Two Richmonds?

Political campaign season highlights the two realities that constitute Richmond. On one hand we have the Establishment, represented by the Chamber of Commerce, the Council of Industries and large real estate developers. Chevron looms particularly large in the first...

Caltrans and Chevron Conspire to Perpetuate Death Trap

Today”s West County Times carries an account of a serious accident that killed one bicyclist and seriously injured another on the westbound shoulder of I-580 on September 24 just east of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge toll plaza. This stretch of the freeway is...

Connect the Dots

Three seemingly unrelated stories (all copied at the end of this email) involving Richmond broke this week. The City Council voted to proceed with a $10 million plan to temporarily relocate the Police Department out of the Hall of Justice pending construction of a new...