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		<title>Local nonprofits report progress made in education and employment with Chevron support</title>
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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>Richmond protesters descend on Chevron executive&#8217;s Lafayette home</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/04/11/richmond-protesters-descend-on-chevron-executives-lafayette-home/</link>
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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>Life, Death and Taxes: A look at Chevron’s tax appeal in Richmond and how refineries are valued</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/03/28/life-death-and-taxes-a-look-at-chevrons-tax-appeal-in-richmond-and-how-refineries-are-valued/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lexi Pandell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The maze of pipes and oil storage tanks at Chevron’s Richmond refinery stretch and wind across 2,900 acres of bayside land. At night, the facility gives off a gentle glow as plumes of steam puff into the skies. The refinery overlooking the city may appear to be serene, but the debate about the refinery, and its annual taxes, are anything but.
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		<title>Letter to the editor: City Councilman Nat Bates</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/02/27/letter-to-the-editor-city-councilman-nat-bates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Note From the Editor: The letter contained below was submitted to RichmondConfidential.org by Richmond City Councilman Nat Bates. In the interest of fulfilling our role as a source for information and perspectives for the benefit of Richmond community members, we agreed to publish it. RichmondConfidential.org is always open to written submissions from the community,...]]></description>
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		<title>Congressman Miller visits Richmond schools</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/01/13/congressman-miller-visits-richmond-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congressman George Miller (D-Martinez) lobbed a lot of questions Thursday afternoon. But he only got one unanimous answer. “How many of you plan to go to college?” Miller asked about 20 Richmond High School students. Every hand shot up. Miller smiled wide. It was part of a more than one-hour after-school conversation between the longtime...]]></description>
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		<title>A life: Former Richmond Mayor George Livingston</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/01/11/a-life-former-richmond-mayor-george-livingston/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[George Livingston liked looking back. His hindsight wasn’t marred by what-ifs or dubious intentions. He gave it all he had, and there’s no shame in that. “What I am proud of is I was able to help integrate the city,” Livingston said during a lengthy chat in his Richmond home in February, 2011. “I gave...]]></description>
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		<title>Richmond 2011: The year in review</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/12/31/richmond-2011-the-year-in-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2011 was quite a year, to borrow a favorite phrase from longtime resident Sims Thompson, in “our fair city.” I know that’s vague, but it’s tough to turn a pithy phrase that sums up a year in a vibrant, bustling and changing city. We had tragedy and triumph, tumult and harmony. Alliances and rivalries. Echoes of the past and glimmers from the future.]]></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>Chevron announces $1 million in grants</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/11/08/chevron-announces-1-million-in-grants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Waldholz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 School District and Contra Costa College. “[We’re] happy to contribute a total of $1 million – that’s easy to say, $1 million,” said refinery General Manager Nigel Hearne at a...]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy Richmond goes marching by</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/11/02/occupy-richmond-marching-past/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Waldholz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re on San Pablo Avenue this morning, look around &#8212; Occupy Richmond may be marching by. About a dozen protesters representing Occupy Richmond gathered Wednesday morning on the corner of San Pablo Ave. and Macdonald Ave., before marching down San Pablo toward Oakland City Hall. (photo by: Maggie Beidelman) About a dozen protesters &#8212;...]]></description>
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