Posts Tagged ‘richmond’
New city-issued ID cards expected to benefit Richmonders – but at a price
Richmond residents will be able to apply for the city’s first city-issued identification card as of Oct. 15. Like a similar card issued by the city of Oakland, Richmond’s ID card can also be used as a debit card. “In Richmond, we welcome everyone,” said Mayor Gayle McLaughlin. “This card is an essential step toward…
Read MoreNonprofit MedShare repurposes unused medical tools by donating to local clinics
Many times a day, in Bay Area operating rooms like those at Kaiser Permanente Oakland, nurses lay out a set of surgical tools from which doctors can choose. Surgeons often pick one or two instruments from the bunch, leaving the rest to be discarded. Rather than clog local landfills, those unused surgical tools now can…
Read MoreA community tour of Chevron’s Richmond refinery full of eye-popping sights
Chevron’s Community Tour Day last Saturday showed Richmond residents the inside of the 2,900 acre refinery and the progress of the refinery modernization project.
Read MoreNew UC Berkeley Richmond campus development put on hold due to funding decline
The development of the UC Berkeley Richmond Field Station, a future research facility, has been temporarily put on hold due to decline in federal and university funding.
Read MoreRobert Rodgers, driver and friend to Richmond’s elderly
“Could you stay until my birthday?” the passenger kept asking her driver. The rider, an elderly woman with short gray hair and a faint voice, didn’t want Robert Rodgers to leave the driver’s seat of her daily van. But Rodgers had his future planned: he would retire from the van service when he turned 62.…
Read MoreChevron CEO slams cap and trade, calls California ‘difficult state’
Chevron CEO John Watson has a problem. California is, well, “difficult.”
Read MoreShotspotter helps RPD respond to gunfire
ShotSpotter, the gunfire detection and location system that alerts the RPD within seconds of picking up the distinct sounds, has helped improve response time to shootings and kept precise data of gunfire patterns.
Read MoreBill would allow restrictions on gun owners at risk for violent behavior
A bill to stem gun violence co-authored by California Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner is now awaiting action by Governor Jerry Brown.
Read MoreRichmond to spend $15,000 on information campaign for sales tax hike
The Richmond City Council on Tuesday authorized City Manager Bill Lindsay to spend up to $15,000 on mailing information to Richmond voters about Measure U, the half-cent sales tax measure voters will decide in November.
Read MoreBerkeley to vote on soda tax, looks to Richmond’s Measure N defeat for lessons
Two years after Richmond voters overwhelmingly rejected a soda tax, health advocates in Berkeley and San Francisco are drawing lessons from Richmond’s Measure N defeat to try to pass similar taxes on sugary drinks on Nov. 4.
Read More“Innocent Until – Why Black and Brown Lives Matter” unites youth and art
Young Richmond and Oakland artists came together at the RYSE Center on Friday to deliver their brand of poetic expression in response to community violence, particularly the deaths of young black and brown men at the hands of law enforcement. “It’s a necessary event,” said Josh Healey, an activist and artist. “Whenever you can have…
Read MoreRichmond volunteers valiantly participate in Coastal Cleanup Day
Droves of cleanup volunteers came by land and sea to comb the jagged rocks, sand and grass of Richmond Bay Trail for the 24th annual Coastal Cleanup Day Saturday morning.
Read MoreRichmond candidates clash on Hilltop Mall LED sign
Mayoral and council candidates clashed during a debate Saturday over whether to green light a digital sign on the I-80 corridor that would tout the troubled Hilltop Mall business district.
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