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Interview of Larry Tripplett by Meda Okelo. Topics include: moving to the Bay Area from Los Angeles by McDonald’s to open a restaurant; first impressions of EPA; how the site for the first McDonald’s in EPA was chosen; logistics leading to the opening the restaurant in October, 1988; employee success stories; crime in the 1990s and how it affected his business; how the second EPA McDonald’s came to be; local youth programs; and notable people.