Tag Archives: Economy

Foreclosures lead to mental stress

Besides the financial stress experienced in foreclosure, people may also suffer from severe mental stress, which can affect their physical health.

Youth employment program on the rise

Richmond’s YouthWORKS, a city-run youth-employment program, employed 705 local teens and young adults ages 16-21 last summer at 140 Bay Area public and private work sites. The civic youth jobs program is one the nation’s largest in proportion to the population of the city it serves.

Bad economy brings new vendors to swap meet

Thanks to the slow economy, shoppers can score great deals from new vendors.

In tough economy, pain trickles to the bottom

A few hundred yards off the Santa Fe Channel’s waters, beneath the moving silhouettes of the massive tankers that float to dock, lies the little stretch of railroad track that serves as a gathering point for Richmond’s men and women who scavenge for scrap.