Tag Archives: Economy

Public salaries outpace residents’ income levels

By: Meghan Walsh | November 20, 2011 – 3:31 pm

Richmond public employees earn a yearly average salary almost twice the median household income of the city’s residents, leading to a drain of wealth and...

Coming of age and coming into her own: the story of a Richmond beauty salon

By: Mitzi Mock | November 8, 2011 – 4:36 pm

As I drove down 23rd Street on my way to Erica’s Beauty Salon on Saturday morning, I wondered how many people had already canceled their...

RichmondBUILD boosts local green industry, but can’t carry economy

By: Maggie Beidelman | September 20, 2011 – 2:00 pm

At 19 years old, Lela Turner found herself homeless, jobless and struggling. Two years earlier, the San Leandro High School graduate had tried working part-time...

Gavin Newsom to speak, Chevron to donate at Richmond green job training program

By: By Robert Rogers and Tyler Orsburn | August 18, 2011 – 4:37 pm

Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom and state Assembly Member Nancy Skinner will be featured speakers at Friday’s RichmondBUILD Graduation ceremony.

Ready to work: Hahsaan Jordan

By: Hyunjin Seo | October 1, 2010 – 11:00 am

Meet Hahsaan Jordan, the next in our series profiling Richmond residents looking for jobs.

Poverty levels in Richmond worsen in 2009

By: Christina Lopez | September 29, 2010 – 11:22 pm

Poverty in Richmond last year was nearly double state and national averages.

Ready to work: Sonia Aguilera

By: Becca Friedman | September 24, 2010 – 2:00 pm

Ready To Work is a new series of profiles featuring people in Richmond who are looking for jobs. With unemployment at 18.5 percent, Richmond has...

A day of Spirit and Soul for downtown Richmond

By: Becca Friedman | September 23, 2010 – 6:00 am

Music, food and wine raised funds Sunday to help revitalize the Macdonald Avenue business district.

Residents present alternatives to casino for Point Molate

By: Kerri Connolly and Anne Brice | September 10, 2010 – 10:01 am

At a public forum Wednesday, Richmond residents brought an array of ideas to the table as alternatives to a casino on Point Molate.

Tax liens coming soon for city’s nuisance properties

By: Ian Stewart | July 14, 2010 – 5:00 am

The City of Richmond will begin levying over $750,000 in property-tax liens next month against out-of-compliance owners of vacant, abandoned or blighted homes.

Good news for North Richmond’s jobless

By: Ian Stewart | July 6, 2010 – 5:00 am

It may not be a cure-all for the problems facing people in North Richmond, but a plan to include the community in Richmond’s business Enterprise...