Union City News

Officers from several police agencies searched the area near Motel 6 on Whipple Road this afternoon, looking for a man wanted in connection with a Berkeley homicide in May.

Chuck Castagnolo had spent 35 years - more than half his life - working in the banking industry.

An East Bay Filipino organization and the Rotary Club are teaming to raise funds for victims of Typhoon Ondoy and subsequent storms that have wreaked havoc on the northern regions of the Philippines.

COLLEGE INFORMATION NIGHT: Irvington High School will host an information night titled "The College Experience of the African American Student" from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

A closed Bay Bridge made the morning commute into San Francisco a tough affair, jamming public transit and clogging freeways.

Monica Hogan and her son Kyle Hogan, 15, chop up tree branches at the home of senior Kay Chaudhri on Make a Difference Day, in Fremont, Calif., on Saturday, Oct 24, 2009.

The South Hayward BART stations remains closed as of 8:30 p.m. after an explosion in an underground electrical vault killed the power there.

In a down economy, policymakers should do everything possible to put people back to work and stimulate economic recovery and growth.

The face of homelessness in the Tri-Valley often looks a lot like the family who used to live down the block.

The California Department of Public Health has warned consumers not to eat an imported Chinese candy called Jigong Chayote after it was found to have unsafe levels of lead.

The California Redevelopment Association filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming the state is taking $2.05 billion from local redevelopment unconstitutionally.

Diwali is undoubtedly the most celebrated Indian festival and is observed by Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs in India and around the world.

Medical researchers trying to unlock the mystery of Marin County's high incidence of breast cancer now suspect that Marin women's use of estrogen and progesterone to treat menopausal symptoms was likely a major factor.

The Hayward Fault is creeping, and that could be a good sign. Along many segments of the fault, from the hills of Oakland's Montclair Village to the Chapel of the Chimes in Union City, scientists have been busy this week measuring the fault's tiny underground motions to learn more about that most dangerous of all the seismic strands that run ...

The city managers of Fremont, Newark and Union City took turns hammering the state budget deal at Thursday's Tri-City city managers' luncheon at the Fremont Marriott hotel.

A homeless man sleeping in a restaurant recycling bin was nearly killed when the container was emptied into an Allied Waste Management truck for compacting, police said.

With dark clouds looming and heavy rains predicted, police are reminding drivers of safety tips to avoid accidents during the upcoming rainy season.

Comcasta s Project Cavalry analog-to-digital conversion project in the San Francisco Bay area gives the nationa s top cable operator a roster of 99 HD offerings after the recent completion of the latest phase.

It wasn't a simple smash-and-grab job at the Chapel of the Chimes columbarium last month.

Fremont police assist in Newark High lockdown On Sept. 30 at 11:36 a.m., Fremont Police Deparment assistance was requested at Newark Memorial High School when Newark Police Department received reports of an armed teenager on campus.