Toll Brothers Lavishes Money on Dublin, Stiffs Richmond

Toll Brothers, which is still selling units at Seacliff and plans to build two more large condominium projects on the Richmond waterfront, refused to contribute a dime to building a grade separation in Marina Bay to help solve the long train problem. Their obligation...

Connecting the Spots

One of the reasons that so many people in Richmond are concerned about “accidents” at Chevron is that the baseline air pollution in parts of Richmond is already off the charts. In a report that came out just yesterday, it was determined that children...

Lawsuit Promised Over Bicyclist’s Death

Caltrans recently completed posting signage and installing rumble strips to better define the bike lanes that share the I-580 freeway on the east end of the Richmond-San Rafael bridge. In my opinion, using that bike lane is tantamount to Russian Roulette, and Caltrans...

Richmond Photographer Hank Wessel Rockets to Fame

Our kids grew up together on Scenic Avenue in modest 100-year old-cottages originally built for Standard Oil workers. We knew Hank Wessel was an artist with photography as his medium. He taught at the San Francisco Art Institute, and he was good ” but never...