan Lores delivered pizzas in the late 1980s, the area around Pennsylvania Avenue and Sixth Street was so dangerous his manager wouldn’t let his drivers deliver there after dark. A lot has changed in the last 20 years. Lores in 2009 moved his family into the neighborhood he used to steer clear of. And...]]></description>
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		<title>Talks break down, Richmond North Shoreline plan in limbo</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/01/11/talks-break-down-richmond-north-shoreline-plan-in-limbo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four hours of debate Tuesday night brought elected leaders no closer to resolving a decade-long dispute over the future of the city’s North Shoreline. The Richmond City Council deadlocked on three separate development guidelines, finally agreeing only to return the measure to the Planning Commission to craft a fresh approach. The north shoreline is a...]]></description>
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		<title>Protesters descend on Chevron tax hearings</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/12/15/protesters-descend-on-chevron-tax-hearings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About 50 protesters, including some top Richmond elected officials, demonstrated outside county government buildings in Martinez Thursday before filing into a hearing aimed at resolving a tax dispute between Chevron and the Contra Costa County Assessor’s office.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Crews continue cleaning oil from sunken tugboat</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/12/15/crews-continue-cleaning-oil-from-sunken-tugboat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lexi Pandell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Responders are still cleaning oil leaking from the Tug Tiger, a World War II-era tugboat that sunk on Sunday in the Point Richmond harbor. Although there is no estimate of how much oil was onboard the Tiger, the Coast Guard reported that 590 gallons of oil and water were collected as of Wednesday. Thousands of...]]></description>
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		<title>Veolia will be leaving Richmond</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/12/07/veolia-will-be-leaving-richmond/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendi Jonassen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After nine years of service, Veolia will began the process of terminating its 10-year contract with Richmond, which will start the search for a viable alternative for its wastewater management plan. Residents in Richmond have voiced concerns about odor issues in relation to the plant, and Veolia cited a need for capital investment to improve...]]></description>
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		<title>Waste authority, Republic Services tussle about who controls garbage</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/12/06/waste-authority-republic-services-tussle-about-who-controls-garbage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Harless</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richmond Sanitary Service is contesting an attempt by the county’s recycling authority to possibly select a new garbage company to manage the city’s collected trash, compost and recyclable waste beginning in 2014. As garbage fees rise, the West Contra Costa Integrated Waste Management Authority (RecyleMore) is scheduled to vote Jan. 5, 2012, on a way...]]></description>
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		<title>Learning from the past to restore the present</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/12/04/learning-from-the-past-to-restore-the-present/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendi Jonassen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last century, as industry grew and the population exploded in Richmond, conflicts between construction and restoration have been inevitable. Development and the natural landscape all over Richmond have been at odds.]]></description>
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		<title>Battling obesity in Richmond&#8217;s Iron Triangle</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/11/26/battling-obesity-in-richmonds-iron-triangle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Iron Triangle has long been known for its crime rate, but now it is working on a new reputation: A more fit and healthy neighborhood.]]></description>
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		<title>Veolia discusses evacuation plans with the City Council</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/11/23/veolia-discusses-evacuation-plans-with-the-city-council/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendi Jonassen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The levels of hydrogen sulfide emitted from the Veolia wastewater treatment plant have been rising over the last few months, and if Tuesday’s City Council meeting was any evidence the plant’s neighbors have noticed. The minimum levels for emissions that Veolia has recently exceeded were set conservatively, said Chad Davisson, the wastewater management officer for...]]></description>
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