Talk of the Point

Correspondent Paul Thompson, a known character-on-the-square and observer of the wee hours, has pronounced the Starbucks sign at 2 a.m. the town’s “loudest noise.” The visual pollution is so great it crosses over to the other senses, he says.

Subway’s colors are even brighter, and the thought of them hanging over the square may yet awaken […]

S train will not stop at Bank of Richmond building

Months ago Subway, the global fast-food chain, offered Mark Howe $2.50 per square foot for part of the first floor in his restored Bank of Richmond building at West Richmond and Washington. But the custom wooden windows, briquetage and the grand copper cone just wouldn’t go […]

The S train

Is another franchise arriving soon at the Point? Would this one be a Subway? That’s the rumor. Check here for more in a few days.

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 […]

Neighborhood council’s new newsletter just didn’t jell

The neighborhood council’s effort to adopt a new format for its monthly mailing died a sudden death last Saturday. That’s when would-be editor Fred H. Arm pulled out.

I’ve heard Fred’s side of it. With the board’s encouragement, he had produced an attractive and readable six-page, illustrated first edition in […]