Castro Valley News

Area artists will come together this weekend to support music education, which has seen its share of reductions throughout the school district because of state budget cuts.

BART will offer $50 free ride tickets to members of the armed services on leave from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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.

A 30-year-old man was badly beaten by a group of men during a fight at a Livermore transit station on Monday, police said.

Holiday donations in the Tri-Cities area have decreased as the nation's economy worsens.

The Alameda County coroner's office has identified 7-year-old Mark Thomas of Stockton as the boy killed Wednesday afternoon after being partially ejected from a Ford Explorer that rolled over on Interstate 580.

On her latest release, Dos Amantes,' vocalist Kat Parra continues to redefine the boundaries of contemporary Latin jazz.

Responding to emergencies. Handling traffic accidents. Helping transport victims to the hospital.

He found help, direction and ultimately a job by consulting a coach, a profession that is currently getting a boost from the downturn in employment.

Hogan High School's Haluan Club continued its showcase of Filipino culture Sunday with a gathering of Filipino martial artists.

BART is opening up more than 200 temporary parking spots at two locations in the East Bay and running longer trains to accommodate commuters affected by the ongoing closure of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, a BART spokesman said.

The California Department of Transportation reopened the Bay Bridge this morning, nearly one week after the bridge was shut down when a repair failed and sent debris falling onto the upper deck.

Queen: A reader wrote in to protest the California Highway Patrol's practice of having cars with lights flashing on the scene of maintenance and repair projects carried out at night on the highway.

THE CASTRO VALLEY Center for the Performing Arts' southern-style Light the Lights is history, but attendees are probably still tapping their toes.

Share + Oct 29, 2009 9:43 am US/Pacific CASTRO VALLEY The Alameda County Sheriff's Office arrested an 18-year-old man suspected of attempting to kidnap two Castro Valley High School girls Tuesday morning.

Board Appointee Must Commit to Save San Leandro Hospital, Say Local Nurses, as They Encourage Public to Make Community Heard What Patients, seniors, nurses, and doctors from San Leandro and across the East Bay will gather at the regularly scheduled meeting of the Eden Township Healthcare District Board this Tuesday, where the board will consider ...

An 18-year-old man was arrested Tuesday morning on suspicion of sexual battery on a female student near Castro Valley High School.

An 18-year old man is now in custody accused of groping a Castro Valley High School student who was walking on her way to school Tuesday morning.

Parolee Seriously Hurt In E. Bay High-Speed Chase A 33-year-old parolee is in serious condition with potentially life-threatening injuries after crashing his car in Oakland early Monday while he was allegedly fleeing authorities at speeds of up to 110 miles per hour...[Francisco] Lara raced off in his blue Plymouth Neon when sheriff's deputies who ...

Police are looking for clues in a stabbing that left a Livermore man dead. About 11:35 p.m. Saturday police received a 911 call saying that a man, who appeared to have been in a fight, was lying on the sidewalk in a residential area near Walnut Street and Livermore Avenue.