A cold, windy and rainy match against Salesian resulted in a 0-0 tie for the Richmond High boys soccer team. After a week in which they won their first three games of the season, all consecutively, the Oilers returned to the type of play that has frustrated co-head coach Jasko Begovic. “Too complacent, too cute,” Begovic said. “Way too cute.” Still, the Oilers’ record now sits at 3-2-4, much improved from the 0-2-3 record of a week and a half…
The Oilers’ home match against Salesian on Thursday night turned out to be another loss, 1-0, but it was a much-improved effort all around by the Richmond squad, particularly the Oiler’s goalkeeper Eleana Ellner. “I just felt really confident,” said Ellner, after the game. “And my team was playing really well and that made me feel better.” Playing goalie for the Richmond girl’s soccer team is not an easy task. The Oilers have yet to win one game this season,…
Chevron awarded grants totaling $1 million to six nonprofits Wednesday morning for programs aimed at helping students and residents in Richmond.
While City Manager Bill Lindsay said Wednesday he’s still not ready to issue permits to allow Chevron to begin replacing the pipes that failed in the Aug. 6 fire, the city held a public meeting Wednesday evening to offer information about and a chance to comment on the debate…
Speakers at the year’s final City Council meeting called for Assistant City Manager Leslie Knight to be put on administrative leave after a complaint from a whistleblower launched an investigation into Knight’s …
The city’s metallurgical consultant wrote in a report submitted to City Manager Bill Lindsay Tuesday afternoon that Chevron’s choice of piping to replace the No. 4 crude unit at the Richmond refinery is “consistent with industry standards.” Chevron submitted plans detailing recommendations for repairing the piping in the refinery to Lindsay on Dec. 12. The company’s analysis argued that making the new pipes of 300-series stainless steel, as the U.S. Chemical Safety Board has suggested, would introduce “a new damage…
After a 10-0 loss to the hands of the El Cerrito Gauchos on Thursday night, the Richmond girl’s soccer team shook hands with their opponents, collected their belongings and began to make their way from the field.
Captain Mark Gagan said that the two victims suffered gunshot wounds while riding in a car around 4 p.m. on the 100 block of South 33rd. Gagan said the victims drove themselves to a local hospital. One of the victims had to be airlifted to another hospital.
The 55-page report, submitted to the city’s planning division on Wednesday, says Chevron based its decision to use nine-chrome alloy on the “expert judgment” of its refinery materials engineer.
Tuesday afternoon’s match featured many of the mistakes that have frustrated Richmond High School boys soccer co-head coaches Jasko Begovic and Rene Siles so far this season.
Two Richmond Police officers took to 23rd Street on Monday to pass out flyers with information about a suspect wanted in multiple cases of abduction and rape.
Forty-five minutes after scoring her first goal of the season, on a penalty shot, junior Joselyn Navarro couldn’t stop smiling. “It is like all of these mixed emotions,” Navarro said. “Because it was the first goal of the season and it was a penalty. So I feel good.”
As the Chemical Safety Board nears a decision on what material to recommend Chevron use to replace pipes damaged in the Aug. 6 refinery fire, the City Council unanimously approved a measure Tuesday night to increase “transparency”…