Father-son Castro Valley toy store moves to Hayward
Kestutis Rushing,
Contributor
August 30, 2017
Filed under Features, Metro, Showcase
When people look for toys and collectibles, most turn to digital retailers such as eBay or Amazon. However, rare toys are waiting to be discovered in small toy shops. In fact, the success of small collectible shops has made an impact on companies like Amazon. The online juggernaut is planning to expan...
Protests scheduled for Berkeley, San Francisco cancelled over the weekend
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
August 30, 2017
After some pushback from local officials and citizens, two organizations cancelled right-wing rallies on Friday. The first rally was supposed to be at Crissy Field in San Francisco on Saturday, and it was organized by a conservative group from Portland, Oregon called Patriot Prayer. Their founder, Joey...
New Hayward library to be zero net energy
Daniel McGuire,
Contributor
August 23, 2017
Filed under Metro
Hayward is on the road to its first Zero Net Energy (ZNE) building with the construction of a new public library. A ZNE building produces an equal amount of energy that it uses annually from the city’s grid, according to the Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy. The Hayward pu...
Right-wing ‘Freedom Rally’ planned for Saturday in San Francisco
Justin Mutch,
Contributor
August 23, 2017
Patriot Prayer, a Portland-based political and self-professed free speech organization has received approval from the National Park Service to hold a “Freedom Rally” at Chrissy Park in San Francisco on Saturday, Aug. 26. Oath Keepers, a Las Vegas-based militia that the Southern Poverty Law Cente...
Street party season concludes today
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
August 17, 2017
Filed under Metro
The 17th season of the downtown Hayward Street Party series concludes today with the third one of the summer. The festivities will include live music, a car show, food, vendors, games, beer and wine gardens and other activities from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on several streets surrounding City Hall. The...
High priced apartments in San Lorenzo not very welcome
Eduardo Gonzalez,
Contributor
August 17, 2017
On the 16000 block of Via Arriba across from the old San Lorenzo Theatre and Wells Fargo bank, next to the recently closed down, lottery-winning Kavanagh Liquors, sits a cluster of vacant lots. There has been a recent proposal to build high-end apartments there. The proposal comes from The Demmon...
Illegal dumping plagues Oakland
Alex Garcia,
Contributor
August 10, 2017
Illegal dumping has become a visible problem in Oakland, California. It is all too typical to pass by a pile of trash on a street corner. The city’s Public Works department eventually cleans up the area, but a few days after the cleanup, there is a new pile of trash. The city’s budget for 2016-20...
Wine walk takes participants through downtown
Kedar Dutt,
Photo Editor
August 2, 2017
Filed under Arts & Life, Features, Metro, Photo Galleries, Showcase
Participants, volunteers and merchants fill the downtown Hayward City Hall rotunda on Saturday at the 2017 Passeio do Vinho Wine Walk. Participants received a map of downtown Hayward where local businesses provided tasting rooms for them to experience local and international alcoholic and non-alcoh...
Alameda personified by art, wine
Veronica Hall,
Layout Designer
August 2, 2017
Filed under Arts & Life, Features, Metro, Showcase
When you live somewhere long enough, you become a part of the traditions that a place embodies. Being born and raised in the small town of Alameda, I know what to expect on the island. There is always a 4th of July parade, the beach will be crowded on hot days, and during the winter holidays, Tho...
Protests erupt in SF over proposed transgender military ban
Daniel McGuire,
Contributor
July 31, 2017
Filed under Metro, Politics, Showcase
On July 26, 2017, hours after President Donald Trump tweeted his plan to ban transgender people to serve in any military, a protest was organized by members of the LGBTQI community in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood. At the protest’s scheduled 6 p.m. start time, there were about 200 people in ...
Hayward strip mall destroyed by fire, vandals
Kedar Dutt,
Photo Editor
July 26, 2017
Filed under Metro, Photo Galleries
The strip mall in Hayward down the hill from the Cal State East Bay Hayward campus is damaged from a fire last month and vandals that broke into the abandoned businesses. The site is the former home of several Fijian, Pacific Islander and other ethnic shops that included a curry restaurant, a ...
Campus housing tight fit at East Bay
Daniel McGuire,
Contributor
July 26, 2017
In Summer 2017, 12 bedrooms in the freshman buildings are being converted back into study lounges. In the Fall 2016 Quarter, roughly half of the dorm room beds at California State University East Bay were prioritized for first-time freshmen. Although in October 2013, the study lounges wer...
