Month: November 2011
Hotel Mac Restaurant and Bar turns 100! Check out our delicious multimedia package. http://t.co/grnE4t5q
Hotel Mac Restaurant and Bar is celebrating 100 years of business, since its original opening in 1911. First built to serve Standard Oil workers in the early twentieth century, Hotel Mac, then called the Colonial Hotel, was a supreme dining establishment. After a mid-century decline and a fire that destroyed the building in 1971, the restaurant was rebuilt by current owners Bill Burnett and Griff Brazil in 1978. Now restored to its original splendor, Hotel Mac hosts a typically professional…
Check out Richmond’s youth tennis program! They received donations from Blackhawk Women’s Tennis Association. http://t.co/M6tATf2m
Richmond resident Jeremy Wallace spent a large part of his childhood on the tennis courts at Nicholl Park. From age nine through his teenage years, Wallace showed up almost every day, ready to teach dozens of Richmond kids to play a sport that, historically, hasn’t played a large part in underserved communities. By 13, Wallace was coaching the city’s summer tennis program. Throughout the years, he also coached more advanced kids, to whom he taught strategy and other skills they…
A young businesswoman takes a risk and opens up her own beauty salon. Reporter Mitzi Mock profiles Erica Mendoza. http://t.co/H2CYv95D
As I drove down 23rd Street on my way to Erica’s Beauty Salon on Saturday morning, I wondered how many people had already canceled their hair appointments. The clouds were still slumbering at 9 a.m., but the morning news report had assured everyone that heavy showers were inevitable. Rain equals bad hair.
Workers unloaded 888 Subarus at the Port of Richmond, the first shipment in deal bringing $5 million to the city. http://t.co/Nh05xvmO
The first shipment of Subaru automobiles arrived at the Port of Richmond Monday to kick off a five-year deal that will bring $5 million in revenue to the city and create around 35 new jobs. Subaru of America unloaded 888 Subarus from ship to shipyard Monday afternoon with the help of RichmondWORKS-trained employees. It was the first shipment of a total of nearly 40,000 vehicles that will come through the port in the next five years. “It’s great for the…
Chevron announced $1 million in grants, but they could require $58 million in the property tax appeal. http://t.co/oi1oN7M1
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 reception for the winners. The grant announcement was Hearne’s first public act since taking over from former general manager Mike Coyle in September. About a…
Watching the #richmondrockets practice. Two days ’till game day #ilovebasketball
Life is short, why not a waterbed? Check out Maggie Beidelman’s new story of floatation – from the old days. http://t.co/BMt8xMae
42 years after Roland Formica sold his first waterbed, this “godfather of waterbeds” stills sells them in Richmond. http://t.co/Mce2tK54