Mike Aldax

San Francisco

Editor at Richmond Standard

Senior Account Executive at Singer Associates Public Relations San Francisco

Senior Account Manager with Singer Associates

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Articles

Bank of America grants $200K to Richmond housing nonprofit

Nov 20, 2024 | richmondstandard.com | Mike Aldax

Richmond Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. (RNHS) was one of two Bay Area nonprofits awarded a $200,000 grant over two years from Bank of America’s Neighborhood Builders program. RNHS has provided housing services to Richmond residents since 1981. The organization develops, acquires, and/or rehabilitates single family homes and housing developments in blighted or vacant lots in order to make them available as affordable homes for rent or purchase to low-income families.
Chevron Fire Department chief retires, leaving department in good hands

Nov 7, 2024 | richmondstandard.com | Mike Aldax

Chevron Fire Department Chief Gregory Bosworth has retired after nearly four decades in the fire service. But the departed chief says the significant industrial fire department that is tasked with keeping people safe at the refinery and also in the community has been left in more than one set of good hands. Succeeding Chief Bosworth are two Chevron Richmond veterans.
Chevron Reports Progress in Flaring, Emissions at Community Town Hall

Oct 28, 2024 | postnewsgroup.com | Mike Aldax

By Mike AldaxThe Richmond StandardAt the first in a series of community town halls on Oct. 16, Chevron Richmond reported a reduction in year-over-year flaring incidents, both in number and duration, and detailed new technologies and processes that will further drive down emissions and heighten community awareness about operations.
ROP instructor aims to keep job placement streak alive as registration opens

Oct 24, 2024 | richmondstandard.com | Mike Aldax

By Mike AldaxRegistration recently opened for the Chevron Regional Occupational Program (ROP), and instructor Jay Lloyd is poised to continue his notable win streak in prepping students for lucrative careers. Since joining the free job training program at Chevron Richmond in 2021, 57 of Lloyd’s ROP students have been hired by Chevron. Other students went on to work at other industrial facilities like Phillips 66, Coca-Cola, Clean Harbors and local wastewater treatment plants.
Chevron reports progress in flaring, emissions at community town hall - Richmond Standard

Oct 22, 2024 | richmondstandard.com | Mike Aldax

By Mike AldaxAt the first in a series of community town halls on Oct. 16, Chevron Richmond reported a reduction in year-over-year flaring incidents, both in number and duration, and detailed new technologies and processes that will further drive down emissions and heighten community awareness about operations. Chevron employees also answered questions from the community and listened to concerns at the town hall, which was hosted by Ceres Policy Research and held at CoBiz in downtown Richmond.
Chevron’s Fall Volunteer Campaign reaches far and wide in Richmond

Oct 16, 2024 | richmondstandard.com | Mike Aldax

Dozens of Chevron volunteers recently visited Richmond senior and youth centers, shelters, food distribution sites and even the SS Red Oak Victory ship with one mission in mind: to help out the community in any way they can. Every fall, employees from Chevron locations in Richmond and San Ramon participate in the company’s Fall Volunteer Campaign, an annual effort to make a big difference in support of local nonprofit organizations.
El Garage closes downtown Richmond restaurant

Oct 11, 2024 | richmondstandard.com | Kathy Chouteau |Mike Aldax

By Kathy ChouteauEl Garage, the Richmond restaurant that sprouted from humble beginnings slinging quesabirria tacos in a local driveway/garage while drawing social media acclaim, has closed its brick and mortar at 1428 Macdonald Ave. in the city’s downtown.
Chevron Richmond Community Tour Day welcomes community - and classic cars - Richmond Standard

Oct 8, 2024 | richmondstandard.com | Mike Aldax

Hundreds of community members attended Chevron Richmond’s annual Community Tour Day on Saturday, Oct. 5, which this year included a classic car show as a new, fun feature. The event is an annual opportunity for community members to get an up-close look at what exactly happens at the 2,900-acre Richmond facility, which supplies about 60 percent of the jet fuel to Bay Area airports and about 20 percent of the region’s automobile fuels, among other products critical to the local economy.
Annie’s Annuals, Richmond cultivator of California garden culture, closes

Oct 4, 2024 | richmondstandard.com | Kathy Chouteau |Mike Aldax

By Kathy ChouteauThe news came from my editor and landed with the sting of a thousand hornets: Annie’s Annuals & Perennials, the Richmond garden nursery that launched innumerable gardens, including my own, was closing. Sarah Hundley, the still newish owner who purchased the business from its then-retiring iconic founder Annie Hayes in 2021, posted a sudden closure announcement on the nursery’s website and on-site Oct. 3.
Conceptual designs unveiled for McNeil Park in San Pablo

Sep 30, 2024 | richmondstandard.com | Mike Aldax

Conceptual designs have been released for the new McNeil Park, the 4.8-acre community park project that will be located at the site of the former El Portal Elementary School at 2600 Moraga Road in San Pablo. Inspired by community input provided both online and at events and stakeholder meetings, the designs are next scheduled to undergo three workshop sessions before a final design is selected. The city aims to put the project out for bidding and begin construction this winter or Spring 2025.