Posts Tagged ‘jobs’
Richmond police force understaffed heading into 2020
The Richmond Police Department is slated to start off the New Year understaffed and with slim hopes of filling the employment gap before the end of the second quarter of 2020.
Read MoreUC Berkeley Chancellor meets with Richmond community about Global Campus
The Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, Nicholas Dirks, assured Richmond stakeholders yesterday that the economic benefits of the proposed Global Campus will be shared with the community. The project has raised concerns among the Richmond community as well as hopes.
Read MoreSingh hopes to bring harmony to council
Underdog candidate Harry Singh hopes to bring fresh ideas to city government.
Read MoreMore than 250 West County workers lose jobs
Losing a federal program that funded 288 jobs in West County has a deep impact.
Read MoreFederal subsidy for jobs has run out
Congress adjourned without funding a jobs program that paid $5 million in wages countywide.
Read MoreEconomy overshadows candidate forum
Mayoral and city council candidates appeared before voters Thursday. One dominant theme emerged: the economy.
Read MoreRichmond agency offers training and hope to jobseekers
With the city’s unemployment rate hovering around 18 percent, one thing is clear—Richmond residents need jobs. RichmondWORKS, an employment and training center, offers clients classes, guidance and hope for a new paycheck.
Read MoreOpponents raise doubts over Point Molate casino mailer
A brochure titled “The battle for the bay” turned up in the mailboxes of Richmond residents. Among other information, it states that the Point Molate casino project would create 12,000 jobs. Opponents of the building of a casino contest this number.
Read MoreLocal casino opposition crumbling
Opposition to a Las Vegas-style casino resort in Richmond is collapsing as casino backers hand over promises for millions of dollars, thousands of jobs and major environmental concessions.
Read MoreYouth 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.
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