San Ramon News

Gas prices are easing up, but a gallon of regular still costs a dollar more than it did last year.

Chevron Corp., faced with falling oil output, and its partners may be forced to delay the start of a $2.8 billion oil project in Brazil by three months because a platform and rig will be delivered behind ...

THE ROTARY CLUB OF San Ramon will be hosting Chi Nguyen, the accomplished pianist who has raised thousands of dollars for children living in poverty in Vietnam with her annual concerts and fundraisers.

Soaring crude prices drove Chevron Corp.'s second-quarter profit to a record high of nearly $6 billion, despite the second-largest U.S. oil company losing hundreds of millions on refining oil into gasoline.

The academy for science and mathematics educators, MESA is being held at AT&T headquarters in San Ramon, Calif.

Dear San Ramon Community: Covering the 11-county Bay Area of nearly seven-million residents is a significant journalistic challenge. In an effort to meet that challenge, we started ABC7 Listens, our ongoing community outreach project that we hope will keep us more in touch with our Bay Area viewers. ABC7 Listens community meetings are held every month at different locations in our viewing area. Our goal is to learn about key issues and, more specifically, stories that ABC7 News should be covering. Our next ABC7 Listens community feedback meeting will be held in the City of San Ramon on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 from 7:30PM to 9:00PM, at the San Ramon City Council Chambers located at 2222 Camino Ramon. We are inviting local residents, along with people who are involved in various groups and organizations serving the San Ramon area. While we want to hear about your story ideas, we also want your feedback on our news coverage and how you think we can better serve your community. We hope that this meeting is the beginning of a long-term relationship. I hope that you will be able to join ABC7 News Reporter Laura Anthony, news managers, and me on Wednesday, July 30th. A news camera may be present to record parts of the meeting. Please note that although the focus will be on San Ramon, the meeting will also be open to residents of other Bay Area neighborhoods. Space is limited, so please RSVP via e-mail to: abc7listens@kgo-tv.com, or call the Public Affairs Department at (415) 954-7702. If you have any questions, you can call me at (415) 954-7712. Sincerely, Kevin Keeshan News Director

By Kelly Gust VALLEY TIMES Article Launched: 07/25/2008 05:03:56 PM PDT SAN RAMON VALLEY — Richard Price has been named the new chief for the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District. Currently the district's operations chief, Price will replace retiring Chief Craig Bowen, who has held the job for six years. Price will take over later this year. Price joined the San Ramon Valley district in 2006. Prior to that, he was a battalion chief for San Mateo County for 18 years. He has a master's in public administration from Cal State East Bay and recently graduated from the senior executives in state and local government program at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. Price is a certified chief fire officer. He attends the executive fire officer program at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Md., is the president of the Contra Costa County Fire Chiefs Association, and is an incident commander for the East Bay Incident Management Team.

Police are investigating a racist incident involving a sign near the post office on Alcosta Boulevard.

Give your children a taste of country life this week with a visit to Forest Home Farms in San Ramon.

Join The San Ramon Valley Republican Women as they "Go for the Gold" Saturday, August 2, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the home of Linda and Steve Sanchez in the Blackhawk area of Danville.

Calling all Big Daddies, Hipsters, and Greasers- perfect your Duck Tail, Flat Top, or Nest hairdo and dust off your 50s threads.

Roger Avery and 165 of his San Ramon neighbors slashed water use 25 percent in their front yards served by a common irrigation system two years ago, when they installed sophisticated computerized water ...

Oil Protesters Picket Chevron Station (7/10/08) July 9, 2008 was targeted by Move-On.org as "A Day of Action for an Oil-Free President." Protesters picketed the San Ramon Chevron Station at Crow Canyon and San Ramon Valley Blvd. The group is supporting Barak Obama. According to the message recruiting protesters for the event, "We simply can't count on McCain to fix our energy crisis. So on July 9th, we'll tell the local and national media: the American people need an Oil-Free President -- and that is NOT John McCain." The event was intended to shift public, voting opinion towards alternative energy and further obligate Obama to commit to it.

Hills Physicians Medical Group will expand its operations here through a big lease it has signed at the bustling Bishop Ranch business park, developers and the managed health care company said Thursday.

Prosecutors this week filed more criminal charges against an El Sobrante man accused of killing a San Ramon man who had been his mentor in the real estate business. Reginald Robinson, 31, is charged with forging the name of a San Diego woman in attempt to buy one of two houses financed by Kashmir Billon, who was found shot to death April 27 in a San Ramon business park.Prosecutors say Robinson obtained a secured loan of $266,250 from Billon to buy a house at 1735 Seventh St. in Richmond. He then razed the existing house and built two two-story houses on the 2,500 square foot lot using an additional $209,000 borrowed from Billon. He was selling the houses at an inflated asking price of $459,000 each, McCormick said.

This week's heatwave is breaking records and forcing local officials to find facilities where residents may seek relief. According to Jonathan Lockett's "East Bay braces for scorcher": "About two dozen cooling centers, most in senior facilities, have been opened for people who are unable to stay cool in their homes as temperatures reach into the triple digits." There is a cooling center in San Ramon at the San Ramon Senior Adult Center 9300 Alcosta Blvd.,(open Tues. - Fri.) 925-973-3250

The City Council meeting for July 8, 2008 went to the dogs. Well the dogs came to it. Marianne Bordogna was recognized for raising $20,000 for the City's Police K-9 Program by selling calendars with pictures of dogs. Gary Sloan, CEO of San Ramon Regional Medical Center, praised Police Sergeant Eric Webb for his fast action last April in getting a life-saving blood product from San Francisco Airport to San Ramon Regional Hospital during rush hour in time to save a patient's life. Sloan called it a miracle. Sgt. Webb accepted a plaque from Mayor Wilson who also gave City pins to each of of Webb's three children.

Fueled by high winds, above-average temperatures and abundant dry brush, a Monday afternoon grassfire in the Castro Valley hills blackened 20 acres, burned one structure, and forced evacuations in ...

SAN RAMON — One person was taken to the hospital this afternoon after a cooking fire damaged a home on Fife Court, according to a news release from the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District. Firefighters responded to a call at 68 Fife Court just before 4 p.m. The fire started on the stove and spread to the kitchen cabinets and ceiling, according to the fire department. One person was taken by ambulance to San Ramon Regional Medical Center for treatment of smoke inhalation. Fire officials estimated damage to the house at $50,000.

The City Council meeting for July 8, 2008 doesn't have much on it. There will be the usual proclamations and congratulations. Police Sergeant Eric Webb will receive recognition for his fast action last April in getting a life-saving blood product from San Francisco to San Ramon Regional Hospital in time to save a patient's life.