by admin | Mar 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/Bart-Removes-Only-Black-Board-Member-After-16993564.php Until yesterday, Lateefah Simon represented Richmond on the BART Board. I always found her to be responsive and easy to work with. This was quite a shock.Bart Removes...
by admin | Mar 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
On February 24, 2022, Governor Newsom announced $50 million in grants for programs and projects to alleviate homelessness, with $4.8 million going to Richmond. See City of Richmond Awarded Homeless Grant, February 25, 2022. Less than a week later, on March 1, 2022,...
by admin | Mar 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Mar 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
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....
by admin | Mar 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
With little fanfare, former Richmond City Attorney Teresa Stricker emerged as the new city attorney for the City of San Pablo, not only a little too close for comfort to Richmond, but entirely surrounded by Richmond. Stricker almost single-handedly did her best to...
by admin | Mar 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
… I traded in my jungle boots and frayed fatigues for civilian clothes and bought a ticket on Air Vietnam to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. I always wanted to see Angkor Way, so instead of taking the Freedom Bird east, I headed west. Figure 1 – Goodbye, Vietnam! Figure 2...
