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It's rattlesnake season. Here’s how to stay safe

3 days ago | richmondside.org | Callie Rhoades

The sun is coming out, the hiking trails are heating up and more East Bay residents are heading out to get some vitamin D. But people aren’t the only ones looking to soak up the sun. As temperatures warm up, the local rattlesnake population is also taking to the trails. On May 8, the East Bay Regional Park district issued a rattlesnake advisory advising park visitors how to stay safe this summer as rattlesnakes emerge from hibernation.
The REAL ID deadline is Wednesday. What to know if you don’t have one yet

1 week ago | richmondside.org | Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí |Carly Severn

On Wednesday, the driver’s license you already have might not allow you through airport security — at least not without delays, additional screenings and extra identity checks. Starting May 7, every person 18 or older boarding a domestic flight will now need to present identification that meets federal REAL ID standards: a REAL ID driver’s license or state identification card, a passport or another federally approved document.
Why are so many whales dying in San Francisco Bay?

2 weeks ago | richmondside.org | Callie Rhoades

Five whales have died in San Francisco Bay in the last month. The deaths of four gray whales around the bay and the beaching and eventual euthanizing of a minke whale are being investigated by the Marine Mammal Center and the California Academy of Sciences. Necropsies of four of the whales have indicated that one died due to a probable vessel strike, but the causes of death for the others have yet to be determined.
WCCUSD board votes to close Richmond Charter Academy

2 weeks ago | richmondside.org | Zack Haber

Overview: The middle school of 286 students on Marina Way South in Richmond was founded in 1994. Its leaders say its average test scores are higher than WCCUSD averages, but district officials say it doesn't have a viable plan to resolve its fiscal problems. The WCCUSD school board voted Wednesday to deny Richmond Charter Academy permission to operate, citing the middle school’s financial and leadership problems and lack of diversity.
BAMPFA loses federal grant to conserve its prized African American quilt collection

2 weeks ago | richmondside.org | Karina Ioffee

President Donald Trump’s executive order last month gutting funding for museums and other cultural institutions is being felt locally in the loss of a federal grant BAMPFA was using to help preserve its extensive collection of African American quilts, one of the downtown Berkeley museum’s most-prized treasures.
Iron Triangle residents are designing their own parks

2 weeks ago | richmondside.org | Joel Umanzor

At the edge of Richmond’s Iron Triangle neighborhood, a highly anticipated community park project more than 10 years in the making is close to becoming a reality along the Richmond Greenway Trail.
Richmond’s new plan for prioritizing capital projects draws criticism

2 weeks ago | richmondside.org | Joel Umanzor

The Richmond City Council will hold a fourth meeting this month, on Tuesday, to continue unfinished business from its regular April 22 meeting, including discussing a new approach to prioritizing capital improvement projects. The council had to schedule the meeting based on rules that require it to end its regular meetings by 11 p.m. or vote to extend them, which didn’t happen during the April 22 discussion about the projects.
30 years later, EPA planning 2nd cleanup of Richmond Superfund site

3 weeks ago | richmondside.org | Karina Ioffee

From 1944 to 1966, chemical companies formulated, packaged, and shipped pesticides, including dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and dieldrin, in the Lauritzen, Parr and Santa Fe channels of the Richmond Harbor. This left behind a stew of contamination, part of the toxic legacy facing many Richmond neighborhoods.
Richmond can hire community crisis team now that police union dispute is squashed

3 weeks ago | richmondside.org | Joel Umanzor

Richmond is one step closer to changing its approach to public safety now that it has resolved a yearlong dispute with the police union that delayed the hiring of crisis intervention specialists. The issue pitted the police union, the Richmond Police Officers Association (RPOA), which argued that the new jobs belong in the sworn officers’ union, and the city, which had placed the positions in the service employees union.
Here's how to apply for a $2K e-bike voucher

3 weeks ago | richmondside.org | Jose Fermoso

Want to buy an e-bike to get around town or on a trail this summer? The state is giving away vouchers to help you pay for it. Starting at 5 p.m. on April 29, California residents can apply to the California E-Bike Incentive Project. The project provides up to $2,000 for a new e-bike. E-bikes are a fast-growing mode of transportation, but they still make up only a small portion of overall bicycle sales. A research firm found last year that about 4% of all bikes sold in the United States were electric.