Alameda Pushes More on Rehab, Less on Jail - Wall Street Journal

8 February 2012, 5:07 pm

Wall Street JournalAlameda Pushes More on Rehab, Less on JailWall Street JournalBy VAUHINI VARA And BOBBY WHITE HAYWARD—In the middle of January, Justin Bennett left the Southern California state prison where he was sent two years ago for auto theft. A couple of weeks later, the 22-year-old was ba... Read More »

Dry weather has slowed march of California newts - Contra Costa Times

8 February 2012, 1:53 pm

Dry weather has slowed march of California newtsContra Costa TimesBy Ned MacKay This is normally the season when California newts, a variety of salamander, migrate from the woods and fields where they lie dormant during the dry months to the ponds and streams where they congregate to mate and produc... Read More »

Body found near Hayward BART tracks ruled a homicide - Inside Bay Area

8 February 2012, 12:57 pm

Body found near Hayward BART tracks ruled a homicideInside Bay Area... The Alameda County Sheriff's Office blocks off a portion of Hampton Road at Western Boulevard during an investigation into the discovery of a man's body under elevated BART tracks in the Cherryland district of unincorpora... Read More »

Boys basketball notebook: Bishop O'Dowd looks to clinch at least tie for HAAL ... - San Jose Mercury News

8 February 2012, 4:47 am

Boys basketball notebook: Bishop O'Dowd looks to clinch at least tie for HAAL ...San Jose Mercury NewsBishop O'Dowd High can clinch no worse than a Hayward Area Athletic League co-championship Wednesday when it faces defending champion Castro Valley. The Trojans are two games back of the Dra... Read More »

New USDA guidelines call for a healthier school lunch program - Santa Cruz Sentinel

7 February 2012, 5:53 am

New USDA guidelines call for a healthier school lunch programSanta Cruz SentinelSoon, some Hayward schoolchildren might come face to face with "a sushi robot" that specializes in California rolls. "When we talk about educating our children for life in the 21st century, we have to look at all aspects... Read More »

Performance Clinical and Alameda County Medical Center Report High ... - MarketWatch (press release)

6 February 2012, 4:01 am

Performance Clinical and Alameda County Medical Center Report High ...MarketWatch (press release)OAKLAND, Calif., Feb 06, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Performance Clinical Systems and Alameda County Medical Center (ACMC) today are reporting highly positive results after a year of clinical use of the Symp... Read More »

New look for Alameda's girls basketball team - Alameda Times-Star

2 February 2012, 9:56 am

New look for Alameda's girls basketball teamAlameda Times-StarAlameda High coach Brad Thomas has a challenge this season with his Hornets girls basketball team -- a good challenge. Unlike the past, the Hornets this season have an abundance of height. So instead of having a narrow focus on outsid... Read More »

Judge seals grand jury transcripts in Pleasanton arson case - San Jose Mercury News

30 January 2012, 4:45 pm

Judge seals grand jury transcripts in Pleasanton arson caseSan Jose Mercury NewsBy Robert Jordan The house at 839 E. Angela St. in Pleasanton, Calif. remains in ruins on Dec. 1, 2009 from a Dec. 8, 2008 fire and explosion that badly burned resident, Deonna Zuffa. (Jim Stevens/Staff) HAYWARD -- An Al... Read More »

School Bus Drivers Speak Out About Safety, Human Rights Concerns - Sacramento Bee

27 January 2012, 2:20 am

School Bus Drivers Speak Out About Safety, Human Rights ConcernsSacramento BeeBy Teamsters Joint Council 7 OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- School bus drivers with Durham School Services in Hayward and Livermore, Calif., joined today with Teamster, political, religious and o... Read More »

Details wanted in CA legislator's shoplifting case - San Jose Mercury News

16 January 2012, 2:38 am

San Francisco ExaminerDetails wanted in CA legislator's shoplifting caseSan Jose Mercury NewsBy BROOKE DONALD AP HAYWARD, Calif.—It was just an accident, California Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi's representatives say. The lawmaker walked out of Neiman Marcus without paying $2500 for leather p... Read More »