Presenting Fantastic Negrito on Friday, 6/28! Point Richmond Music (PRM's) free summer concerts return on Friday, June 28th! This year, we’re thrilled to open our season with the Bay Area’s own Fantastic Negrito, winner of three consecutive GRAMMYs for Best...

Next Club Meeting Our next meeting will take place at the Richmond Country Club (address below) on Friday, June 7, 12:30pm. Black History/Hispanic History/LGBTQ History Tamara Shiloh The presentation will provide information regarding the Just Imagine KidZ...

Confirming rumors that have been circulating for months, Gayle McLaughlin announced that she will not seek reelection to her Richmond City Council seat. Instead, she has endorsed Richmond Progressive Alliance stalwart Sue Wilson, who announced her candidacy one hour...

The following story by the Bay Area News Group highlights the ill-conceived effort by the RPA controlled City Council to push out one of the City’s most valuable and successful tenants for reasons that have nothing to do with rent. The Rigger’s Loft Wine Company has...

John Valdez, former owner of Richmond Compassionate Care Collective (RCCC) has filed a lawsuit against the City of Richmond alleging that the City of Richmond City Council members conspired, aided and abetted fraud that deprived Valdez and the RCCC of a cannabis...

As I head off today for the 2024 California Preservation Conference in Los Angeles, it saddens me in this Preservation Month of May how far the City of Richmond has fallen in its stewardship of irreplaceable historic sites. Partially because of mismanagement by the...

Next Club Meeting Our next meeting will take place at the Richmond Country Club (address below) on Friday, May 31, 12:30pm. The History of Rotary Projects in Mexico Grier Graff, Berkeley Rotary A history of twenty years of volunteer educational projects led by...

I have been experimenting with publishing some of my manuscripts using Kindle Direct Publishing. It’s tedious but interesting. So far, I have published three “books,” which can be purchased as Kindle books or paperbacks I set the price as low as Amazon would allow...

Last week, I attended a reception for Richmond Promise Cal graduates in the Athletic Director’s Suite following UC Berkeley's recent commencement ceremony at Cal Memorial Stadium. What an impressive group representing Richmond. Almost all seemed to be heading for...

I was a recipient of this award last year (Sustainability Award, September 20, 2023), and this year’s nominees are being sought. If you know someone, please nominate them. Sustainability Award Nominations - Deadline June 30! Do you know an individual, nonprofit,...

What the City is doing to enforce the lease provisions relating to use of the Craneway remains somewhat of a black hole. The second of two advice letters from the State Lands Commission states, “Our stance remains unchanged.” Meanwhile, pickleball continues unabated...

Next Club Meeting Our next meeting will take place at the Richmond Country Club (address below) on Friday, May 17, 12:30pm. The Legal Basis for the U.S. to Defend Taiwan The Indo-Pacific Region has been called by US global security strategy the “world’s center of...

Next Club Meeting Our next meeting will take place at the Richmond Country Club (address below) on Friday, May 10, 12:30pm. Community Villages Tanya Jacobs Community Villages was established in 2019 with the interest to aid human suffering and oppression by addressing...

On May 7, 2024, the City Council will, “ADOPT a Resolution setting aside City Council Resolution No. 97-20 and Ordinance Nos. 22-20 and 23-20 for the Point Molate Mixed Use Development Project in compliance with the Writ of Mandate issued in North Coast Rivers...

November 2024 could be a watershed moment in Richmond politics, offering an opportunity to finally end the RPA domination of the City Council. Credible challengers to incumbents for all three open Richmond City Council district seats have announced their intent to...

Next Club Meeting Our next meeting will take place at the Richmond Country Club (address below) on Friday, May 3, 12:30pm. Salesian College Preparatory Kenneth Farr II, Principal Kenneth Farr II (c/o ’10) will join the Richmond Rotary Club and present about Salesian...

richmondside.org Learn more | Take our survey Dear Tom, Hi, Kari here. I am honored to introduce myself as the new Editor-in-Chief of Richmondside. As a Bay Area resident for most of my life, and an East Bay reporter and editor for 13 years, I am deeply committed to...

Next Club Meeting Our next meeting will take place at the Richmond Country Club (address below) on Friday, April 26, 12:30pm. A New Age for the Richmond Museum Association Evelyn Santos On this 70th year of operation, the Richmond Museum Association embarks on a new...

And the foghorn greets us daily "East Brother" is nothing more than a tiny rock surrounded by waves, pelicans and passing ships. But the B&B in the Victorian lighthouse has probably the most magnificent view of the bay and the San Francisco skyline. Dre looks like...

We just wrapped up a week’s visit to Arkansas. Saw a lot of friends and family, floated the Buffalo River and sorted through the family archives. Among other things, I found all the letters my dad wrote to my mother during WWII, and my grandfather’s Carrie Nation...