Talk of the Point

Michael Peckham returns to Santa Fe Market

Michael Peckham–the tall and gregarious son of Santa Fe Market owner Bob Peckham–has returned. His first day back behind the meat counter is today. “My dad hasn’t been feeling too well,” he says, and he wants him to be comfortable.

The baggage car that couldn’t

That prized former Union Pacific baggage car–donated to the Golden State Model Railroad Museum but blocked at the last minute by concern about clearance past PG&E power lines–is gone for good. The museum has been unable to resolve the problem, so the donor, Levin-Richmond Terminal Corporation, has given it instead to […]

Conversation openers at the Washington School community forum

If you’re planning to attend the Washington School community forum on February 10 and want background on West Contra County Unified’s performance and how the state’s budget crisis will affect us, read last week’s Sacramento Bee articles on school funding.

Start with “Paying for schools: A $4 million tale […]

Collective Newsletter to spring back

Where’s the Point Richmond Collective Newsletter? We haven’t seen a new issue since early November. Publisher and Ginger Springs Day Spa owner Patricia Brown reports that she would have published again on February 1 had her biggest advertisers bought ads as usual. She plans to make it spring back to life–in […]

Raves for ‘Dead’

The East Bay Express has just published a review that calls correspondent Pete Livingston’s embattled movie about death in the movies “one of the most provocative documentaries of 2002.”

“Over 9 Billion Dead Served” examines the “vocabulary of violence” in popular films. Its release has been delayed while the publisher, Not The Enemy Media […]

Point Richmond International Raceway

As if rolling burritos wasn’t enough, Rosamaria’s Cafe owner and Talk correspondent Mike Nova is building what he calls Point International Raceway–in the attic, over the stove and dishwasher, in one-thirty-second scale. Anyone can play, but you have to bring your own car….Meanwhile, Mike’s thinking about another project, and this one’s in […]