Month: November 2011
At 11 a.m. on a sunny Wednesday morning at King Elementary School in Richmond, the school doors were locked and the crackling sound from the security guards’ walkie-talkies echoed down the empty hallways.
Need a top-notch titanium frame for your bike? Maggie Beidelman has the story of a machine shop in Richmond. http://t.co/eyudMNXt
Mark Norstad, the owner of Paragon Machine Works in south Richmond, says business remained stable as the economy faltered, thanks to a steady demand for bicycle parts. The small business, which sports a customized skull and cross bones logo, does work in titanium, steel, aluminum and plastics.
Richmond police officers helped with crowd control Wednesday at the Occupy Oakland general strike. http://t.co/1RiMYho2
The Richmond Police Department assisted with crowd control at the Occupy Oakland “general strike” Wednesday evening, marking the second time in two weeks that they have provided back up to the Oakland Police Department. Captain Mark Gagan said 12 Richmond officers were sent with the Contra Costa County Mutual Aid Mobile Field Force to support perimeter control. The group arrived on the scene around 8 p.m. “We basically waited to see where we were needed and what was needed,” Gagan…
A marine flew into Oakland yesterday to honor fellow marine Scott Olsen, who was hit was a tear-gas canister. http://t.co/DmjpoJL8
As protesters trickled out of the Port of Oakland Wednesday night, after Occupy Oakland demonstrations shut down business at the port, scores of them filed into a retrofitted, former AC Transit bus that was giving free rides back to the encampments in downtown Oakland.
“Free rides for the 99 percent … Say hi to your bus driver, John, on your way in,” a man shouted from a megaphone, as he directed protesters to the bus.
The City Council approved its controversial bike and pedestrian plans at last night’s meeting. http://t.co/eVcyzAua
Talking about RichmondBUILD graduates, #LivableRichmond also discussed ways to create contractors and solar company owners to hire them.
“The idea that those w/ low access don’t have buying power is simply not true,” #CatherineHoward of #CalFreshworks said.
Local officials and nonprofit reps. discuss the obstacles for a grocery store or restuarant in North Richmond. #foodjustice #LivableRichmond
“Richmond is the right-size city to make a difference. Richmond is the right-size city to make an impact.”- Sal Vaca, E&T Dept. of Richmond.
After more than three hours of contentious debate Tuesday, the City Council adopted an environmental review of a Bicycle Master Plan and a Pedestrian Plan that keeps the city on course to add bike lanes and pedestrian improvements to city streets. The plan would put select Richmond roads on what Richard Mitchell, Richmond’s director of Planning and Building Services, calls a “road diet.” By redesigning streets from four lanes to three, the city could slow speeding traffic and create space…