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Golden Gate Bridge authority nixes toll-takers, Cal-OSHA fines refinery, and a bill to arm teachers

Steven Short and Isabel Angell — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:52:00 +0000

Human employees take a financial toll

Toll-takers on the Golden Gate Bridge are on their way out – human toll-takers, that is. Today marks the first day of a testing period for a new all-electronic toll collection system. In sixty days – if all goes according to plan – motorists crossing into San Francisco will have to use an automated payment system, or they will receive a bill by mail after the bridge authority takes a photo of their license plate.

Chevron under federal investigation

Ben Trefny — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:46:08 +0000

Last month’s explosion at the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond had the East Bay in shock.

Investigators still examining refinery fire

Holly Kernan — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 01:08:30 +0000

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Chevron is the problem

Robert Gammon — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 23:32:43 +0000

The East Bay oil giant rakes in huge profits and demands that the rest of us pay a steep price. Plus, state health officials warn not to eat oysters from a company backed by DiFi.

In Richmond, concern about air pollution goes beyond Chevron fire

Artjoms Konohovs — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 23:08:24 +0000

Pollution and the environment have always been big issues for Californians. A statewide survey conducted by the Public Policy Institute of California last month showed that approximately half the state’s residents see air pollution as a serious threat to their health.

Among African Americans and Latinos, concern is even greater. The majority of those polled in these groups believe that people in lower-income areas are disproportionately affected by air pollution.