Hayward News

The nomination period opens July 14 for candidates interested in running for offices on Alameda County's Nov.

The VA Palo Alto Health System is hoping to team with a Realtor or developer in the next few months to find or build a 10,000-square-foot facility that will specialize in primary care and mental health, said ...

In 2002, Alameda County thought it was time to update the 19-year-old Eden Area General Plan, a blueprint for growth and development in unincorporated areas.

Hayward Unified school board members approved a budget-tightening measure this week, eliminating 34 positions and reducing work hours to save $8.5 million.

In 1982, Bud Critzer helped write a policy stating that no electric prod or similar device can be used on animals at Rowell Ranch Rodeo Park rodeos.

The most significant of all of the Bay Area Blues Society's many activities is arguably the Hayward/Russell City Blues Festival, set for July 12-13 at Hayward City Hall Plaza.

The latest addition to Hayward's Chapel of the Chimes Cemetery is a sanctuary of sorts, a six-acre annexed field of green nestled on a sun-dried yellow hillside.

Reid Dennis, CEO of CTP aviation, stands in front of his private jet plane on June 25, 2008 in Hayward, Calif.

All lanes on the westbound side of the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge reopened around 7:20 a.m. today after a multiple-vehicle collision blocked several lanes and stalled commuter traffic, according to the California ...

Brian Anderson, 36, and Denise Farrall, 30, who police say are tied to dozens of similar incidents throughout the area in recent months, were arrested on at least six burglary counts, Lt.

A freeway that skirts San Francisco Bay was shut down for several hours between San Leandro and Hayward on Thursday following a crash between a tractor-trailer and two smaller trucks that left two people dead.

With six meetings on the matter already under its belt, the City Council had little to discuss Tuesday night before passing a $206 million budget for fiscal 2009 that's intended to avoid a projected $14.5 ...

Sheriff's deputies on Monday arrested a man suspected of molesting a toddler, authorities said.

LAKE COUNTY Lt. Dane Hayward is retiring from the California Highway Patrol after seven years as the commander of the Clear Lake Area office.

Interim police Chief Ron Ace plans tonight to outline a restructuring plan that he says is designed to make the Hayward Police Department more responsive to community concerns.

A drive-by shooting downtown late Sunday night left a 14-year-old boy with minor injuries, police said.

In a surprise move, Tesla Motors will build its electric-car factory in the Bay Area, not New Mexico as previously announced, Gov.

Hakim Harvey isn't just going through the motions when he tells first-timers at Cherry Hill Detox Center he understands what they're going through.

WINERY OWNERS are guys who wear ascots and have second homes on the Riveria, right? Not quite.

In December 2006, protesters angry about campus expansion plans clambered into the branches of a threatened oak grove at the University of California, Berkeley.