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Chevron and fire-agency crews respond to a five-gallon-per-minute petroleum product leak in the waters of Point Richmond as an absorbent boom is placed next to the Chevron Richmond Long Wharf in Richmond, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. Ray Chavez/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images
A cursory glance at The Richmond Standard reveals a fairly standard news site, featuring an array of stories on current local events in politics, education and food. There are stories on a Richmond principal going viral on TikTok, BART notices and the Capitol riots.
By Kathy Chouteau
The Point Molate Bay Trail project has received the funding needed to complete its construction, which could be completed by the end of 2021, according to the Trails for Richmond Action Committee (TRAC).
The City of Richmond and East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) have been awarded $2.2 million in funding toward the creation of 2.5 miles of shoreline Bay Trail stretching from the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Trail to the northern border of Point Molate at Stenmark Drive.
The local funding was awarded by the California Natural Resources Agency as one part of $27.7 million for 19 different projects statewide that will increase access to the outdoors and bolster recreational opportunities for communities. Part of the Proposition 68-funded Recreational Trails and Greenways grant program, the local grants encompassed $1,000,000 for the City of Richmond and $1,202,830 for the EBRPD for the Point Molate Bay Trail project.