San Leandro police receive autism awareness training
Eduardo Gonzalez,
Staff Writer
April 11, 2018
To the average American, April 1 is merely recognized as “April Fool’s Day,” an annual celebration devoted to pranks and hoaxes. However, this year, April 1 also marked the 48th anniversary of Autism Awareness Month. According to Autismspeaks.org, Autism Awareness Month was established in 1970 wi...
DU-High: Drugged driving is drunk driving
Alaina Bigelow,
Staff Writer
February 14, 2018
In the late hours of Dec. 24, 2017, CHP Officer Andrew Camilleri was rear ended and killed by a driver under the influence of alcohol and marijuana. The driver himself sustained multiple injuries and was later charged with manslaughter. Almost a week later on Jan. 1, marijuana was legalized in the state of C...
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...
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...
Trump Tracker: Pioneer updates on America’s president
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
August 2, 2017
What Happened? On Monday President Donald Trump fired Anthony Scaramucci from his position as the White House communications director. On Friday, Scaramucci publically scolded members of the president’s senior staff in a message filled with profanity asking them to stop “leaking info...
It’s snake season for the Bay Area
Daniel McGuire,
Contributor
June 7, 2017
On May 1, an unnamed 47-year-old San Jose resident was bitten on the hand by a rattlesnake at the top of Fremont’s Mission Peak Regional Preserve. An antivenom was administered by paramedic Shaun Bouyea before a helicopter brought him to Washington Hospital, according to NBC Bay Area New...
Sewage flood closes first floor of Meiklejohn
Kali Persall,
Managing Editor
April 12, 2017
The first floor of Meiklejohn Hall at Cal State East Bay’s Hayward campus was closed on Monday and Tuesday due to a sewage backup, numerous university officials confirmed Monday. The bottom floor of the building reopened yesterday at 9:30 a.m. according to campus officials. East Bay’s Interim Associa...
Girl killed near campus was pregnant
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
March 29, 2017
Sixteen-year-old Elena Mondragon of Antioch was two months pregnant when she was shot and killed on March 14 near the Cal State East Bay Hayward campus. According to her mother, Michelle Mondragon, an autopsy confirmed the teen was carrying a child in her first trimester when she died. The driver of ...
Shooting death closes Hayward campus
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
March 15, 2017
The Cal State East Bay Hayward campus was briefly closed on Tuesday evening following an officer involved shooting near the City View Apartments on Carlos Bee Boulevard. According to the Fremont Police Department, around 5:20 p.m. Tuesday detectives attempted to pull over a stolen vehicle that was as...
Cops Corner
Sheryl Boykins,
CSUEB Police Chief
February 22, 2017
Dear Campus Community, Warmer, drier weather is coming, I promise. The question of the day is: What is SUSPICIOUS (Activity, Behavior, Items)? Much like profanity, it is difficult to define, but you know it when you are faced with it. Recently a “Suspicious Person” was seen i...
Hayward High School junior killed
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
January 25, 2017
Sixteen-year-old Hayward High School junior Lamar Murphy was shot and killed on Princeton Street and Smalley Avenue on Monday evening, shortly after 6:30 p.m. according to press statements from Alameda County Sheriff’s Office. The shooting happened in an unincorporated area of North Hayward that falls ...
Oakland hires new police chief
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
January 11, 2017
The Oakland Police Department has a new leader, finally. A seven-month-long search came to an end on Jan. 5, when Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced at a press conference that former Spokane, Washington Police Chief Ann Kirkpatrick would assume the same role in Oakland. Kirkpatrick will be the first fem...
