Posts Tagged ‘Contra Costa Supervisor John Gioia’
Community-oriented process to monitor air quality kicks off tomorrow
Richmond is about to begin a unique process to identify a group of community leaders to work with the state and local air resources boards to determine key drivers of the city’s pollution and put together a plan to reduce it. This Wednesday, Nov. 7, leaders of community environmental organizations and other members of the…
Read MoreImmigrant advocates in Contra Costa join national rally in support of a Clean Dream Act
Organizing for Action (OFA), a Bay Area advocacy group and others gathered on November 8 at Richmond City Hall for a rally in support of a Clean Dream Act. The action was part of a National Day of Action spearheaded by United We Dream.
Read MoreFormer Doctors Medical Center in contract to become hotel
The former Doctors Medical Center buildings in San Pablo are in contract to be sold to a boutique hotel operator based in Davis, California for $13.5 million. The board hopes that the money from the sale will help fill the district’s budget deficit and meet continuing financial obligations to former employees.
Read MorePatients struggle, doctors worry in aftermath of hospital shutdown
In the months following the April shutdown of Doctor’s Medical Center, doctors and patients have dispersed to other care centers. Some have had to go only across the street in San Pablo, while others must find care much farther away in Pinole, Walnut Creek, Martinez, Concord, Oakland or Berkeley. The distance takes a toll on former patients, and that concerns some doctors.
Read MorePrimary care for undocumented to begin next month
Rosa Arriaga suffers from arthritis and asthma, as well as pain in her neck, hands and knee. She used to have frequent medical checkups to control these conditions, but then her health plan changed and Doctors Medical Center closed.
Read MoreThe Head Start program turns 50 this year in Contra Costa County
County officials, parents, children and alumni gathered at George Miller Center in Richmond on Friday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Head Start in Contra Costa County. Dozens of families were on hand to tour school facilities and discuss the evolution of the child care program.
Read MoreNon-profit Lao Family celebrates 35 years helping immigrants achieve self-sufficiency
In 1980, refugees from Laos gathered in the living room of a modest three-bedroom Richmond apartment. Their daunting goal was to help their growing community find jobs and housing in America after fleeing the destruction wrought by the Vietnam War. On Wednesday last week, Lao Family Community Development, Inc. celebrated its 35th anniversary at Maple…
Read MoreRichmond city council urges Kaiser to rescue fiscally troubled Doctors Medical Center
Doctors Medical Center San Pablo is facing a $20 million budget deficit and seeking immediate bridge funding from Kaiser Northern California to keep its doors open. The Richmond city council adopted a resolution urging Kaiser to support the financially struggling hospital at an emergency meeting Tuesday night.
Read MoreRichmond celebrates Veterans Day
Richmond residents donned red, white and blue and showed their support for military veterans at two separate events in the city on Monday.
Read MoreRestoring Richmond’s Tree Canopy
W hat is the solution to Richmond’s environmental woes? Trees, some say. More than one hundred trees have been planted in Richmond soil in the last month and last weekend nearly 60 volunteers transplanted 30 trees to Roosevelt Avenue and surrounding streets. Richmond Trees and Groundwork Richmond hosted Saturday’s harvest festival, complete with art and…
Read MoreTeens help Richmond break coastal cleanup volunteer records
More than 800 volunteers, many of them teenagers, broke coastal cleanup records in Shimada Park Saturday.
Read MoreHundreds of volunteers expected this weekend at annual coastal cleanup
Hundreds of volunteers will collect thousands of pounds of trash Saturday at Shimada Friendship Park as part of an annual statewide effort to clean coastlines and educate the public about healthy watersheds. Unlike other ocean contaminants, “Trash is a pollutant you can see, so it’s less abstract,” said Juliana Gonzalez, the Healthy Watersheds Program manager…
Read MoreFoster month kicks off with laptop giveaway
Richmond High graduate Bernard Naquin, 19, won’t have to look too far to find a computer these days. The Contra Costa County teenager and Diablo Valley College student was awarded a brand new Dell laptop Monday morning at the Nevin Center. “I was surprised when they told me I was going to receive the computer,”…
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