by admin | Oct 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s mega yacht docks at Richmond terminal By Robert Rogers Contra Costa Times Posted: 10/17/2012 05:47:04 PM PDT Updated: 10/17/2012 06:25:52 PM PDT RICHMOND — It’s more than 400-feet long, with a sleek superstructure...
by admin | Oct 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
In light of the recent tirades from Corky Booze alleging favoritism towards Point Richmond, I want to share an email I just received from a North and East resident: Hello to the whole City Council, I was watching the events last night on TV of the City Meeting and...
by admin | Oct 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Big Oil Targets Little Richmond, Again The political battle between Chevron and grassroots progressives is continuing this fall. By John Geluardi Richmond has come a long way from the grim 1990s — when a corrupt fire captain held the city council in his pocket,...
by admin | Oct 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Caught in a coup d’état in Cambodia that overthrew Norodom Sihanouk over 40 years ago, I was reminded of those dicey circumstances once again when he died yesterday at age 89. Here is the story. It was March, 1970, when my taste for adventure probably exceeded my...
by admin | Oct 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Richmond’s soda tax campaigner Carolyn Jones Updated 11:09 p.m., Friday, October 12, 2012 Omar Nassar, manager of the Richmond Food Center, says he will probably lose business if the soda tax passes. Photo: Brant Ward, The Chronicle / SF Soda crackdowns are not...