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Biden to nominate former Bay Area police chief to lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency FacebookTwitterEmail Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus. Magnus, the former chief of the Richmond Police Department, will be tapped to lead the federal Customs and Border Protection agency.Nick Oza / The Houston Chronicle President Joe Biden plans to nominate former Richmond police chief Chris Magnus to serve as the commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection, according to a statement from the Wh...

Biden to nominate ex-Bay Area police chief to lead border agency By Vanessa Arredondo President Joe Biden plans to nominate former Richmond Police Chief Chris Magnus to serve as the commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, according to a statement from the White House. Magnus, a vocal critic of former President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, served as head of the Richmond Police Department from 2006 until 2016 when he began serving as chief of police in Tucson...

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Before coming to Richmond, Magnus served as police chief in Fargo, North Dakota. "In Tucson, Magnus implemented de-escalation training, sentinel event review processes, and programs to promote officer health and wellness," said a statement released Monday by the Biden administration. "Because of Tucsons proximity to the border, he has extensive experience in addressing immigration issues." Magnus grew up in Lansing, Michigan, and is the son of a Norwegian immigrant. He has a bachelors degree in...

Police Chief Chris Magnus stands next to Mayor Tom Butt at a Richmond demonstration over police killings in 2014. (Photo credited to Mayor Tom Butt) President Joe Biden will nominate former Richmond police Chief Chris Magnus, currently the police chief of Tucson, Ariz., to lead Customs and Border Protection, according to Magnus was Richmond’s police chief from 2006 to 2015, during which he was credited with leading a community policing effort that saw significant crime reduction in the city....

DeSmog Apr 30, 2020 @ 15:56 While fossil fuel companies defend against mounting climate liability lawsuits in court, their surrogates are working in parallel to target the attorneys, academics, and institutions supporting these lawsuits. This defensive strategy involves vigorous public records requests, and in some cases legal action or intervention, to try proving a supposed conspiracy by those working to hold polluters accountable. ExxonMobil has itself argued that attorneys general and muni...

Skip to main content Currently Reading East Bay city wants to open a homeless RV site at a mostly vacant mall. Neighbors arent happy FacebookTwitterEmail 1of11 Jim Hauso, 71, and dog Bud visit with a friend at an RV encampment along Rydin Road in Richmond.Photos by Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of11 Cmichael Viewins, 40, organizes items at the Rydin Road camp. He says the city’s proposal would be an “opportunity to have somewhere to live.”Jessica Christian / The Chr...

By Mike Kinney A proposed, one-year pilot program providing safe haven for RV dwellers in a portion of the Hilltop Mall parking lot is receiving staunch opposition from neighbors. The Safe Parking Pilot Program has been a goal of the city’s for several years, and officials say the need for it has only grown amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, as the city has seen an exponential growth in people living in their vehicles. On Feb. 2, city staff presented to council three of what they considered the mo...

Skip to main content Currently Reading A Bay Area news website, funded by Chevron, has yet to report on the companys massive oil spill FacebookTwitterEmail 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 r...

RICHMOND, Calif. (KGO) -- Chevron is now saying the material that leaked from one of its pipelines into San Francisco Bay Tuesday was some combination of water and petroleum material, perhaps gasoline or diesel fuel. However, its awaiting lab results. Initial estimates had the spill at about 600 gallons, but a Chevron spokesperson said that is likely to change. So far, according to Contra Costa County Public Health and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, there have been no reports o...