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	<title>West County &#187; Contra Costa County</title>
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	<description>The latest news and views from Richmond, Hercules, Pinole, San Pablo, El Cerrito, Crockett, Kensington, Rodeo and El Sobrante</description>
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		<title>Shakespearean vision of Richmond set for encore</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[press release:     RAW Talent Presents an Encore Production of&#8230; “Te&#8217;s Harmony” A Spoken Word Theater Piece by Richmond Youth WHEN: 6-9pm, Friday June 14th &#38; Saturday June 15th WHERE: El Cerrito Performing Arts Theater (540 Ashbury Ave, El Cerrito) RICHMOND – After selling out the first production in February, Te’s Harmony is back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>El Cerrito installs new stop signs on Colusa Avenue</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris  Treadway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Residents on Colusa Avenue have complained about speeding traffic on their street and El Cerrito recently took an initial measure in response, installing stop signs on Colusa at Eureka Avenue that make the intersection a three-way stop. Temporary warning signs alert motorists to the change.]]></description>
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		<title>Interstate 80 overnight ramp closures at San Pablo Dam Road in West County next week</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 00:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris  Treadway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caltrans announced upcoming ramp closures on Interstate 80 in a new release Friday afternoon: Interstate 80 Integrated Corridor Mobility Project Ramp Closures Continue Contra Costa County –Caltrans has scheduled ramp closures on eastbound and westbound Interstate 80 for construction activities for the Interstate 80 Integrated Corridor Mobility Project. · The eastbound I-80 San Pablo Dam [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Richmond: Swiffer learns not to hand a mop to Rosie the Riveter</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris  Treadway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commercials and other promotions for Swiffer &#8212; the refillable mop and duster products by Proctor &#38; Gamble &#8212; are commonplace on TV, social media and elsewhere. But the product got more publicity than it bargained for with an ad posted this week that played on the image of the famous Rosie the Riveter &#8220;We Can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the archives: 2001 profile of Rev. Andre Shumake</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 00:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jan. 14, 2001: MINISTER WORKS ON UNITY, HOPE * HE IS GETTING CHURCHES TOGETHER TO WORK OUT WAYS TO END VIOLENCE IN RICHMOND Author: Shawn Masten    RICHMOND From a windowless office at the North Richmond Missionary Baptist Church, the Rev. Andre Shumake speaks rousingly about the role the church can play in healing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the archives: North Richmond&#8217;s unrealized future</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 00:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[West County Times (Richmond, CA) May 20, 2001   Edition: Final Section: West County Page: a27 Editor note: This article, from May 2001, draws a harsh spotlight on just how short we have come toward achieving the expectations so many had for North Richmond.     Topics: Index Terms: Community, Neighborhood, Meeting, Address &#160; GROUP [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whole Foods Market® Richmond Distribution Center Bread Breaking Friday, May 17</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MEDIA ALERT – PHOTO OPPORTUNITY   Whole Foods Market® Richmond Distribution Center Bread Breaking Friday, May 17 Whole Foods Market Leadership, Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin and City Manager Bill Lindsay Will Officially Open Center at 11 a.m.   WHO:             Whole Foods Market – Richmond Distribution Center   WHAT:            Whole Foods Market traditional bread [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Albany: Early scenes from the Occupy the Farm action Saturday</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/westcounty/2013/05/11/albany-early-scenes-from-the-occupy-the-farm-action-saturday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 21:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris  Treadway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Occupy the Farm activists assemble outside Albany City Hall. Other activists were setting up closer to the site where UC and Albany are planning a development. Across Buchanan Street was a counter-demonstration by Albany residents supporting the development project Pro- and anti-occupy folks had some energetic exchanges of opinion. Around 2 p.m. Occupy the Farm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pinole: Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day back in the day at PVHS</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 06:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris  Treadway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contra Costa Times columnist and pop culture observer Tony Hicks wrote today about Billie Joe Armstrong, East Bay resident and leader of the band Green Day, and his outspoken remarks about South Korean pop star Psy. Click the link above and you&#8217;ll also see a selection of photos over the years of Armstrong on stage, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Richmond&#8217;s Making Waves Academy and partners provide thousands of free books</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/westcounty/2013/04/26/richmonds-making-waves-academy-and-partners-provide-thousands-of-free-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[my very own library]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[RICHMOND &#8212; Something special happened today in the yellow building tucked amid commercial space in the city&#8217;s Hilltop District. While it&#8217;s true that special things happen every day at Making Waves Academy, a public charter school serving 600 middle and high school students, today&#8217;s events culminating in Literacy Night were on a different level. The acclaimed charter school [...]]]></description>
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