Next Club Meeting Our next meeting will take place at the Richmond Golf Club (address below) on Friday, April 10, 12:30pm. Johnnie Greenstock and the 4P's of Nutrition Monica Wilcox Nutritional education for children. I have developed a nutrition...

    While I was still mayor, the City Council approved a major development project known as Campus Bay, a 89.6-acre property planned for up to 2.1 million square feet of R&D/Business/Service, up to 320,000 square feet of retail use, up to 2,530...

It would be helpful if mayoral and city council candidates provided their opinions and positions on actual public policy issues that are likely to be addressed by the new city council.   Most candidates tout their qualifications with broad commitments that mean...

Next Club Meeting Our next meeting will take place at the Richmond Golf Club (address below) on Friday, April 3, 12:30pm. Anselmo Ramirez Moving Forward The team at Moving Forward understands the importance of higher education and we want to set...

  Step Into History This Saturday—Rosie the Riveter Day! Get ready to roll up your sleeves and celebrate the spirit of strength, resilience, and community! This Saturday, March 21, come dressed as a Rosie or Home Front worker and join for National Rosie the...

This is who West County Democrats will be endorsing in June.       Dear WCDC Membership:   A Special Thanks to the WCDC and District 1 ad-hoc Endorsements Committee members for preparing candidate questions and serving on the interview Panel:...

I just found out from Eric Nelson’s wife that he had died nine months ago. She saw a post of mine on Eric’s Facebook page and was reminded to contact me.   You can see from Eric’s obituary that he was a talented artist, esteemed professor and...

My mother, Cecilia King Butt would have been 103 years old today. I wrote two books about her, both available on Amazon, Cecilia King's Extraordinary Senior Trip: Honolulu 1940-41 - Before Pearl Harbor  and A WWII Romance: Tom and Cecilia Butt.   Cecilia...

Ryan Szimanski and Drachinifel History Presentations   Maritime History Talks on March 21    Dear Tom, If you follow the YouTube maritime history channels "Battleship New Jersey" and "Drachinifel" then you won't want to miss these...

Next Club Meeting Our next meeting will take place at the Richmond Golf Club on Friday, March 6, 12:30pm. PLEASE NOTE: The gate code is #8631 A is for Average Gus Mattammal Gus Mattammal would discuss some of the root cause issues with the...

A new concert series at Point San Pablo Harbor   View this email in your browser       JUST ANNOUNCED! MONDAY, MARCH 23 Nicki Bluhm, Grahame Lesh, & Jennifer Hartswick Sailing Solo Concert Series at The Knot Club (This show will sell out)...

  Figure 1 - Richmond Mayor Eduardo Martinez addresses the Berkeley City Council last April wearing colors and a flag that are typically symbols of Palestinian nationalism. (Richmondside)   Multiple sources are reporting that the Richmond Progressive...

Next Club Meeting Our next meeting will take place at the Richmond Golf Club on Friday, February 27, 12:30pm. PLEASE NOTE: The gate code is #8631 Dio Se La Vi (Water is life) Johwell St. Cilien The project aims to build a submersible pump for...

Figure 1 - The SS Red Oak Victory is the 5th most popular attraction in Richmond and is part of Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park, the city’s top attraction, according to Tripadvisor In a rare moment of wisdom, the City Council voted...

For reasons that I can’t explain, I erroneously stated that Alternative C was the plan selected by the National Park Service for Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park in the General Management Plan. In fact, it was Alternative B. I have...

Trump’s latest outrageous threat is to gut and reconstruct the Kennedy Center -- after adding his name to it.   President Donald Trump on Monday elaborated on his plan to close the Kennedy Center and rebuild it, saying that the steel would be "fully...

Next Club Meeting Our next meeting will take place at the Richmond Golf Club (address below) on Friday, February 6, 12:30pm. Our Guatemala Adventure Grier Graff Grier Graff and his supporting crew will present "Our Guatemala Adventure."...

I sent this to the City Council today:   Spending $300,000 to provide a design and cost estimate to build a new dock for the SS Red Oak Victory is a bad idea and a profound waste of money that could be better spent maintaining the SS Red Oak Victory, which is...

Amid the ICE murders in Minneapolis and other Trump chaos, the White House ballroom has almost become yesterday’s news, but the fight goes on. There is some optimism over the National Trust for Historic Preservation lawsuit where the judge has signaled...

Following a punt by the Design Review Board, the Planning Commission will take up consideration of the horrible Marina Point Project. (https://www.grandviewindependent.com/richmond-planning-commission-to-review-222-new-housing-units-across-three-sites/)   Item 3...