Remind Me Why I Moved to the San Francisco Bay Area

Rome had its bread and circuses, but Bay Area residents may have it even better. Saturday morning I showed up at the Ford Plant for the Home Front Fun Run, benefitting the YMCA. At $20, it was the only thing I paid for all weekend. The night before, we attended the...

Code Enforcement at Work in Richmond

I just found out today that Code Enforcement posts monthly activity reports, including before and after photos of typical success stories. I hope you don”t see a photo of your property. Access to the reports is obscure and not all are listed but can be found at...

West County Japanese Flower-Industry Gets its Due

The Exhibit and reception described below opens tomorrow at 5:00 PM at the Open House Senior Center, 6500 Stockton Ave., behind the El Cerrito Library. The remnant of the Japanese Flower Growing Industry in Richmond is in the project t called Miraflores. For more...