Eucalyptus Grove Cleared for Solar Panels at Point Pinole

KGO Radio reported today that Contra Costa County workers over the last couple weeks cut and removed more than 100 trees at Point Pinole Regional Shoreline in Richmond to make way for a ground-mounted solar array that will serve the county’s adjacent West County Detention Center. Intrigued by this ironic turn of environmentalism, we called Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia, in whose district the park falls, to learn more.