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.
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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 Zone could provide some economic relief for the county’s poorest area.
Foreclosures lead to mental stress
December 4, 2009 – 6:01 am
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
November 9, 2009 – 11:35 pm
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
October 31, 2009 – 9:47 am
Thanks to the slow economy, shoppers can score great deals from new vendors.
In tough economy, pain trickles to the bottom
October 21, 2009 – 6:01 am
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.