Hayward News

A family that recently moved into a house on Cole Place was welcomed to the neighborhood this week by someone who fired at least four shots into the residence, but hit nothing except furniture and a can of soup.

The murder case against former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle will be held in Los Angeles County, an Alameda County judge declared Thursday but it may not be held for another year.

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.

Hayward police released two alleged gang members who were arrested last week in connection with a 2007 drive-by shooting that killed a 4-year-old girl and seriously wounded two other young children, a police sergeant said Tuesday.

HAYWARD, Calif. a " Five suspected gang members arrested last week in connection with a 2007 drive-by shooting that killed a young Hayward girl have been released from jail.After arresting four adult suspects and a juvenile suspect Thursday, Hayward police say the four adults were released Monday, while the juvenile suspect had been released within ...

A man who led police on a wild chase Sunday morning, going more than 100 mph and driving the wrong way on Interstate 880 in Union City, was arrested after he ditched the car and hailed a taxi, authorities said.

Janice Stompro attacked her breast cancer aggressively after her diagnosis. She underwent a double mastectomy and four months of chemotherapy, crediting the latest technologies with also saving her mother from the disease.

Alameda County authorities say more arrests could be made after cocaine with an estimated street value of more than $2 million was seized in Hayward.

The city won't exactly make out like a bandit after acquiring the last two unincorporated "islands" of land floating in a sea of Hayward near Chabot College.

A Livermore man on probation for a federal narcotics conviction was arrested Thursday evening after the Alameda County Narcotics Task Force seized 11 1/2 kilos of powder cocaine with a street value of more than $2 million.

The California Department of Transportation announced today it is closing one to two lanes of traffic on both decks of the Bay Bridge during off-peak hours indefinitely in an effort to reduce the speed of motorists.

PG&E's $2.2 billion program to install 10 million "SmartMeters" on homes and businesses throughout California to better monitor energy consumption is off to a rough start.

The men, both from Hayward, are members of a gang called DGF, short for "Don't Give a F," Hayward police Capt.

Under fire for recent accidents on the Bay Bridge, Caltrans is implementing a slew of safety measures along the bridge's S-curve, where a big-rig toppled over a traffic barrier early Monday morning, killing a trucker from Hayward.

The San Francisco medical examiner's office Tuesday released the name of the truck driver killed early Monday morning when his big-rig went out of control and toppled over the side of the Bay Bridge.

Kevin Nelson's first set of wheels didn't exactly turn a lot of heads. "It was an Austin America," said the Hayward High alum, class of '71. "Possibly the worst car ever made.

Here's a recent recommendation we received in the AHT inbox. I fly 100,000 miles a year to every city in the country and consider myself a burger lover and de facto critic Val's is still by far the best in the USA, and still not reviewed by my favorite burger site.

A Hayward man was killed this morning when the big-rig he was driving went out of control and plunged over the side of the Bay Bridge, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said.

A Hayward man was killed early this morning when the big rig he was driving went off the Bay Bridge S curve, plunging 200 feet onto Yerba Buena Island, the California Highway Patrol said.

Hayward, CA Public Library Will Launch "Fines Free" Borrowing Packages Beginning at $2.99/Month Is this the future for public libraries? It will be interesting to see how this works for both the library and users.