Last night at the California Preservation Conference, “Rooted in Richmond” was recognized as the winner for the 2023 Preservation Design Award for Cultural Heritage, Intangible Assets. Award recipients are selected by a jury of top professionals in the fields of...

Next Club Meeting Our next meeting will take place at the Richmond Country Club (address below) on Friday, April 21, 12:30pm. For the Love of Jewell Scholarship Fund Vanessa Calloway Vanessa Calloway will tell us about the Love of Jewell, a scholarship fund that...

You can view the current City Manager's Weekly Report here: City Manager's Weekly Report 04/14/2023

As Winehaven slowly crumbles, a victim of neglect and poor judgment by the City of Richmond, we reflect on its history. Winehaven was once “California's undisputed wine capital” and the largest winery in the entire word. Following is an extraordinary collection of...

Next Club Meeting Our next meeting has been confirmed at the Richmond Country Club (address below) on Friday, April 14, 12:30pm. Rich City Rides Rich City Rides’ mission is to create opportunities for the most vulnerable members of society by using cycling to improve...

Grandview Independent Nonprofit files suit to save historic Winehaven structures By Soren Hemmila • 11 Apr 2023 • View in browser View in browser The California Wine Association constructed Winehaven at Point Molate following the Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake...

Trying to get new housing in Richmond is just not working, a result of too many headwinds from a perfect storm that includes a City Council made up of NIMBY RPA wackos, a staff that can’t get their act together, rent control and just cause, reimagining public safety,...

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As I was passing through Point Molate yesterday, I could not help but notice that the winter storms have not been kind to the cottages at Winehaven. Several more have experienced roof damage that undoubtedly has resulted in interior damage, including mold, making the...

Back before COVID, we had a group of volunteers who took care of the landscaping and gardens at East Brother Lighthouse. They had a “Garden Party” once a month with an island picnic. We need people who can make a monthly commitment – not a one-time thing. We would...

Opinion: Renaming Richmond’s Knox Freeway would denigrate legacy Colin Coffey PUBLISHED: April 7, 2023 at 5:00 a.m. | UPDATED: April 7, 2023 at 5:03 a.m. The late Assemblymember John Knox worked for close to two decades to gain the interstate designation and the...

Dear Friend of the Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour and Green Home Features Showcase, The free, online Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour takes place in just nine days! If you haven’t registered for the Saturday and Sunday, April 15 and 16 event, now is the...

Today, the Winehaven Trust filed a Complaint for Injunctive Relief and Violations of the Municipal Code (Click here) for failing to maintain the historic structures making up the Winehaven Historic District at Point Molate. The defendants are the City of Richmond and...

Please join us in celebrating our 2023 Plant to Plate Interns! Sunday, April 30th, 4:00 pm -- 6:00 pm At Anaviv Kitchen, 600 Hoffman Blvd. Richmond CA 94804 Food and Beverages will be served. Please RSVP by replying to this email . If you can't come but want to...

This is the second in a series of recollections I have of my 50 years living in Richmond. Click here for Richmond in the 1980s. The decade of 1980 was one of far-reaching changes in Richmond, as new residents led a transition from the industrial past to a vison of a...

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Next Club Meeting at La Strada Restaurant Our next meeting will take place at the La Strada Restaurant on Friday, April 7, 12:30pm. La Strada Restaurant is located at 2215 Church Ln, San Pablo. Please note that lunch is $30. EarthGrid RPC EarthGrid™ is developing the...

It was 1974, less than two years after we started Interactive Resources, when Gary McDonough and Yves Martin asked us to design a restaurant for them on an ugly lot under a giant billboard on Market Street in San Francisco. The challenge was that they had almost no...

Here's a link (https://richmondcarotary.org/miraflores/) that explains Richmond Rotary’s Miraflores Centennial Project 2020 that will one day be installed in the Mriaflores Sustainable Greenbelt when the development is back on track. Also attached is an older article...