Fremont City Council OKs displacing unhoused community to build dog park, pickleball courts at Vallejo Mills Park
FREMONT, Calif. — The Fremont City Council has signaled its lack of regard for people struggling with homelessness in favor…
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Surplus turns sour: Fremont may have been overpaid $28M in sales tax revenue
FREMONT, Calif. — The city of Fremont has gotten substantially more money through sales taxes over the past two years…
Castro Valley Pride holds vigil to honor lives lost on Transgender Day of Remembrance
HAYWARD, Calif. — About two dozen people from across Southern Alameda County came together in Hayward on Monday night to…
Muwekma Chairwoman Charlene Nijmeh launches campaign for Congress
SAN JOSE — In the process of fighting for her tribe’s federal recognition, Charlene Nijmeh has seen the corruption of…
Artist Louis Chinn shares plans for ‘The Living Basket’ memorial commemorating Muwekma Ohlone Tribe’s past, present and future
HAYWARD, Calif. — The United States has a problematic history of memorializing people and events that glorify domination, colonialism and…
Hayward considers next steps for underused city jail
HAYWARD, Calif. — The city of Hayward makes limited use of its city jail, but the chief of the Hayward…
Constituents call on Rep. Eric Swalwell to support ceasefire in Palestine
CASTRO VALLEY, Calif. — A group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators staged a protest at the district office of Rep. Eric Swalwell…
‘Judging Juries’ highlights need to pay jurors more than $15 per day
OAKLAND — A jury of one’s peers is the cornerstone of the U.S. criminal legal system, but a new documentary…
Covenant House gets $485,000 to continue construction of Hayward youth shelter
HAYWARD, Calif. — The Alameda County Office of Education has granted nonprofit Covenant House of California $485,000 to help it…
New Haven Unified school board swears in Vanessa Hernandez
UNION CITY, Calif. — Residents of Decoto and a portion of South Hayward have a new representative on the New…