Hayward Unified considers converting shuttered schools into housing
HAYWARD, Calif. — The Hayward Unified School District is trying to figure out what to do with four campuses designated…
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Fremont Planning Commission OKs mixed-use project with 60 housing units
FREMONT, Calif. — Centerville is set to lose some of its historic architecture to make room for a mixed-use development…
Should the city of Newark build housing at the end of Mowry?
NEWARK, Calif. — The location of a proposed housing development is raising questions about the project’s environmental impacts and its…
Watch out for mosquitoes — West Nile Virus is circulating in Alameda County
Public health officials are advising residents to take proactive steps to protect themselves against mosquitoes, which, despite their small in…
New report lays out widespread habitability issues in Eden area
Alameda County has been aware of housing issues in the Eden area for years but has made little progress in…
Chronic absenteeism widespread in southern Alameda County in 2022
As schools in southern Alameda County gear up for a new academic year, educators are facing the possibility of another…
Rally planned ahead of hearing for Oakland airport expansion
As Oakland International Airport prepares for an expansion and modernization project to meet growing air travel demand, local climate activists…
Assemblymember Alex Lee details social housing bill’s transformation
FREMONT, Calif. — What began as an ambitious bill to establish a state body dedicated to building and maintaining mixed-income…
Q-and-A | Meet 2nd District Alameda County Supervisor Elisa Márquez
District 2 has a new county supervisor, Elisa Márquez, a lifelong Hayward resident and Cal State East Bay alumna. Márquez…
Newly unionized drivers, dispatchers take picket to Newark warehouse after Amazon’s retaliation
NEWARK, Calif. — Southern California workers, who successfully unionized their workplace only to find themselves entangled in a labor dispute…