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Category Archives: Richmond
News Pix: Olive Harvest, Holiday Festivities and Miss Richmond
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Much of the olive oil on grocery store shelves is imported from Italy or Spain, but California has a growing reputation as a producer of quality olive oil. KQED's Bay Area Bites visited one farm about 60 miles north of … Continue reading
A.M. Splash: Sequence of Storms Moving in; New Refinery Fire Lawsuit; Toxic Chemicals Prevalent
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River of rain headed toward Bay Area (SF Chronicle) The respite is over – get ready for a deluge. An "atmospheric river" of rain will storm into the Bay Area on Wednesday morning and unleash torrents of precipitation across the … Continue reading
Protesters Picket at Walmart Stores Across the Country -- and Here in Richmond
Protesters are gathering outside several Bay Area Walmart stores this morning. Members of the group Organization United for Respect at Walmart — or Our Walmart — say the company should pay higher wages, offer better health care coverage and improve job safety conditions. About a hundred protesters are trying to keep people from shopping at the Walmart store in Richmond.
News Pix: Cap-and-Trade Auctions; Scanning the Skies; Richmond Football!
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Six-year-old Aubrey Bown places a red carnation to honor her uncle, James Suh, a U.S. Navy SEAL, who was shot down in Korangal Valley, Afghanistan. Cupertino hosted the annual Veterans Day ceremony at Memorial Park. (Anna Li/Peninsula Press) California held … Continue reading
News Pix: Election Edition
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A man stands in front of Moving Forward funded billboards on San Pablo Avenue in Richmond. Moving Forward spent nearly $700,000 on three candidates. (Tawanda Kanhema/Richmond Confidential) At 5:30 a.m., voters were just trickling into the polling booths at the … Continue reading
News Pix: Giants Win World Series, Dia de Los Muertos, and Local Elections Heat Up
The San Francisco Giants swept the Detroit Tigers in the fourth game of the World Series on Sunday night. The Bay Area celebrated the win with a parade featuring the players on Wednesday, October 31st. (Wendy Goodfriend/KQED)
News Pix: Parent Trigger Law, Berkeley Sunday Streets, Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Carving Contest
Mothers of the Desert Trails Parent Union stand inside their headquarters in Adelanto. They are the first in the country to successfully employ a so-called 'parent trigger law' to radically transform a failing public school. They voted to hand … Continue reading
News Pix: Mirkarimi Reinstated, Big Spending to Defeat Richmond Soda Tax and More
We're back with photos of the news from around the Bay this week. Check 'em out. Eliana Lopez waves her hands in the air to support the speaker during public comments. The Mirkarimi supporters had been ordered to keep quiet … Continue reading
Chevron Clarifies It Did Not Inform Regulators First About Unmonitored Pipe
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posted by Laird Harrison, Jon Brooks, Dan Brekke Chevron has put out a clarification of an earlier statement the company made about when and what it told air quality regulators about past emissions at a Richmond refinery that were illegally … Continue reading
