Cleaning up Richmond
Photo Essay, David Meza David Batiste says he loves the job he describes as “a little dangerous” and “never the same routine.” Baptiste is an equipment operator with Richmond’s Code...
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Sep
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Jul
Richmond Approves Stalled Modernization Plan At Chevron Refinery
News Report, Malcolm Marshall Chevron’s century-old Richmond refinery moved a step closer to a $1 billion upgrade following approval from the city’s councilmembers Tuesday night. In a contentious meeting that lasted late...
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Jul
Facing Severe Drought, Californians Support Mandatory Cutbacks
News Report, Ngoc Nguyen | New America Media SAN FRANCISCO -- Californians rank the drought as their number one environmental concern, according to a new statewide survey. The poll by the...
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Jun
Saving a Local Marsh Protects Parchester Village from Rising Seas
News Report, Edgardo Cervano-Soto | New America Media Goreatha Johnson, points towards Breuner Marsh across the train tracks in Parchester Village, a neighborhood of roughly 400 homes in North Richmond. It’s past...
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May
Richmond Cyclists Push to Make City More Bike-Friendly
By Nancy DeVille Scores of cyclists took to Richmond streets Wednesday in a silent ride to draw attention to bike safety issues on the local roads. About 50 cyclists participated in the...
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May
‘Bike to Work Day’ Promotes a Healthier Commute
Photo Essay, David Meza Bike to Work Day is an annual spring event held in cities across the United States and Canada that promotes biking as a healthier and more environmentally...
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Apr
Former Prisoner Grows Hope, Trees, for Richmond
News Report, Edgardo Cervano-Soto Near the gazebo on the Richmond Greenway at Harbour Way, small trees bagged in plastic were spread out on a bed of wood chips. Families and Richmond...
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Mar
Finding Peace at Point Pinole
Photo Essay • Zaira Sierra One place in Richmond that I appreciate is Point Pinole Regional Shoreline. It has been a great place for me to relax, be inspired, and stay...
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Mar
What Do You Make of the New Chevron Billboards? Richmond Youth Weigh In
Editor’s Note: Late last year, Chevron began unveiling a series of billboard advertisements in Richmond. Broadly interpreted, the ads convey a theme of city pride and feature images of workers...
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Feb
Local Organizations Use Comedy to Protest Keystone XL
News Feature, Edgardo Cervano-Soto Early in February, the State Department opened a public comment period on the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline, part of a pipeline that would carry unrefined petroleum from Canada...
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Jan
Richmond Residents React to New Fees for Paper Bags
by Chanelle Ignant Two weeks after its January 1 implementation, Richmond’s Single-Use Bag Ordinance is earning mixed reactions from residents. Chief among the responses are grievances about the 5-cent fee for...
Richmond Mayor Denounces ‘Dirty Hand of Chevron’
Video, Malcolm Marshall Ed. Note: On Tuesday Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin led a crowd of protestors in denouncing Chevron Corp., which was recently fined $18 billion by a court in Ecuador....
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Oct
What Electricity Choices Could Look Like
News Feature, Laura Flynn • New America Media/KALW Editor's Note: In 2002 the California legislature passed AB 117 allowing cities and counties to become electric service providers to residents in their...
01
Oct
Q&A: Mayor McLaughlin Talks Eminent Domain, Ecuador
Interview, RP Editors RP: What do homeowners facing foreclosure in Richmond need to know right now about the city's plan to invoke eminent domain? Mayor Gayle McLaughlin: We call it the Cares...
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Sep
In Asthma Plagued County, a Move Toward Prevention
Leer en Español News Report, Malcolm Marshall Richmond High School senior Maribel Navarro remembers what it felt like to have to go to the emergency room every time she had an asthma...
