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Has Hayward Gone Too Far With This Business License Tax?
As Hayward asks voters to nearly quintuple its business license tax this November, residents are asking a simple question: is the city actually required to...
Hayward Data Center: How the City Approved It Without a Council Vote
A 300,000-square-foot facility now under construction off Eden Landing Road will draw as much electricity as one-fifth of every home in Hayward — and it...
Hayward BART Station Redevelopment: What Residents Should Know
BART has finished collecting public input on redeveloping the land around the downtown Hayward station — but with no timeline for a developer decision, residents...
Hayward Data Center Reform: New Rules After STACK Controversy
As artificial intelligence fuels a nationwide data center boom, one Bay Area city just admitted its own rulebook let a massive facility slide through with...
California Cannabis Crackdown: $1.3 Billion Seized, Only 100 Arrests, Is the Crackdown Working or Just for Show?
As the state touts another quarter of record cannabis seizures, a harder question is emerging from the numbers: after four years and $1.3 billion in...
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Livermore Tesla Fire 2026: What the Northern California Blaze Reveals About Wildfire Preparedness
A fireball erupted over Livermore Wine Country on May 27 — and nearly four weeks later, no one has officially explained why. As California enters...
Fiscal Reckoning: Livermore Pays Superintendent Torie Gibson $364K to Walk Away
A $364,000 Exit Package While Schools Face Closure In the early hours of Saturday morning, Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District parents woke to news...
LVUSD’s War on Working Parents: Morning Meetings Silence Public Voice
The Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District has found the perfect way to avoid accountability: schedule important board meetings when the taxpayers who fund their...
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