The End of the Road

Last night was my last Richmond City Council meeting ever, termed out after over 27 years and some 1,300 City Council meetings, not including committee and other meetings, and not including regional board and committee meetings. If you added all of them in, it would...

Home for Christmas

This was a joint effort of the Richmond Rotary Club, the Mayor’s Community Fund, Way2Love, and the Richmond Community Foundation with a grant from Chevron. Thanks to Paul Morris, agent for the owner, for offering an apartment. It takes a village. VIDEO: Bay Area mayor...

East Brother Lighthouse Innkeeper Recruitment Opens

Applications are being accepted for innkeepers at East Brother Lighthouse. After two years of extraordinary service, our current keepers, Stephanie and Bryan Wesolek will be leaving at the end of March 2023. East Brother Light Station, Inc., a non-profit corporation,...

Status of the District 2 Election

On the surface, the story of the District 2 election is that it was a tie between Cesar Zepeda and Andrew Butt, and Zepeda eventually won when his name was drawn from a paper bag. End of story. A recount is in progress and will be completed sometime next week. No one...

The RPA’s Personal and Vitriolic Attacks

Three days from now, December 20, 2022, is my last Richmond City Council meeting. Frankly, I can’t wait. I look forward to leaving with about the same level of enthusiasm I had to leave Vietnam 52 years ago. In a functional City Council, members could, or even should,...