Hayward News

Construction workers renovate the old Foothill Square shopping center, Monday, May 20, 2013 in Oakland, Calif.

Police are investigating the disappearance of a 3-year-old boy from his home, but they say he could be with his father and taken as part of a custody battle.

Responding to consumers' desire for minimally-processed, pre-sliced meats, Columbus Foods, Hayward, Calif., expanded its Farm to Fork Naturals line to include Made from pork or turkeys that have been humanely raised on family farms with no antibiotics and 100% vegetarian feeds, this line uses only the highest quality, antibiotic-free ingredients ... (more)

Q The streets leading up to the I-80 east/I-580 west onramp just north of the Berkeley/Emeryville border at the southern edge of Aquatic Park are in the worst condition I've ever seen.

Q Here's my story: Fortunately for my family, they live in lovely Santa Cruz. Unfortunately, I do not.

Four reputed gang members, including two brothers, have been convicted of their roles last July in a Hayward carjacking and a subsequent vehicle pursuit in Oakland where a California Highway Patrol officer was shot at and had his car rammed, officials said Thursday.

A Hayward man has been arrested in connection with an officer-involved shooting outside the Department of Motor Vehicles in Hayward last week, police said Thursday.

Jessie Stoddard-Nunez has lots of questions for the officer who shot and killed his brother in the early morning hours of March 3. His brother, Shawn Stoddard-Nunez, died when Hayward police Officer Manuel Troche fired into the passenger side of a car he was riding in.

Q I know you've written about the construction that's beginning again on Interstate 580 in Livermore, Dublin, and Pleasanton, but there seems to be much more going on than just the addition of a westbound carpool lane.

Solomon, a 14-year-old golden eagle, perches on a branch at the Sulphur Creek Nature Center in Hayward.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) May 14--HAYWARD -- A Livermore software engineer convicted in the 2011 road-rage killing of a Fremont man was sentenced to seven years in prison on Tuesday.

Work started this week to get the final stretches of the Route 238 Corridor Improvement road project ready to be paved.

Hayward Unified trustees restored funding for the program last week, to the tune of $290,000, on a 4-0 vote.

About this sponsorship: In honor of the 60 th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary's historic ascent of Mount Everest, Patch and Grape-Nuts are teaming up to highlight those who inspire people around them to climb their own mountains.

2012 Janessa leaves the ad agency life for greener pastures. She starts with events, quickly making a name for herself in the wedding biz .

The mural, painted by Josh Powell and Wythe Bowart, covers the front of the building and can be seen from nearby Jackson Street.

The Hayward, Calif., man was among the roughly 4,700 factory workers who lost their jobs when the sprawling New United Motor Manufacturing Inc.

Cal State East Bay students picks up their pre-ordered graduation caps, gowns and diploma covers in the school student union in Hayward, Calif., on Tuesday, May 7, 2013.

Sunday, they will mark another Mother's Day without their daughters; this time, with emotions intensified by the discovery a few days earlier of three women who vanished a decade ago in Cleveland.

Three-year OIC Philip J. Gordillo was named Executive Director for Human Resources for the Santa Clara County Office of Education, according to SCCOE Spokesperson Larry Slonaker.