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...
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...
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...
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.
Meet Hahsaan Jordan, the next in our series profiling Richmond residents looking for jobs.
Poverty in Richmond last year was nearly double state and national averages.
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...
Music, food and wine raised funds Sunday to help revitalize the Macdonald Avenue business district.
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.
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.
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...
Besides the financial stress experienced in foreclosure, people may also suffer from severe mental stress, which can affect their physical health.
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...
