Snapshot of Richmond Economic Indicators

Richmond unemployment rate is holding steady at a post-WWII low of 4.2%, compared to an even better 3.6% countywide in Contra Costa County. After a slump in April, home sales prices are headed back up again, currently at a median of $410,000, a relative bargain in the...

One simple solution can get I-80 moving again

http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/06/02/opinion-one-simple-solution-can-get-i-80-moving-again/. Opinion: One simple solution can get I-80 moving again An Amtrak train passes over cars traveling on Macdonald Ave. as it departs the station in Richmond, Calif. on Monday,...

Richmond Shoreline BioBlitz on July 1

You are invited to join Wholly H2O, California Academy of Sciences and The Watershed Project for a fun half-day BioBlitz at Point Pinole Regional Shoreline on Saturday, July 1 from 10 AM to 2 PM. This is an opportunity to enjoy being a citizen scientist through simple...