Union City News

Fremont is home not only to several hot tech companies and the soon-to-be-shuttered Nummi plant but also a new housing development named Cedarbrook set in the historic Niles district.

When Phyllis Swainston got two turkeys for the price of one, she drove her spare bird to the Salvation Army's Newark office.

Q So the debate about the metering lights on Highway 101 continues. Can you talk to one of your traffic experts and point out that this is not a harebrained experiment? They know and have proved what happens when a highway is jammed to a point where traffic cannot move freely.

All five suspected gang members arrested last week in connection with crimes that include the 2007 drive-by slaying of a 4-year-old playing in front of her house have been released from jail because of a lack of evidence, police said Monday.

A man who led police on a wild chase Sunday morning, going more than 100 mph and driving the wrong way on Interstate 880 in Union City, was arrested after he ditched the car and hailed a taxi, authorities said.

'Grand opening' at remodeled Northgate mall Andrew S. Ross Friday's "grand opening" of San Rafael's Northgate Shopping Center - although it never actually closed - is a "signal to the community that it's time to start holiday shopping," says Ken Gillett , a senior VP at... Attention loss feared as high-tech rewires brain Benny Evangelista, ...

City officials unveiled a new, more efficient community alert system at Fremont City Hall Monday morning.

James Logan High School is known for churning out champion debaters, award-winning band and color guard performers, and star athletes .

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.