Month: November 2011
Plan for a Sustainable and Livable Richmond kicked off with lectures from EPA administrators, Jared Blumenfeld and Lisa Garcia #richmond
Richmond’s RYSE Center turns three! Evelyn Xiaoqing Pi has the video. http://t.co/CRxMC3V4
What’s the party like when an anniversary and Halloween are tied together? RYSE Center, a community-based development and educational center for youth, had its third anniversary event Saturday, with plenty of spooky elements – a haunted house, face painting and a costume contest – as well as a bouncy house, musical chairs and a pie-eating contest. The free event attracted dozens of people, who played games and danced. Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia and Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin spoke….
Federal agency reps will meet with Richmond officials Thursday to discuss environmental justice and job creation. http://t.co/I29Zx9zq
Richmond will host a major public meeting on environmental justice and job creation Thursday, with representatives from nearly a dozen federal agencies as well as local officials, social-service providers and environmental and business groups. Representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Army, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the departments of Justice, Labor, and Housing and Urban Development will be among those present. The event is one in a series of meetings nationwide between local stakeholders and…
The 99 percent is occupying its way down San Pablo Avenue toward Oakland. Reporter Rachel Waldholz has the info. http://t.co/Y53PXpb3
If you’re on San Pablo Avenue this morning, look around — 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 — including Mayor Gayle McLaughlin — turned out Wednesday morning to join a day of action called by protesters at Occupy Oakland. The Richmond group plans…
The security guard charged with attempted murder after he allegedly shot his supervisor last month pleaded not guilty in court on Tuesday. Doran Long’s preliminary hearing is set for the morning of Nov. 15. Wednesday he remained in county jail on $5.3 million bail. The 50-year-old Long, whose crew cut had grown disheveled after almost two weeks in custody following the Oct. 19 shootings that led to his arrest, appeared in a Richmond courtroom Tuesday morning before Judge Peter Berger….
A group students in Richmond has their eyes set on Ivy League universities. Julia Marshall has the story. http://t.co/ME2ZR7lq
Ivy League schools are known worldwide for their prestige, academic rigor and exclusive admissions. The Ivy League Connection funds trips to Ivy League summer enrichment programs to create that college-going academic culture in Richmond. Last Thursday, the ILC hosted a private dinner with Elizabeth Hart, the director of minority outreach at Brown University. “If we’re going to be a democracy we really need to give a voice to all segments of our society,” Hart said. “I really think education is…
The Richmond Fire Department is working to determine the cause of an in-home explosion that happened early Tuesday morning. Chief Michael Banks said that firefighters received a call about an explosion at 2:22 a.m. Tuesday on the 3000 block of Ohio Street. By the time they arrived the fire was small, he said, but damage done by the initial detonation was significant. The west-facing wall of the house was blown off, so that it now leans against the neighboring house….
Two cars were pulled from the Richmond Marina last week. What was discovered? Read Lexi Pandell’s first-person account. http://t.co/YqXGboVD
My phone rings unexpectedly. It’s Richmond Police Captain Mark Gagan. “Lexi,” he says, “you know the dredging that’s been going on in the marina? I guess they just pulled two cars out of the water. I can ask if you can go out for a first look with the inspectors.” I start grabbing my camera and messenger bag. “Let’s hope there are no skeletons in the trunks,” Gagan jokes. A few hours later I pull into the parking lot at…