Public Bank East Bay Viability Study

Several years ago the Richmond City Council voted to join Oakland and other cities in paying for a feasibility study to charter a public bank. From the October 3, 2017 Minutes: The matter to discuss and consider donating funds to the City of Oakland to conduct a study...

Update on 8 Western Drive Encroachment Fiasco

Remember back last year when the owner of 8 Western Drive sold the property for over $1 million after illegally expropriating most of the street right of way for a front yard and private parking lot? See How to Homestead Land in Richmond, September 11, 2021. It turns...

From Russia With Love

With Russia on top of the news these days, I thought I would share my first and last trip to Russia 52 years ago this month way back when it was the USSR. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxc-iKzLQBE. The voyage from Yokahama to Nakhodka was a couple of days....