Does crime pay in Hayward?
Brian White, Keanu Estrada, and Maximino Cisneros
December 7, 2017
The city of Hayward, like many other Bay Area cities, is experiencing a spike in its crime rate that is increasing exponentially faster than the national average, according to the 2016 FBI Uniform Crime Report. The crime report is compiled from more than 16,000 law enforcement agencies throughout...
Four murders in five days
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
August 11, 2016
A string of homicides this past week in Hayward have brought the grand total to seven so far this year. Ten total homicide cases occurred in Hayward in 2015. According to the FBI crime statistics, nine crimes classified as murder or manslaughter occurred in Hayward in 2014, seven in 2013, six in 2012...
Hayward animal shelter under quarantine
Kali Persall,
Managing Editor
August 10, 2016
Last month, a two and half month old, healthy-looking kitten was brought to the Hayward Police Department Animal Shelter. It was active, feisty, appeared healthy upon arrival and even received a routine deworming. The next morning, however, it was discovered lying in its kennel, lethargic and severely...
Boyfriend, friend charged in Stacey Aguilar murder
Louis LaVenture,
News and Sports Editor
March 2, 2016
The Hayward Police Department confirmed on Monday that Stacey Aguilar’s boyfriend, 23-year-old Esmid Pedraza of unincorporated Hayward, is being charged with her murder. However, he did not commit the act alone. Pedraza was arraigned at the Hayward Hall of Justice for the murder of Aguilar along w...
Missing woman found dead in Fremont
Louis LaVenture,
News and Sports Editor
February 25, 2016
The Hayward Police Department confirmed on Monday that 22-year-old Stacey Xanthe Aguilar, who was reported missing in San Jose on Feb. 16, is now dead. As of yesterday, Hayward Police Department detectives arrested Esmid Valentine Pedraza, 23, on a homicide charge for the murder of Aguilar, accordin...
Unsolved homicides increase in Hayward
Louis LaVenture,
News and Sports Editor
January 14, 2016
Hayward Cold Cases Hayward isn’t known for its number of homicides, it rarely reaches double figures in a calendar year. However, in 2015, it was known as the city where those cases became increasingly harder to solve. Three out of the 10 homicide cases that occurred in Hayward in 2015 have resulted w...
Campus police combat theft
Fernando J. Ramirez, Contributor
October 29, 2015
A recent campus safety report found that vehicle thefts are up, burglaries are down, new safety technologies are being implemented and new officers have been added to the roster. According to the latest University Police Department’s annual security report, released Sept. 29, which provides yearl...
Hayward officer killed in the line of duty
Louis LaVenture,
Sports and Campus Editor
July 22, 2015
Hayward Police Sergeant Scott Lunger was killed in the line of duty following a traffic stop early Wednesday morning in North Hayward, acting Hayward Police Chief Mark Koller confirmed in a press conference Wednesday morning, according to reports by NBC Bay Area. Sgt. Lunger was pronounced dead sometime Wedn...
Hayward responds to U.S. police brutality
Shannon Stroud and Bryan Cordova
May 20, 2015
In response to national news involving police brutality, the City of Hayward partnered with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, NAACP, Hayward-South Alameda chapter held the Action Readiness Summit last Saturday to build connections between Bay Area officers and members in the...
South Hayward man shot and killed
Louis LaVenture,
Sports and Campus Editor
April 30, 2015
The Hayward Police Department identified the 27-year-old man who was shot and killed in the Fairway Park neighborhood of Hayward Saturday night as Theodore Mejia. Mejia, a Hayward resident, was found near the Baywood Apartments complex on Brae Burn Avenue between Gresel Street and Rousseau Street off o...
Crosswalks prove deadly in Hayward
Louis LaVenture,
Sports and Campus Editor
April 8, 2015
Dominic Williams knows all too well just how dangerous the crosswalks along Tennyson Road near the Interstate 880 on and off ramps are in Hayward. Six years ago, Williams was hit by a car while walking his bike in the crosswalk on the Interstate 880 North exit on Tennyson Road. The crosswalk is directly...
