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2009 Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
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2007 Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar
February 2012 ↩
January 2012 ↩
- An alternate recent history of Hercules
- Council to discuss selling Parcel C
- </hiatus>
- Setting and reversing precedent
- Labor unions voice support for waterfront project
- Council to extend Charlie Long’s contract
- Bayfront task force meeting on Thursday
- Councilman Wilkins expects waterfront deal
- Council to approve waterfront zoning
- EBRPD to approve Bay Trail EIR through Pinole
- So, this RDA thing…
December 2011 ↩
- Mayor Romero sees waterfront deal in new year
- Tidings
- Council votes to keep waterfront project alive
- City poised to ‘lose’ $9.1m
- Don Kuehne, the distinguished gentleman
- Walking home with dinner
- Council to vote on waterfront items tomorrow
- Waterfront agreement still has loose ends
- Council to discuss waterfront tomorrow
March 2011 ↩
- New Urbanism Trending
- Exclusive Footage of Oliva and Council
- Pinole Creek rages
- City to Declare State of Emergency
- Times: Hercules pulls plug on doomed ‘Dream’ sports complex
- Times: Hercules city attorney says no conflict in dual posts
- Pinole Creek Comes Alive
- Times: Bay Area ‘vision’ plan sees 2 million more people, 902,000 more homes and fewer cars
- Pedestrian Districts Study
- Times Review: The Powder Keg hits home in Hercules
- Times: Hercules hones cost-cutting ax, slashes several more contracts
- Times: Hercules releases financial disclosure documents for consultants, staff
- Mad Men On Trains
- Times: Third candidate joins Hercules council race
- Times: Hercules may transfer real estate in-house to pre-empt state redevelopment takeover
- Times: Contra Costa agencies raise red flags in redevelopment reviews
- City will hire redevelopment lawyer
- Properties will be transferred from RDA to City
- Saltpeter: Waterfront Key to City’s Financial Health
- Hair Salon to Open on Railroad Avenue
- Saltpeter: Ward Hopes Voters Have Memory Loss
- Times: Hercules’ Market Hall faces closure
- The Bay Trail
- Sheen
February 2011 ↩
- The Greenbelt Alliance Endorsement
- Times: Three take out papers for Hercules City Council
- Times: Hercules council recall inches closer to June showdown
- Bayfront Task Force Meeting Tonight
- WCWD Scoping Meeting Tonight
- Times: Hercules council to revisit Conflict of Interest Code
- Times Columnist: Kuehne, Ward Should Resign
- Times: Hercules ponders fate of half-finished Sycamore North project
- The Charrette
- Times: Filing period opens for vacant Hercules council seat
- Bay Crossings
- Ballotpedia
- Times: Hercules will hold election to fill council seat
- Saltpeter: The Kuehne Rebellion
- Bayfront Task Force
- CBS5: Hercules Recall Effort Gains Momentum
- Times: Hercules recall effort turns in signatures
- Capitol Corridor
- Times: Hercules to hold town hall meeting about utility, transit center
- KRON: New Mayor of Hercules and Council Member Face Recall
- Times: Pinole questions Hercules’ wastewater decisions
- CBS5: Hercules Group’s Recall Petitions Gaining Steam
- KTVU: Scandal Surrounds Hercules’ City Leaders
- And a view of Mount Tam
- Times: Struggling developer borrows $2.5 million against Hercules New Town Center
- Times Editorial: Support the recall
- Saltpeter: Visions of the Future
- Times: Hercules councilman lashes out at recall campaign
- Times: Targeted by recall, two Hercules City Council members defend their records
- Times: Hercules group rewrites the book on recall
- Charleen Raines Attacks Waterfront Developer
January 2011 ↩
- Chronicle: Joanne Ward, Don Kuehne recall drive in Hercules
- Hercules Recall Day
- West County Blog
- Times: Former Hercules interim city manager to return as consultant
- Times: Former mayor says working for a city contractor won’t affect serving on finance panel
- Patch: Long Returns in New Role
- Times: Former mayor appointed to Hercules finance panel
- Tonight’s Council Agenda Disappointing
- Times: Developer may owe $5 million if Hercules project doesn’t pan out
- State Controller Launches Investigation of Hercules Redevelopment Agency
- Railroad Avenue
- State Budget Plan Threatens Waterfront Project
- Times: Hercules agency helped developer buy out a partner
- Saltpeter: Ward and Kuehne Seek to Rewrite History
- City Releases Draft EIR for Hercules Bayfront Project
- Charlie Long and Eminent Domain
- Times: Hercules council recall targets respond
- Gated Community vs. TND
- Times Editorial: Hercules voters must decide council makeup
- Times Reader: Great Reporting
- The Gondola
- Times: Hercules developer’s bills on hold
- Times: Hercules council rejects call to hamstring eminent domain powers
- CBS5: Hercules City Hall In Turmoil After Mayor Resigns
- Saltpeter: The Balico Legacy
- CBS5: Financial Troubles Prompt Hercules Recall Campaign
- Barnidge: Theatrics take center stage at Hercules City Council meeting
- Patch: Files Missing from City’s Server
- Times: Hercules mayor abruptly resigns, citing family reasons
- Balico Resigns
- Times: Hercules to consider giving up eminent domain power over key waterfront land
- Hercules needs waterfront development
- Governor Looks To Eliminate Redevelopment Agencies
- Vorderbrueggen: Hercules in political firestorm
- Times: Hercules council to meet amid financial turmoil
- Hercules Recall
- Patch: Herculeans Move On Recall Plan
- Times: Effort to recall Hercules City Council members clears first hurdle
- Saltpeter: Police Chief’s New Beat: City Hall
- Patch: Recall Group Would Consider Backing Off if Mayor Would Resign
- Times Editorial: Contra Costa mayors must not reappoint Ed Balico to commission
- Mayor Ed Balico “Unfazed” By Recall
- Times: Hercules consultants ran up $2.5 million tab in nine months
- City Brings In Hired Guns; Asks Union Rep To Rip Waterfront Project/Developer
- Central Hercules Plan
- Times: Developer traveled widely on Hercules’ dime, with no project to show for it
December 2010 ↩
- Saltpeter: A Trial of Nelson Oliva
- Oliva Gets One Year Pay As Severance
- Future Hercules Pizzeria Wins Taste Test
- Costco Proposed for Hilltown
- Without Good Cause
- Times Editorial: DA, FBI and grand jury must probe Hercules dealings
- Sala
- Good Cause
- Saltpeter: A New Dynamic
- 60 Days
- Hercules Global
- Sensational Headlines
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- Times: Hercules councilman’s outburst preceded then-city manager’s ouster, letter says
- CBS5: Hercules City Spending Under Scrutiny
- Times: Hercules mayor has new gig in green industry
- Saltpeter: Ed Balico: Mayor Of One
- Balico’s Inaugural Address, er, Rant
- Lisa Hammon Resigns
- New City Manager Sought
- Times: Hercules will make good on $5 million state school tab, official says
- Times: City of Hercules bought the same property twice in two years
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- Times: Returning Hercules city manager says no immediate policy changes
- Times: Hercules yet to pay state-mandated $5 million
- Times: Hercules councilman calls city manager Oliva’s return ‘short-term’
- Saltpeter: Reinstating City Manager: A Stay Of Execution
- The Unaccountables
- Times: Hercules council ousts interim city manager
- Long fired; Oliva reinstated
- The Safeway Possibility
- Times: Hercules council to consider phasing out affordable housing contractor
- Special City Council Meeting on Tuesday
- City Proposes Costco As Replacement for Walmart Property
- Times: Hercules manager details city financial crisis
- City In Financial Straits
- Saltpeter: Keeping On The City Attorney Makes No Sense
- Times: Hercules businesses owe city back rent
November 2010 ↩
- Saltpeter: Sycamore North: A Costly Mistake
- Cost of Sycamore North known in May 2009
- Safeway may be anchor tenant at Sycamore Crossing
- How It Happened
- Times: Hercules blames construction financing fiasco on faulty info
- Times: Hercules mixed use project running out of money
- City Council Meeting Tonight
- The Cost of Annexation
- Times: Hercules hopes to grab public funds for transit center
- Special Meeting Tonight
- Saltpeter: City’s Annexation: A Minor League Play
- Times: Consultant defends Hercules opinion survey as ‘scientific’
- Parking and the New Urbanism
- Waterfront Meeting Tomorrow
- Special Meeting Tomorrow
- Planning Commission Meeting Tomorrow
- Times: Hercules finds place in study of spending on low-income housing
- Times: Hercules City Council cuts affordable housing contracts
- Saltpeter: City Hall Reorganization Reveals Unsteady Foundation
- How Much Does A Vote Cost?
- Times: New Hercules City Hall jobs sought
- Low Turnout Key to Challengers’ Defeat of Incumbents
- Hercules Bayfront Press Release
- Times: Hercules interim city manager plans to slash consultant contracts
- The Clean-Up
- Waterfront Developer Congratulates Interim City Manager, New Councilmembers
- City Council Meeting on Tuesday
- Times Editorial: Lessons from the election
- Saltpeter: New Council Members Need Allies
- Waterfront developer writes letter to the Times
- Times: Pair of challengers will replace Hercules council incumbents
- City Manager Oliva Campaigning for McDonald
- Times: Grant will help district close trail gaps
October 2010 ↩
- Times: Campaign contributions fuel debate in West Contra Costa schools race
- Times: Interim city manager makes personnel moves in Hercules shake-up
- Prop. 22
- Mayor Valstad Confronted Over Illegal Campaign Signs
- Saltpeter: Change Should Come Easy
- ConocoPhillips Follows Hercules’ Lead, Runs Push Poll Against John Swett Schools
- Times: Bayfront project occupies new Hercules city manager
- Planted Union Reps Gave Big Money to McDonald
- City Council Meeting Tonight
- Change matters.
- Saltpeter: Incumbents’ Credibility Crushed
- Saltpeter: City Attorney Must be Replaced Next
- McDonald Flier “Delivered”
- Times: Three Hercules City Council candidates raise $10,000 each
- Times: Interim city manager already noticed in Hercules
- Waterfront Town Hall Meeting on Monday
- Interim City Manager’s 1st weekly report
- Times: Hercules’ Field of Dreams in limbo
- Valstad: Transparency Not An Issue
- Intermodal Station Phasing Plan
- Three Tenants Signed for Sycamore North
- A Tale of Two Patches
- Times: Hercules interim city manager rolls up sleeves and dives in
- Councilmember Ward Flip-Flops on Waterfront Priority
- Cultural Festival Redesign
- Times: Crowded field seeks seats on Rodeo-Hercules fire board
- Recent praise for NEO haunts incumbents
- Patch: The Potential Plan for Hercules’ Wastewater
- 140 seconds the incumbents hope voters forget
- Valstad Campaign Showing Signs of Desperation
- Planning Commission Meeting Tonight
- A curious case of a Valstad supporter
- Saltpeter
- Times: Former Pinole interim city manager hired in Hercules
- City Releases Push Poll Questions
- City Attorney Likely Scripted Push Poll (with audio)
- The email going around
- City Council Meeting on Tuesday
- Times: Hercules city manager goes on medical leave; interim successor will review various city contracts
- The Night the City Lied
- Special Meeting Underway
- Push Poll Targeted Likely Voters (with audio)
- The Push Poll (with audio)
- Times Editorial: Voters need to take back control and remove incumbents from the Hercules City Council
- Times: Hercules residents question city-financed poll
- Incumbents Unaware of Budget Deficit
- Meeting to discuss City Manager’s performance today
- Hovercraft study to be discussed today
- Times: Hercules phone survey related to possible lawsuits, official says
- City Running Push Poll
- Planning Commission Meeting Tomorrow
- Times: Hercules consultant discloses financial interests
- LA Times: Lots of cash and little scrutiny in city redevelopment
- Patch Coming to Hercules
September 2010 ↩
- Candidate Forum Tonight
- John Delgado’s Platform
- Myrna de Vera’s Platform
- City Council Meeting Tonight
- John Delgado’s Candidate Statement
- Myrna de Vera’s Candidate Statement
- Joe Eddy McDonald’s Candidate Statement
- Kris Valstad’s Candidate Statement
- Candidate Statements Highlight Differences
- Joe Eddy McDonald on a free press
- McDonald: Waterfront Residents Have “Drawbridge Mentality”
- The Rodeo Alternative
- Times: Hercules council discusses future of city manager
- Balico: City Council Can Fire “Stubborn” Staff
- Times: Hercules, Pinole council candidates will meet at forum
- City Council to Evaluate City Manager’s Performance Tomorrow
- Waterfront Developer Receives Standing Ovation
- Planning Commission Meeting Tomorrow
- Mayor Valstad: Development Too Complicated for Residents to Understand
- Breaking News: City Council has authority over City Manager
- Incumbents Separate Waterfront Development from Intermodal Station
- Delgado Addresses Council On City Manager Pay, Waterfront Development
- Councilmember Ward: Onus on Developer for Delays
- City Attorney Admits Hilltown Purchase Puts Waterfront Project At Risk
- Dear Mr. Kuehne
- Waterfront Developer Challenges City’s Eminent Domain Threats
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- Times: Nepotism questions linger in Hercules
- Times: Hercules residents want city to fulfill promise of waterfront development
- Draft EIR Includes Szabo Plan As Alternative
- Official Hercules Facebook Page Blasts City Manager and City Council
- City Releases Draft EIR for Intermodal Station
- Draft EIR Scheduled to be Released Tomorrow
- Times: Transparency a key issue in Hercules council race
- Open
- Candidate Roundtable
- City Defends City Manager’s High Salary; … Uhm, Hilltown
August 2010 ↩
- City Revises Schedule for Intermodal Station; Construction To Begin April 2011
- Intermodal Station PM in April: EIR done in June
- Unanticipated Delays
- Pinole Creek Restoration Progresses
- Intermodal Station Construction Delayed
- Times: Hercules city manager top earner of West County department heads
- Chronicle: British grocer Fresh & Easy headed to Bay Area
- Ballot Order Helps Incumbents
- Kuehne: Council Change Needed
- Wastewater Meetings Get Testy (Exclusive Audio)
- Times: Four vie for Hercules City Council seats
- Tidal Mud Flats, and dredging for a future ferry
- Accessing the Pinole Creek Trail
- Times: Hercules developer recommits to New Town Center
- Pinole Creek Restoration Continues
- Four Candidates for City Council
- Jason Freeman Press Release
- Pinole Creek Restoration Underway
- Filing Deadline This Friday
- Myrna de Vera Press Release
- Affordable Housing Orientation
- Times: Two Hercules city council candidates confirmed, third pending
July 2010 ↩
- City Considering Building A New Wastewater Treatment Facility
- Times: West County schools to attempt parcel tax in November
- The Pinole Fault
- Chronicle: Hercules gift helps preserve Franklin Canyon
- City To Install Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- Times: Pinole chooses against joining Hercules at West County wastewater plant
- Times: Restaurant headed to long-vacant Pinole storefront
- Balico Admits Being Unprepared for Council Meeting
- The Consent Calendar, circa 2009
- Admin Building SketchUp
- Times: Pinole faces ups, downs in commercial real estate
- Parking Spaces Defined Along Railroad Avenue
- Balico Perpetuates Media Conspiracy Theory
- The Consent Calendar
- Kuehne’s Comments on Grand Jury Report
- Times: Hercules officials respond to critical grand jury report
- Times: Owner of housing firm denies conflict in relationship with city of Hercules
- City Responds to Grand Jury Report
- Times: Hercules consultant’s financial ties raise conflict questions
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- Council to “Accept” Value Engineering Study
- Sala Restaurant on Yelp
- City Efforts to Purchase Hilltown Continue
- That Time Is Now
- Is Don Kuehne who we think he is?
- City Begins to Scale Back on Intermodal Station
- Times Editorial: Insider dealing creates political stench in Hercules
- Sala Restaurant Poll
- Times: Whose Company Is This Anyway?
- Times: Conservation group buys Hercules land once proposed for houses and hotel
- Delgado, Romero Running for City Council
- Parks & Recreation on Facebook
June 2010 ↩
- ABC7: Hercules City Council video edited after Taser remark
- KGO: Tasergate
- Times: Hercules city officials red-faced for joking comment
- Sala Pushes Back Opening to July 9
- City Attorney Jokes About Tasing Resident; City Edits Video, Makes Resident Disappear
- Resident Blasts City Council Over Grand Jury Report
- Sala Preparing for July 2 Opening
- John Delgado, Dan Romero Rumored to be Running for City Council
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- Grand Jury Recommendations
- Grand Jury Findings
- Planning Commission Meeting Tonight
- Times: Grand jury questions Hercules affordable housing, business loan programs
- The Pedestrian Ramp
- McDonald Rewrites History: City “Discovered” In 1900
- Balico Calls for Ohlone “Riverwalk”
- Times: Hercules will open city checkbook for easier public scrutiny
- The Others
- Commissioner de Vera Running for City Council
- School Bond Measure Passes
- Primary Day 2010
- Naming Contest Finalists
- City Council Meeting on Tuesday
- The Capitol Corridor
- Voting for Naming Contest this Saturday Only
May 2010 ↩
- Times: New ridge trail segment opens between Hercules and Martinez
- Sala Seeks Executive Breakfast Chefs
- City Continues to Pursue Hilltown Property
- Balico’s Comments on Arizona Immigration Law
- Balico Responds Quickly to Realtor Lobby
- Planning Commission Meeting Tomorrow
- Sala Opening In June
- Hercules Bayfront Earns Distinction
- Four Hours, Four Dollars, and Lionel Hutz
- City Council Meeting Tonight
- Sycamore and San Pablo
- State’s Redevelopment Raid Ruled Legal
- Market Hall on Yelp
- Planning Commission Meeting Tomorrow
April 2010 ↩
- The Parking Lot at Duck Pond Park
- Farmers Market Has New Look, Opens Saturday
- TIGER II Grants on the Horizon
- Intermodal Station Included In FY11 Federal Appropriations Request
- Market Hall Invitation
- City Council Meeting on Tuesday
- Should Hercules Pursue Whole Foods?
- A New Urbanist Alternative to the City-wide Garage Sale
- Planning Commission Meeting Tomorrow
- The Naming Contest
- Want an iPad?
- Extreme Pizza at Risk of Closing
- Big League Dreams
- Sycamore Downtown Announces Café as First Tenant
- Block J Revealed
- Market Hall Releases Schedule; Closed Mondays
- Sycamore Terminus Revised
- Fresh & Easy Will Be Anchor Tenant at Market Town
- Times: Hercules resident finds city transparency still lacking
- The Duck Pond Park
- City Council Meeting on Tuesday
- Times: Future of joint Pinole-Hercules wastewater plant remains in limbo
- Times: Hercules residents’ calls for transparency forcing discussion about big appropriations
- 2010 Community Update
- Market Hall Announces Coffee Shop
- Times: Amid bidding questions, Hercules extols mail protection program
March 2010 ↩
- The Disappearing Hill at Duck Pond Park
- A New Face on the Planning Commission
- Times: Hercules must decide where to draw $5 million to pay state
- No Clear Date for Sala Opening
- Times: Three Contra Costa districts asking voters to OK tax measures
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- Pinole Misses Potential of Treatment Plant Site
- While Other Cities Struggle, Hercules Delivers Housing Need
- The Balico Shakedown
- Naming Competition Begins; Bayfront Boulevard Not Included
- Times: Hercules confirms plans to bolt joint wastewater venture with Pinole
- Times: Hercules expected to enter new wastewater deal
- Times: Hercules projects likely to stall, but redevelopment work force appears safe
- Retrofitting Suburbia
- City Council Meeting on Tuesday
- Times: West Contra Costa will vote on $380 million bond measure to rebuild schools
- Upcoming Library Events, and the second chapter of my memoir
- Google Updates Satellite Images
- Times: Hercules homebuying program tough to join
February 2010 ↩
- Planning Commission Meeting on Monday
- Unstarched commentary on the street formerly known as Bayfront
- Bayfront Boulevard No More
- Art in Public Places
- City Council Meeting on Tuesday
- Waterfront Workshop on Monday
- Intermodal Station Passed Over for TIGER Funds
- Bay Trail Meeting Tomorrow
- Café Building Redesigned
- Planning Commission Meeting on Tuesday
- From Park-n-Ride to Market Hall
- Precursory Thoughts on Sycamore Crossing
- Times: Temporary mobile food court will fill gap until Hercules centerpiece rises
- Sycamore Crossing Workshop on Wednesday
- City Council Meeting on Tuesday
- Federal Funding
- Unsolicited thoughts on an indefinite future
- Market Hall Opens In May; Farmers Market (Wisely) Relocated
- MTC: Hercules Roads in ‘Good’ Condition
January 2010 ↩
- Planning Commission Meeting Tomorrow
- Times: Hercules promises better notification of meetings
- Times: Hercules slaps $10,000 lien on house where party ended in gunshots
- A Proposal for a Historic Café Building
- A Findings of Fact on the Café Building
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- Times: Hercules residents take council to task over transparency
- In Search of a Defining Café Building
- Waterfront Workshop on Monday
- Times: Comments due on Hercules liquor license application
- Ruminating on a failed government
- Hercules, a place…
- Planning Commission Meeting Tomorrow
- City’s Presentation to BCDC Suggests Café Building Redesign
- Times: Hercules continues to purchase ‘underwater’ homes
- Intermodal Station Phasing Plan
- Duck Pond Park Latest Design
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- BCDC Staff Questions
- Intermodal Station Future Phases
- Intermodal Station Initial Phase
- BCDC Will Review Intermodal Station
- Ferry Update
- Community Board
- Café Building Redux
December 2009 ↩
- Times: Hercules buys condo from councilman’s daughter
- Hercules Loses Business to Pinole
- Times: Hercules restaurateurs apply for liquor license
- New Mayor Announces 2010 Priorities
- Times: Hercules resident miffed at lack of help from Affordable Housing office
- Café Building Highlights Conflict of Terms
- Plaza Architect Disregards Historic Context
- Planning Commission Meeting Tomorrow
- City Unveils Uninspired, Inexplicable Plaza Building Design
- Times: Public comment periods for Hercules projects end soon
- Dynamite Square and Seaside Circle
- Congressman Submits Two Hercules Projects for Funding
- Waterfront Workshop Tomorrow
- Times: Hercules, Pinole consider regional approach to wastewater treatment
- Schools Need More Money; Bond Or No Bond, Hercules Loses Either Way
- Times: Valstad, Balico to lead Hercules council
- The City’s Logo
- Hercules Waterfront Route
- Creekside Park, and a comment to a former mayor
- Intermodal Station Scoping Meeting Today
- Historic Homes
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- Planning Commission Meeting Tomorrow
November 2009 ↩
- Waterfront Workshop Tomorrow
- Times: Hercules city manager’s kids got plum deals
- City Whitewashes Turbulent History of Affordable Housing in Hercules
- Times: Hercules Redevelopment Agency touts its record amid scrutiny on housing loans
- Times: Hercules city manager’s assistant got big loan from city
- City Council Meeting on Tuesday
- An Over-Protective Planning Commission
- Times: Capitol Corridor train engine overhauled to burn the cleanest among passenger trains in California
- Times: Hercules commission approves liquor in restaurant
- Planning Commission Meeting Tonight
- City Rejects Another Plea for Traffic Control on Sycamore Avenue
- Historic NY Times Report of Hercules Explosion
- Sala Thai May Open As Early As January
- Szabo No Longer Under Contract
- City Manager Had Quarter-Million Dollar Salary In 2008
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- Times: Hercules government long on ceremony, short on transparency
- Contra Costa College Satellite Campus
- Times Reader: Hercules asleep
- Two City Projects Exhibit the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Public Works
- Missing Creek
- City Announces Plans for Veterans Park
October 2009 ↩
- The Whole Story
- Resident Asks Council To Investigate Affordable Housing Agency
- Times: Hercules eatery got city business loan nearly five times the maximum, records show
- Toxic Drywall
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- The Balico Connection
- Library Events Redux
- Sycamore Downtown Delayed By Contracting
- Trees Cleared for Duck Pond Park
- Times Reader: Above the law?
- Pinole’s Financial Situation the Driving Factor In Future of Wastewater Treatment Facility
- Google Maps Errors
- Times: College-age daughter of Hercules city manager ‘the guiding force’ for affordable housing contractor
- Times: Hercules hopes transit station will beckon visitors from afar
- Times Pokes Fun At Balico
- Times Reader: Impropriety?
- Balico: Rename Bayfront Boulevard
- Times: County will review Hercules condo tax assessments
- Times: Hercules housing loans bump up assessments, resident finds
- City Council Chooses Alternative 1
- City Council Meeting Tonight
- Times Editorial: Hercules loan deals don’t add up
- Reflections on the Process, New Urbanism
- Affordable Housing Team, er, Family
- Flashback: Times: Hercules signs deal to revive affordable housing program
- Commission Recommends Alternative 1
- Times: Firm that runs Hercules’ affordable housing program has family ties to city manager
- Planning Commission Meeting on Monday
September 2009 ↩
- Recycling More
- Missing the train, and other lessons learned riding Capitol Corridor
- Station Design Reaches Major Milestone
- Straw Poll: Waterfront Development
- Times: Hercules loan program bails out homeowners for big bucks
- City Council Meeting on Tuesday
- Planning Commission Meeting Tonight
- Revised Station Designs
- Last Night’s Workshop
- Library Events
- Coastal Cleanup Day
- In Search of the Best Transit Station
- Waterfront Workshop on Thursday
- Water, Water Everywhere, But Only a Drop To Drink?
- Times: Hercules council rezones commercial block
- A Capitol Corridor Story
- Refugio Creek Watershed Vision Plan
- Times: Hercules gets a look at designs for waterfront transit center
- Alternative 3
- Elegance Returns to Transit Station
- Working Together on the Waterfront
August 2009 ↩
- Waterfront Workshop on Tuesday
- Martinez Amtrak Station: Post Modernism
- Sycamore Bridge Repairs
- Summer Recess
- Chronicle: Conservationists secure rest of Franklin Canyon
- Early Close
- Why One Teacher Will Vote to Strike
- Intermodal Station Workshop
- Shoup: Raise Parking Rates
- Times: Muir group to buy 60 acres more in Franklin Canyon
- Neighborhood Watch 2.0
- Shoup In Santa Rosa; Hercules Next?
- Geotechnical Exploratory Work Continues
- Red Sky
- Lazarus: U.S. public transit improvements will be a tough sell
- Chamber of Commerce and Geography Do Not Mix (Apparently)
- Powder Keg on Yelp
- Chamber of Commerce Welcome Video
- Powder Keg Anniversary
- Planning Commission Responds to Safeway Station
- KCBS: Town of Hercules Provides Traffic Relief
- A Failed Gotcha Moment
July 2009 ↩
- State Plunders Hercules (reportedly $5 million)
- State Robs Hercules (but promises to repay)
- One Year Of Construction (From Above)
- Waterfront Workshop on Wednesday
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- BNSF Is A Barrier to wBART
- Redevelopment Funds At Risk With New State Budget
- Times: Hercules City Council gives itself a 5 percent raise
- Times: Hercules hopes rezoning will spur business growth along Railroad Avenue
- Cury-Owned Live-Work Units On Railroad Avenue
- Planning Commission Meeting on Monday
- Safeway, Too, Can Do the New Urbanism
- Times: New Hercules transit center behind schedule, opening soon
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- Times: Hercules city programs often escape council review
- Hercules Point Update on Monday
- Times: Hercules made $300,000 loan on housing manager’s condo
- Grocery Stores and New Urbanism
- Railroad Avenue Live-Works Reinvigorated
- Sycamore Speedway Traffic Citations
- Times: Experts: Rodeo-Hercules fire board can’t ban elected member
- Times: West County school district to vote on ‘last, best and final’ offer to teachers union
- WCCUSD Numbers In Focus
- Guests
- Times: Accentuate the Positive
- Another Crash on Sycamore Speedway
June 2009 ↩
- City/Neighborhood Meeting Tomorrow
- Times: Hercules Sister City committee to meet
- Editorial On Education
- Times: West County teachers may strike in fall
- Times: West County school district mulls 2010 parcel tax measure
- City Purchases Freight Yard
- Train Station Redux
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- Times: Pinole administrative cuts threaten collaborative West County fire battalion
- Longest Day of the Year
- Council to Vote For Pay Raises
- Revised Master Plan
- Pinole Cancels Fireworks
- Campaign Spending Limits
- Bayfront Terminus
- Sycamore Terminus
- Times: Sublease for Hercules restaurant finalized after 1-1/2 years
- An Open Letter to the City on Unanswered Safeway Station Issues
- City Responds to Safeway Station Concerns
- A Lesson from Pinole
- An Open Letter to the City on Accountability and Design Leadership
- Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan
- Times: West Contra Costa teachers threatening strike
- Times: Hercules aims to give waterfront a boost with restaurant lease
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- Refugio Creek Watershed Vision Plan
- Times: Hercules budget includes $100 million for capital projects
- Intermodal Station Renderings
- Intermodal Station Partial Rendering
- Architect Explains Train Station Design
- Intermodal Station Thoughts
- Safeway Station Video Is Now Online
- Transit Station to emulate 1970s Safeway
- A Brief Note On Amtrak
May 2009 ↩
- Joint Waterfront Workshop
- Waterfront Workshop Primer
- Times: Restaurant’s lease deal ends months of rancor
- City Council Meeting on Tuesday
- Railroad Bridge
- Times: Hercules, Pinole try to clear the air about wastewater future
- New Urbanism = Built To Last
- Sycamore North Ground Breaking Today
- San Pablo Boardwalk
- Refugio Creek Watershed Vision Plan
- City Council Meeting on Tuesday
- Times: Lack of input on fitness center’s closure irks Hercules residents
- Traffic Signal Coming to San Pablo and Tsushima
- Cops On Bikes
- Times Editorial: A cautionary tale of profligate spending in California
- Times: Hercules’ Sister City quest may have foregone conclusion
- Sycamore North Staging Continues
- Fence Removed Around Historic Homes
- Times: Pinole to Hercules: Clarify growth plans
- Times: Sewer rates increasing for Hercules residents
- Wastewater
- A Choice Between Two Farmers Markets
- News Roundup
April 2009 ↩
- Times: Hercules hoping garden gives community a lift
- Informing the City About Maintenance Issues
- Times: West Contra Costa school district slashes jobs, increases class sizes
- Trash Cans On Bayfront
- [Sponsor] Class A Office Space Available
- Times: Hercules restaurant lease on hold
- City Finalizes Purchase of Vacant Land On San Pablo Avenue
- Times: Restaurant lease on hold in Hercules
- Times: Restaurateur finally poised for lease in Hercules
- Sala Thai Lease
- Maturing Trees Line the Streets
- Contributors
- City Council Meeting on Tuesday
- Times: Hercules considers dumping Pinole in wastewater future
- Times: Hercules council to consider restaurant lease at historic building
- Sala Thai Lease On Agenda, Report Not Available
- Tow-Away On Sycamore; New Transit Center Delayed
- Restore Railroad Redux
- Site Work On John Muir Extension
- Chronicle: Many Contra Costa crooks won’t be prosecuted
- News Roundup
- Restoring Railroad Avenue
- Cheslea Wetlands Restoration Workshop
- City Gives Up On Roundabout
- Planning Commission Meeting Tomorrow
- Times: Redevelopment additions to be aired at public hearing
- Mayor Announces Purchase of Walmart Property
- Times: Hercules reaches deal to buy Wal-Mart property
- Fresh & Easy
- Community Update 2009
- Refugio Creek Watershed Vision Plan
- Times: Restaurant opponents change strategy on development plan
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- BART May Charge for Parking at El Cerrito del Norte
- Ferry Arrives:
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- Waterfront Beat
- Whitewashing Blight
- Radar Sign Relocated
- News Roundup
- Community Update Tomorrow
- Correction: Bayfront Bridge Not Underway
- News Roundup
- Bayfront Bridge Underway
- Community Update on Saturday
- The CCTA, the CTP, and Roundabouts
March 2009 ↩
- Times Reader: Weight Room
- A Map
- News Roundup
- Times: Hercules councilman’s son lands job at City Hall
- Annex
- Updated: Times: Hercules looks to annex 500 acres along highway
- Times: School rebuilds facing obstacles in West County
- Times: Hercules looks to annex 500 acres along highway
- City Council Meeting on Tuesday
- Obama Quietly Jabs Hercules
- Foot-Activated Crosswalk
- Flashback: County committee denies Hercules secession petition
- Flashback: Times: Vote Expected in Hercules, Calif., Schools Pullout
- Times: Hercules buys land for possible grocery store
- Times: Mixed signals emerge about fate of Hercules weight room
- Flashback: Times: Hercules Secession Could Hurt Schools
- PBS: Growing Ridership Strains Overburdened Transit Agencies
- Planning Commission Meeting on Monday
- Duck Pond Park Redux
- Flashback: Chronicle: Hercules wants new school district
- Refugio Creek Watershed Vision Plan
- News Roundup
- Flashback: Chronicle: Ballot Initiative to Decide Future of Hercules Schools
- Times: Open space group holds up Hercules plan as model development
- City Council Meeting on Tuesday
- Berkeley’s Roundabout Lays Groundwork For Roundabout In Hercules
- Times Reader: No land grab
- Chronicle: Woman found slain in Hercules home
- Times: Hundreds of West Contra Costa teachers, employees to get pink slips
- Times: Local streets, mass transit projects get federal funding
- Flashback: Chronicle: Hercules Residents Push Drive for School Secession
- Duck Pond Park
- Flashback: Chronicle: John Swett Schools Drop Plans to Annex Parts of Hercules
- A Recent History with WCCUSD
- Times: Grant awarded for Bay Trail segment in Pinole
- Times: West County school district may lay off up to 245
- On the Ground: Getting It Done
February 2009 ↩
- Hercules Receives Stimulus Funds
- Times Reader: Sala Thai deal
- Times: Hercules will pay developer, still faces lawsuit
- Times: Community meeting to launch Hercules creek plan
- Refugio Creek Watershed Vision Plan
- Times: Hercules council to consider big-ticket items
- City Council Meeting on Tuesday
- Planning Manager Criticizes Waterfront Initiative
- Resident: Sala Thai Will “Alter Your State Of Being”
- Times: Hercules eatery has friends and foes but commission powerless
- Updated 2009 Redevelopment Plan
- A Tasteless Majority
- Special Meeting Today
- Planning Commission Meeting Tomorrow
- Times: Sala Thai restaurant makes another pitch in Hercules
- Intermodal Station Update
- ABC7 Listened
- Times: Hercules developer spent nearly $200,000 on waterfront initiative
- Times: Hercules housing plan being reviewed
- ABC7 Listens Tonight
- Developing: Staff Recommends Sala Thai Approval
- City Council Meeting on Tuesday
- Paid Advertisement Defends Ed Balico
- Best of the Bay: The Powder Keg
- Investigation Begins at Waterfront School Site
- Balico’s Regional Appointments Come Amidst Reports of Impropriety
January 2009 ↩
- When The Lights Go Out
- ABC7 Listens to Hercules
- News Roundup
- Times: Hercules to consider $4 million construction contract
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- School News Roundup
- Times: Hercules provides new cash infusion to first-time homebuyers program
- Times: Despite sales commissions, Hercules councilman says there’s no conflict on waterfront
- Planning Commission Meeting Tomorrow
- The Art of Bad Design
- Times: A new drive to get millions in WCCUSD debt reduced or forgiven
- Times: New Kaiser building in Pinole could be start of ‘medical corridor’
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- Times: ‘Pork’ projects all about jobs, Hercules says
- News Roundup
- Powder Keg Website
- Amtrak vs. Drive to BART
- School Closures Meeting Tomorrow
- Times: New era in ferry travel planned for the Bay
- Times: Hilltop Drive overpass replacement starts this month
- News Roundup
- Mayor Pens Letter to the Editor
December 2008 ↩
- Another Skate Park Effort
- Times: Annals of Pork, Part II
- Pork And Reason
- Times: West Contra Costa releases list of potential schools to be closed
- Times: Former top Hercules official returns as contractor
- Times: West County school district to release list of potential schools to be targeted for closure
- Ready-to-Go Complete List
- Times: Hercules writes to Santa
- Times: New Hercules council eager to get to work, mindful of sobering times
- News Roundup
- WSJ: Hercules Projects Are ‘Pork’
- New Restaurant Coming to Old Town Pinole
- Times: West County school district to discuss school closures
- WCCUSD Board Meeting Tomorrow
- Times: Hercules: Developer overcharged city for land
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- Times: Hercules has Big League Dreams for sports park
- Times: Wal-Mart ditches Hercules development plans
- Walmart Retains Broker
- Election Afterbirth
- Kuehne Wins Final Council Seat
- Special Meeting Today
- News Roundup
- Times: Meeting in Hercules to discuss scope of environmental report
November 2008 ↩
- Times: Hercules councilman had waterfront ties while plans discussed
- News Roundup
- Times: Eatery in Hercules Civic Arts building not a done deal
- News Roundup
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- Planning Commission Meeting Tonight
- Times: Public decries planned West County school closures
- Times: Contra Costa absentee ballots tabulated, results released
- Under Water
- Times: West County school district to discuss closing schools
- WCCUSD Schools Dirty, Unsafe
- Times: Hercules council race results change as vote counting continues
- Times: Candidates in tight races anxiously await final results
- News Roundup
- Times: Hercules incumbents win; newcomer ekes out third spot
- Local Results
- Times: Hercules City Council: Ward, Balico win; Delgado leading
- Times: Hercules council: Ward, Balico, Kuehne leading
- Times: Balico leads all fundraisers in Hercules council race
October 2008 ↩
- An Easy-Bake Oven City Council
- Don Kuehne’s Masterpiece
- John Delgado’s Priorities
- Candidates Discuss Walmart
- Candidates Unified On Parcel Taxes
- John Delgado’s Opening Statement
- Ed Balico Avoids Accountability Question
- Don Kuehne: Walmart Is “Quiet Issue”
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- News Roundup
- Times: Hercules New Town Center proposal available for public scrutiny
- Times: Elect Ward, Balico, Kuehne in Hercules
- Kuehne Mailer
- Times: Hercules candidates report wide range of fundraising
- No Trash Can at Frog Pad Park?
- Candidate’s Night
- City RSS Feeds
- News Roundup
- Balico Mailer
- Candidate Websites
- Frog Pad Park Opens, Still No Stop Sign
- About the Candidates
- Times: Hercules race polite, but tough issues could lie ahead
- News Roundup
- City Council Meeting on Tuesday
- Are Teachers Better Off In Separate Hercules School District?
- Candidate Forum Video
- Times: Candidate forums to be on TV, Internet
- Times: Hercules incumbents say challenger’s job too time-consuming for council
- Times: West Contra Costa board candidates focus on finances
- This IE Bug
- Planning Commission Meeting Tonight
- Times: Hercules waterfront rezoning has many scratching their heads
- Times: Amid school parcel tax push, all quiet on West Contra Costa front
September 2008 ↩
- Walmart In Another Form Factor
- News Roundup
- Balico’s Long List of Accomplishments
- Historic Homes Residents Asks Council For Daylight
- Seal Stink
- Coastal Cleanup Effort Undermined
- Is WCCUSD To Blame Over Retrofit Funding?
- WaMu Becomes Chase
- Times: Interrupted burglary prompts school lockdown in Rodeo
- Kinder’s Makes Top Bargains List
- County Democrats Support Delgado, Balico
- News Roundup
- Times: Bay Area schools need quake-proofing
- Times: West County school board forums scheduled
- Times: Hercules race shaping up with few controversies
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- News Roundup
- Times: ICE raids Bay Area restaurant chain, finds workers living in squalor
- Times: West Contra Costa schools face triumphs, struggles in bond program
- Don Kuehne Flyer
- City Website Focus Group
- Don Kuehne Background Information
- Times: West County candidates seek support from business group
- Public Hearing Tomorrow
- Planning Commission Meeting Tomorrow
- Times: West County elementaries show gains, but district still struggling
- Times: Controversial Hercules eatery returns to planners
- Times: Restaurant plan continues to rankle Hercules residents
- Historic Neighborhood Watch
- City Council Meeting on Tuesday
- Vagrant Hideout?
- Times: Pinole police arrest 14-year-olds in violent robbery case
- Times: West Contra Costa schools to have new executive directors
August 2008 ↩
- Times: Litter house on the prairie
- No Electricity
- City Hiring
- Times: Pair arrested in Richmond-area robberies
- Spare the Air Day Wednesday
- Flashback: Times: Residents Feel Excluded From Wal-Mart Talk
- Governor Looks To Raid Redevelopment Funds
- Police Blotter
- Sala Thai Stabs Residents In Back, Will Serve Alcohol
- City Attorney’s Evolving Comments On Civic Arts Building
- Times: Residents surprised by zoning amendment
- Local Walmarts
- Times: John Swett schools improve in English, drop in math
- Times: West County students’ scores up, but still trail state
- Hercules Bayfront Update
- Times: Carquinez Bridge standoff ends with man’s arrest
- Fire District Budget
- First Installment of Police Blotter
- Baywood Architecture In Menlo Park?
- Powder Keg Thoughts?
- Raines Appreciation
- Two Challengers (so far)
- Councilmember Raines To Not Seek Re-Election
- Chronicle: Land trust to buy 423 acres near Hercules
- Times: School board president far outpaces rivals in campaign funding
- Times: Conservation group to buy 423 acres in Hercules
- Forum: Solar Panels
- Rodeo Safeway Robbed
- National Night Out Tomorrow
July 2008 ↩
- Powder Keg Opens Next Week
- Slowing Down Sycamore
- Measure AA Extension
- Times: Hercules council OKs waterfront concept, bypassing voters
- Ohlone Elementary Rebuild “On The Horizon”
- City Council Meeting Tonight
- Times: Plan aims to kick Hercules waterfront development into high gear
- Times: Restaurateur Appeals Planning Commission’s Rebuff
- Trader Joe’s Corollary
- Starbucks To Remain Open
- E-Waste Recycling This Weekend
- California School Finder
- Pinole’s Agenda
- Another Possible Medical Building in Pinole
- Incumbent Candidates
- Watching the Growth of Walmart Across America
- A Berkeley Moment
- Times: County rejects district election proposal
- Times: Hercules City Council halts plans to destroy videotaped meetings
- Baywood LLAD
- News Roundup… Ferries.
- Trader Joe’s Opens July 11
- Times: Restaurant proposal nixed in Hercules
- Runaway Redevelopment Agency
- Sycamore Downtown Update
- Daniel Borenstein: School reform has run amok
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- Times: Hercules residents say restaurant will harm historic neighborhood
- Staff Conclusion on Civic Arts Building Flawed
- Stated Intended Uses for Civic Arts Building
- Planning Commission Meeting on Monday
- Times: County rejects bid to have WCCUSD board members elected by district rather than at-large
- WCCUSD Meeting Tonight
- Times: Waterfront plan could be headed to ballot in Hercules
June 2008 ↩
- Thai Restaurant Pros and Cons
- City Unveils New Website
- Community Services Commission Vacancies
- Councilmember Pulls Item for Discussion
- Slow Down In Pinole Redux
- 767 Millionaires
- Thai Restaurant Notice
- City Council Meeting on Tuesday
- Pinole To Renovate Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Bliss Esthetics
- Tribune: California DHS approves $25M for ferries
- Sanderling Drive and Taraya Way Update
- ‘Friends of Hercules’ Supports Waterfront Now Initiative
- Farmers Market
- Planning Commission: Parking Permits
- City Council: Rail Station “On Track”
- Trees In Need
- Kinder’s
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- Property Tax Allocation
- Times: Hercules project may be put to voters
- Waterfront Now dot org
- Times: Hercules teen center the place to be for youths
- Waterfront Now Initiative
- Community Update 2008 Redux
- Primary Day
- Sycamore Views
- Planning Commission Meeting Tonight
May 2008 ↩
- Frog Pad Park Construction
- Sanderling Drive and Taraya Way
- Powder Keg Update
- Tsushima Bridge Photos
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- John Muir Parkway Extension Photos
- Local Schools Comparatively Poor (Except Hanna Ranch Elementary)
- Times: Hercules’ eateries banned from using polystyrene
- Another Broken Promise: Amtrak Station Delayed Another Year
- BD+C: Hercules Thrilled with Its Dynamite New Library
- Planning Commission Meeting Tomorrow
- Times: Hercules dumps plans for parking garage near waterfront
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- Education Foundation Announced At City Council
- Times: Hercules Education Foundation to hold kickoff meeting
- Hercules Education Foundation
- Planning Commission Meeting Canceled
April 2008 ↩
- Hercules Bayfront FAQ
- Szabo Plan No More
- Community Update Tomorrow
- EBMUD Predicts Water Shortage
- Frog Pad Park Underway
- PG&E Begins Backcharging Hercules Residents
- New Assistant City Manager
- Planning Commission Meeting on Monday
- City Council Meeting on Tuesday
- Balico’s Vision: A Regional Hub
- Civic Arts Building Poll
- Community Update 2008
- Crimelog
- Mayor Ward: Cleveland, Not Chicago
- Civic Arts Building Uproar
- Foreclosures Redux
- Traffic Circles
- Slow Down In Pinole
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- Planning Commission Meeting on Monday
- Pinole Valley Plaza Update
- Times: Neighbors worry about trees being trimmed
March 2008 ↩
- Times: Proposed eatery draws opposition
- Powder Keg Update
- Times: Hercules residents upset by restaurant proposal
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- Is Hill Town Being Fast-Tracked?
- The Lopeman Affair
- Foreclosures
- Planning Commission Meeting Tomorrow
- City Council Meeting Canceled
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- Traveling Oliva and Szabo Show Continues
- City Council Meeting on Tuesday
- Former Mayor Batara Rips Waterfront Residents
- Civic Arts Building To Become A Restaurant?
- Metering Lights and Highway Design
February 2008 ↩
- Planning Commission Meeting on Monday
- Changes Sought for School Board Elections
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow
- City Committee Recruitment
- Szabo Rendering
- Times: Short notice of tour irks residents
- Wal-Mart Saga… Far From Over.
- Joint Waterfront Presentation
- Transit Village
- Planning Commission Meeting on Tuesday
- AndersonPacific’s Response to Oliva/Szabo
- 2/12/2008 City Council Meeting Video
- Times: Transit center language draws ire
- Prison May Come To Rodeo
- News Roundup… Growth.
- Livermore Trip
- City Council Meeting Tonight
- Signature Train Station
- Responding to Oliva
- City Manager: No Secret, Szabo Is Real.
- Szabo Flier
- Councilmember Ed Balico’s Statement
- News Roundup… Szabo Plan.
- News Roundup… Transit Center.
- City Schedules Multi-Modal Transit Center Meetings
- Transit Center Survey
- 2/4/2008 Study Session Recap And Video
- News Roundup… School Budget Cuts.
- Joint Study Session
- Polling Place
January 2008 ↩
- News Roundup… Eminent Domain.
- News Roundup… Recession.
- 1/22/2008 City Council Meeting Video
- News Roundup… Wal-Mart.
- Comment Approval
- About Last Night
- City Council Meeting Tomorrow Evening
- Local Schools
- Hercules Powder Keg
- Reminder: Planning Commission TONIGHT
- Planning Commission: Bayfront
December 2007 ↩
- Alternative Transit Center Plan
- Planning Commission: Hilltown, Penterra Poe
- News Roundup… New Mayor.
- Tonight’s City Council Meeting
- IMPORTANT! “Secret” development plan being pushed by Mayor and City Manager
- Upcoming City Council Meeting
- Hercules Bayfront
November 2007 ↩
September 2007 ↩
August 2007 ↩
July 2007 ↩
- Sycamore Downtown
- Pinole Creek Improvements
- City Council: Speed Limit
- News Roundup… Skate Park.
- Frog Pad Park Update
- News Roundup… Budget.
June 2007 ↩
- Neighborhood Watch Meeting Minutes (6/18/2007)
- News Roundup… BART to Hercules.
- News Roundup… Wal-Mart.
- City Faces Setback In Walmart Battle
April 2007 ↩
March 2007 ↩