Even though elected public service is just a memory for me now, what we achieved in Richmond lives on. Two years ago, Contra Costa Climate Leaders issued a Local Government Report card, awarding Richmond as 1st Place in progress on addressing the climate crises. See...

It’s that time again! Bring your best game to the 4th Richmond Community Chess Festival’s National Chess Day celebration at the 15th Annual Spirit & Soul Event on Saturday, October 14, 2023. This is a free community chess event; pre-registration is highly...

Interactive Resources is 50 years old today! 48 years ago, we erected what was then the largest wind generator in California and the first to cogenerate with the grid. See https://youtu.be/MPBdHcMxgeA and https://youtu.be/xwy6xO57WF8.

As mayors of two very close cities of about the same size, Jesse and I worked on many of the same issues, such as homelessness, health care, education and economic development. He was my alternate as a BCDC commissioner, and when I left, he became the ABAG-appointed...

Every year about this time, I think about Covid the Corvid who brought some levity to our first year of COVID-19. It has been three years now, since Covid the Corvid told us “goodbye” and flew off to become a wild crow. For the story, see Covid the Corvid – Free as a...

__________________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACTS: Katherine Rife, The Latina Center, krife@thelatinacenter.org, (202) 340-8989 Trina Jackson-Lincoln, City of Richmond, trina_jackson@ci.richmond.ca.us, (510)...

Read in Los Angeles Times: https://apple.news/ARJ-fUoegTGeR7loFPFvtzw I proposed this in 2018 (Managed Homeless Camps, June 27, 2018) but the City Council did not have the backbone to move ahead. They looked at dozens of sites but always caved in to neighborhood...

As a highlight - 13 Rosies - now in their 100s or close to that will be joining us to celebrate our theme this year which is If it weren't for the Rosies... JOIN US FOR THIS YEARS ROSIE GALA! TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE! Saturday, September 23, 2023 More information, to...

One of my enduring complaints about the City of Richmond is a deeply embedded culture that fails to follow through on permits, approvals and agreements. Once the approval has been made, the City is gone forever. Following are two examples from what were very...

Almost everyone asks me, “How do you like retirement?” I have to explain that while I have involuntarily (termed out) transitioned from being an elected official, I have hardly retired. Incidentally, no longer being saddled with the responsibilities of elected office...

Point Richmond Music (PRM's) free summer concert series concludes this Friday, with Lady Bianca and Soji & the Afrobeat Band! View this email in your browser Season Finale w/ Lady Bianca & Soji & the Afrobeat Band this Friday, 9/8! Point Richmond Music...

Interactive Resources, Inc. Celebrates 50th Anniversary | Interactive Resources (intres.com) PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Interactive Resources, Inc. Celebrates 50th Anniversary East Bay Architectural and Engineering Firm at Forefront of Sustainable Design...

This is the annual fundraiser (and fun raiser) event that provides funding for Rosie the Riveter Trust Programs such as Rosie’s Service Corps and Every Kid Outdoors. The cost is $250 for seat or a table of 10 for $2,500. For tickets go to...

The anti-police culture of the RPA and RPA City Council members and the even more anti-police culture of the ineffective and dangerous Reimagining Public Safety Community Task Force they set up is largely responsible for the police staffing crisis described in the...

Next Club Meeting and Peres School Teacher Support Our next meeting will take place at the Richmond Country Club (address below) on Friday, August 25, 12:30pm. Shay’s Haircare Clinic Julie Persons Shay’s Haircare Clinic is the first haircare clinic in Richmond solely...

Apparently, the pickleball lobby continues to press for a change in policy direction that would allow the pickleball complex to occupy the Craneway despite initial rejections by the City of Richmond and the State lands Commission. California State Lands Commission and...

Next Club Meeting Our next meeting will take place at the Richmond Country Club (address below) on Friday, August 18, 12:30pm. The Hidden Technology of Bowling Dr Raynato Castro San Pablo Rotary Club Tying into the upcoming Barsheep RotaCare Bowl-a-thon, Dr Castro...

The Factory Bar to mark three years with Surf & Turf Boozy Brunch August 8, 2023 Photo by Kathy Chouteau By Kathy Chouteau Set your smartphones for a Surf & Turf Boozy Brunch Sun., Aug. 20 at 11 a.m., when The Factory Bar in Richmond will celebrate its three...