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, 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...

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...

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...

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...

The Contra Costa College Culinary Academy's 15th Food and Wine Experience is this Sunday, April 21st from 11 am to 2:30 pm. It is a fun event that supports the top Culinary students to study abroad in Italy for 2 weeks. This will be the final Food & Wine as Chef...

Last week, Shirley and I joined four other board members of Rosie the Riveter Trust to attend presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal to Rosie the Riveters (collectively). Rosies are loosely defined as women who did any kind of work to directly support the war...

Next Club Meeting Our next meeting will take place at the Richmond Country Club (address below) on Friday, April 19th at 12:30pm. Telling stories with Quilts Ora Clay Ora uses quilts to tell a story by using photos, sayings, and events from her cultural background....

The saga of the Craneway is strange indeed. After a highly touted and well-attended grand opening on March 23-24, there has been little sign of life at the Craneway, despite Darlene Vendegna declaring, “thousands of Richmond residents are thrilled to have this...

Next Club Meeting Our next meeting will take place at the Richmond Country Club (address below) on Friday, April 5, 12:30pm. Crime prevention and unhoused interventions Michelle Milam Learn about the Richmond Police Department crime prevention program, and the work...

Richmond TOMORROW! Headed to work, school, or shopping in Richmond? You always have a way to get there. In case you missed it, check out the changes we’re rolling out starting tomorrow: Expanded service zone. No more limits to where you can go — you’ll be able to ride...

Tom, don’t let MTC take away our pathway Join the Monthly Giving Circle to become a part of the ongoing movement for better biking! Dear Tom, Two weeks ago we were extremely disappointed and surprised to hear that the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is...

Vietnam Veterans Day commemorates the sacrifices of Vietnam veterans and their families and is part of a national effort to recognize the men and women who were denied a proper welcome upon returning home more than 50 years ago. On this day in 1973, the last combat...

I don’t know who Sally Claire is, but she has been widely quoted about the failure of journalism. On journalism: "If someone says it's raining, and another person says it's dry, it's not your job to quote them both. Your job is to look out the fucking window and find...

I wrote this on March 26, 2017, when my father, Thomas Franklin (Tom) Butt, who died at the age of 83 in 2000, would have been 100 years old. His father (my grandfather) lived to be 97. I think my father inherited the family genes, but it was lung cancer that ended...