Pearl Harbor Day and Edgar King
My mother, who grew up in eastern Arkansas, had spent the summer of 1941 in Hawaii visiting her aunt and uncle. Her uncle (my great uncle) was Col. (later Brig. General Edgar King) the ranking medical officer at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked in December of...
Update on Health Order
Update - December 4, 2020 Bay Area Counties Act Now to Implement the State's Stay Home Order Available ICU capacity in Contra Costa down to 20% Due to the unprecedented surge in community spread of COVID-19 and the significant increase in hospitalizations and ICU bed...
Participate in the Richmond Rotary Club Holiday Auction to Benefit Richmond
View this email in your browser The Flywheel Next Meeting: DECEMBER 4, 2020 VIRTUAL HOLIDAY AUCTION Join us for our first virtual Holiday Auction! This year's auction will include fun activities, games, and events. Join in on the fun, decorate your space on Zoom's...
Launch of AB 617 Community Steering Committee Recruitment
From BAAQMD: Subject: Launch of AB 617 Community Steering Committee Recruitment Dear Mayor Butt, We are excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for a Community Steering Committee to help reduce exposure to air pollution in the Richmond-North...
Litigious Out of Towners Sap Richmond’s Financial Resources
Nobody in Richmond elected Norman LaForce. In fact, when he recently ran for the East Bay Regional Parks District Ward 1 director position representing Richmond, he was soundly defeated. Figure 1 - Noman LaForce has his hands in your pockets Unelected as he is,...
Pixar and Point Richmond
Read https://www.sfchronicle.com/culture/article/Toy-Story-at-25-An-oral-history-of-15749644.php to find out how Pixar grew up in Point Richmond. Point Richmond is like Crockett, or Larkspur, or Sunol. One of those lovely little Bay Area locales that is frozen in...
Shop Local for the Holidays on Small Business Saturday
Falling between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Small Business Saturday is essential to the preservation of the neighborhoods that compose the landscape of our local economy and enrich its unique culture. In 2019, 800+ mayors and city officials joined together to...
City Manager’s Weekly Report for the Week Ending November 20, 2020
Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending November 20th, 2020. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 24th, 2020. Closed Session begins at 6:00 P.M., followed by the Regular Meeting of...
Virtual Turkey Shoot 2020 Reading!!!
A Point Richmond tradition for decades, the Annual Turkey Shoot has to go virtual this year. It starts at 10:30 AM today and will feature over a dozen people reading the infamous poem plus a new 2020 stanza. You can catch it all on Facebook at the “Point Richmond...
Today We Are 49’ers.
Today is Shirley’s and my 49th wedding anniversary! Married in Mur Woods November 26, 1971. For a short video, seehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWgXJMrUgsI
It Was So Close!
SPRAWLDEF Point Molate Litigation Dismissed
The Court has dismissed with prejudice the lawsuit by SPRAWLDEF, Citizens for Eastshore Parks, Pamela Stello, Tony Sustak, Paul Carmen and James Hanson, claiming the City violated the Brown Act when it settled Point Molate litigation. See the decision here. This...
Planning Commission to Consider Campus Bay Plan Tonight
Tonight, the Richmond Planning Commission will consider the following: PLN20-310: Campus Bay Mixed-Use Project PUBLIC HEARING to consider a recommendation to the City Council on the: Addendum to the Richmond Bay Specific Plan Environmental Impact Report; adopting a...
Washington Post has Tony Thurmond on Short List for Secretary of Education
See here the Washington Post has Tony Thurmond on the short list to be Secretary of Education.
Zeneca Site Before City Council Again
It has been said that Richmond is blessed with lots of vacant land for development opportunities. While that is true, it is also true that many of those opportunity sites are brownfields. A “brownfield” is a property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which...
Want to Represent Richmond at the Oakland Airport Community Noise Forum?
Oakland Airport Community Noise Forum Richmond Resident Vacancy On October 21, the City of Richmond was reinstated to the Oakland Airport Community Noise Forum after several years without representation. We will be represented by one elected official and one resident...
Want to Be Involved in City of Richmond Personnel Decisions?
City of Richmond: Personnel Board Vacancy Help represent our city's interests! Attend monthly meetings, provide oversight and direction for city personnel, conduct hearings on employee grievances, review proposed changes, and advise the city manager. Apply:...
Youth Led Town Hall November 20
Richmond Youth Council: Speak Truth to Power (Youth Led Town Hall) Friday, November 20 | 5:30 - 7:30 pm Sign Up: tinyurl.com/RYCTOWNHALL Questions: rcy.council@gmail.com Panelists: Mayor Tom Butt, Police Chief Bisa French, West Contra Costa Unified School District...
It’s Your Day Veterans
It’s been exactly 50 years since I was released from U.S. Army active duty in 1970, but it seems like yesterday. On this Veterans Day 2020, I would like to recognize all American veterans, but especially those with whom I served in Vietnam, including the men of the...
Post Mortem on EBRPD Election
Hi Mayor Butt, It is a big relief that Elizabeth Echols will represent Ward 1 on the Board of the Park District. I hope that victory will help Richmond prevail in its effort to build some housing at Point Molate. Here is my "post mortem" on Norman La Force. I hope the...