Heart of the Bay is under a housing crisis
Erika Martinez,
Staff Writer
February 28, 2018
Being able to only speak Spanish, Hayward resident Maria Osegura walked to the podium with an English translator, and complained to Hayward City Council members. “The manager said that I had to pay that entire amount which was over $2,000, and if I didn’t then they would bring a lawyer and woul...
Gentrification: A real thing in the Bay Area
Teleia Johnson,
Contributor
January 3, 2018
When we’re young we all have this idea of what our lives are going to be like when we get older. Your elementary grade teacher asks the class to think about what they want to be when they grow up and what they want their lives to be like. You remember discussing it with your classmates, who are so...
The ripple effect of gentrification
Janice Sobrepena Domingo,
Contributor
August 30, 2017
In the wake of new, high-end apartments being proposed in San Lorenzo, the word “gentrification” has been thrown around frequently in the East Bay. However, not many people have a firm grasp on what exactly it means. The term itself was coined in 1964 by British Sociologist Ruth Glass ...
Rebecca Esparza
Rebecca Esparza,
Contributor
August 27, 2017
Family makes the world go round Red, blue and orange vacant buildings, rusted cars and garbage are what I continued to see as I walked through Havana. I kept seeing lightning and hearing thunder, hoping it wouldn't rain on me as I was searching for something to capture. Mind you, I wouldn't be wa...
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...
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...
Parking on service roads may cause problems
Kestutis Rushing,
Contributor
June 28, 2017
Students are leaving their cars out in front of the service road in between Residence Halls Diablo, Calaveras, and Shasta at Cal State East Bay for extended periods of time. This road is located after a right turn when leaving lot C. Whether it be to drop off or pick someone or something up,...
Bay Area residents make move to Pacific Northwest
Justin Mutch,
Contributor
June 28, 2017
Admit it, you’ve thought about moving out of the San Francisco Bay Area. Chances are if you live here, you have. There’s no shame in that. Many of us even have our minds set on leaving this seemingly forsaken metropolis. In fact, a recent survey by the Bay Area Council revealed that 4...
Trump Tracker
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
December 7, 2016
What happened? Donald J. Trump announced the appointment of Ben Carson to oversee the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Here is a rundown of Carson and what this means for the country: It was a former Republican presidential candidate that Trump tapped to run HUD in Carson, but what d...
Affordable housing emerges in Hayward
Denika Williams,
Contributor
December 2, 2016
In an effort to meet the rising local demand for affordable housing, a Northern California housing development agency called Eden Housing teamed up with BART and city officials to construct a 151-unit low income apartment complex for families and seniors near the South Hayward BART station. ...
CSUEB lawsuit keeps campus housing on hold
Michele Dennis,
Contributor
November 30, 2016
Rising rents in the Bay Area can make it difficult for students to afford off-campus housing, so many of Cal State East Bay’s students seek on-campus housing when they start school here. There’s one big problem, though: The student population on the Hayward campus continues to grow, but housin...
Unwanted residents scamper onto Hayward campus
Tishauna Carrell,
Staff Writer
October 26, 2016
At 2:30 a.m. on Oct. 3, Cal State East Bay freshman Briana Secaira returned from a trip to Los Angeles to her four-bedroom dorm on the second floor of the Juniper residence hall on East Bay’s Hayward campus. She noticed that her items were moved while she had been gone and mouse traps had been place...
