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Share the Spirit: Volunteer Hayward is Secret Santa to the needy
Joon Joung, 16, left, president of the Teens Reaching Out club at Castro Valley High School, receives donated coats from Debbie Young, right, during the club's coat drive at the school in Castro Valley, Calif., on Saturday, Nov.14, 2009.
National Night Out events set for Tuesday night
If the concerned 911 caller had recognized that Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates was not a burglar but was only trying to get into his own locked house, the recent uproar involving Gates and Cambridge police Sgt.
Pair arrested in robbery of Ashland restaurant
Two men are being held after a brazen armed robbery Wednesday morning at a Denny's restaurant, police said.
Man arrested after sending text message to meet 13-year-old girl for sex, police say
A Newark man was arrested Friday at Bayfair Mall after sending a text message to arrange a meeting with a 13-year-old girl for sex, authorities said.
Alameda spends development cash
The Alameda County Redevelopment Agency is working to boost business development in unincorporated areas like Cherryland, San Lorenzo, Ashland and Castro Valley and unlike other government entities, it has the funds to do so.
Dublin get shot of good job news
A recent growth boom has bolstered Dublin's economy, with the Alameda County Fire Department and Graybar Electric Co.
More on the closure of Alameda's Bridges
After today's post about the possible closing of the Alameda's bridges, County Supervisor Alice Lai-Bitker sent out the following email: Third Supervisorial District - County of Alameda Representing the communities of Alameda, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, portions of Ashland, and the Chinatown and Fruitvale Areas of Oakland Alameda County Public Works ...
Bill would let voters weigh in on San Leandro Hospital's fate
Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi, D-Hayward, has introduced state legislation intended to let voters in the greater Hayward area decide whether San Leandro Hospital and its emergency room can be sold or transferred to another owner.
San Leandro takes care of business during June
While June is the end of the regular school year, it's the start of seminar and workshop season for businesses interested in surviving the current economic downturn and learning about ongoing private investments in suburban San Leandro.
Sales tax revenue for May to be lower than expected
The financial hits keep on coming for cities such as San Leandro and Hayward, and for Alameda County.
It looks like midsummer madness all over again. For the second year in a row, comedy is king at the region's summer Shakespeare festivals.
Stigma difficult to shake, East Bay pot club operator says
The nondescript white building in unincorporated Ashland has iron bars on its windows and the look of a bunker.
Woman found dead in house; officials fatally shoot suspect
An Alameda County sheriff's sergeant and deputy shot a man dead at a Castro Valley triplex Sunday after finding the man with a dead woman, authorities said.