Richmond Unemployment Rate Dips to Historic Low

In November of 2017, the unemployment rate for Richmond residents dropped to 3.6% in November 2017, the lowest on record and possibly the lowest in history (http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/data/labor-force-and-unemployment-for-cities-and-census-areas.html). It...

Richmond Main Post Office Goes Up for Sale

Despite valiant attempts to stop it and generous offers by the City of Richmond to acquire it, the United States Postal Service has formally listed the Richmond Main Post Office building for sale and is requesting offers by December 28, 2017. No asking price is...

City Council Decorum

I am sad to say that the practices of the Corky Booze era of the City Council appear to be returning, and this time led not by the long-gone Corky, but surprisingly by his one-time adversaries, some of the Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA) City Council members. Like...