Posts Tagged ‘point molate beach’
HR report raises questions about city pay hikes; council honors Davenport and volunteers
Richmond’s city council received a report on Tuesday about discretionary pay increases for city workers, and honored Michael Davenport as well as the Point Molate Friends group for their contributions to the city. The Rent Program presented its annual report.
Read MoreMacabre mystery unearthed at Richmond’s Point Molate beach
Container of cremated human remains found along the shores of Richmond’s Point Molate Beach.
Read MoreSplish, splash—Point Molate beach will re-open
On Tuesday, the city council approved funding that it will re-open Point Molate beach—the city’s only public beach. The beach closed in 2004 due to budget cuts and then was slammed in 2007 by the Cosco Busan fuel spill. The public space has been under lock and key ever since. In anticipation of the beach’s re-opening, we thought it would be fun to see what the area looks like today.
Read MoreRichmond council approves funding to re-open Point Molate, close Bay Trail gaps
On Tuesday night, at the last city council meeting before a month-long recess, the council wrapped up by approving nearly a dozen expenditure items, most notably the resurrection of Richmond’s only beach—Point Molate.
Read MoreResidents come together to clean Point Molate Beach
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…
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