Talk of the Point

Generations of men have enjoyed the variety of Playboy’s “Girls of…” series. Girls of this or that college, profession, or region. When I was a teenager I liked “Girls of Scandinavia.” At The Spot the other night, on my way from the cat food to the cash register, I thought I saw a new one: […]

Come and make peace signs Wednesday afternoon at Shannon McGowan’s house. Sign making starts at 5 p.m.–followed by an optional yoga lesson at 6:30.

She’s got marking pens and some poster board. But if you can, please bring poster board and sticks to hold the signs.

To take part, call Shannon at 510-235-2952. She’ll sign you up […]

The annual Turkey Shoot will have a new section this year: a peace march.

This may be the smallest peace march in the world–not to mention the only one with goats and absolutely the only one named “shoot.”

Organizer Shannon McGowan said that while this may be tiny compared with the big marches elsewhere, “This way, our […]

What kind of a landowner would cut all his trees down? The Point Richmond Collective Newsletter’s November 1 issue asked that question but offered no facts. TOTP investigated.

In the article, writer and former attorney Fred H. Arm argues that the trees were community assets and that the community should have been consulted before they were […]

Correspondent Andrew Butt writes in response to last week’s item noting a Chronicle story about East Brother Light Station.

Regarding your post about the film “Blood Alley” being filmed on East Brother Island, the Chronicle article actually says that it was filmed (or part of it was filmed) at the Point San Pablo Yacht Harbor, which […]

Back in 1994 Katherine Branstetter kept the names of oil tankers at the Chevron wharf, which she still looks at every day out her living room window. These days she reads about the Bush administration’s ties to the oil industry and thinks of one boat in particular: the Condoleeza Rice.
Rice, now Bush’s national security advisor, […]

No surprise here. On November 5, the Point voted with San
Francisco for governor and other state officers. We voted with the rest of Contra
Costa voters when it came to BART and AC Transit taxes: against them.

 
Point
County
State
San
Francisco

Gov.
 
 
 
 

Davis

64%
53%
47%
66%

Simon

15%
36%
42%
15%

Camejo

17%
6%
5%
16%

Lt. Gov.
 
 
 
 

Bustamonte

66%
54%
50%
66%

McPherson

16%
38%
42%
16%

BART tax
 
 
 
 

Yes

61%
54%

73%

No

39%
46%

27%

AC Transit tax

Yes

61%
66%

No

39%
34%

(Total
Point votes for governor totaled 973; votes for lieutenant […]

The Point’s East Brother Light Station got good press in Sunday’s Chronicle.

One question: The story says that the movie Blood Alley was filmed on the island in 1952. But according to the Internet Movie Database, that movie was released in 1955 and filmed not on East Brother but on Belvedere Island, San Francisco and San […]

Last night in the storm, Bob DeSmet and wife Marsha nearly lost their french doors. At their house on Water St. at the top of the ridge, they pushed on their french doors for 45 minutes as 72 mph wind pushed against them.

Do you have a story about the storm? Click on the envelope and […]

When the Point cried “save the wigwags,” I don’t think this is what they meant. The good news is that the wigwags will probably remain in place, said David Dohlberg, who represented the Point with Tom Butt in a recent mediation with the railroad. The bad news is that the familiar ding-ding will probably go […]