The Hayward Chamber of Commerce will hold a Gourmet Gala to raise funds for the Measure I campaign from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Stonebrae Country Club, 222 Country Club Drive.
The exclusive event will feature food prepared by Stonebrae's Executive Chef, Richard A. Bailey, and will provide attendees an opportunity to hear more about the bond. For tickets or for more information, call 510-537-2424.
Wondering who helped pay for all those glossy campaign mailers that will be inundating your mailboxes in the coming days?
Campaign contributions to the nine candidates for Hayward City Council, as well as information on how they spend that money, is now available here. (The disclosures only cover up to March 17. The next cycle of expenditures won't be made public until the end of May).
In what may be a recent record, the San Francisco Chronicle has published two Hayward-centric stories within a matter of weeks that are not about crime or carnivores.
The first was by architecture critic John King, who had one take on downtown ("half-inch-thin brick is pasted ... alongside brick-red stucco") last year and a bit of a new take ("fragrant wisteria bloom(s)") this year.
The other was by golf writer Roy Kroichick, who revealed today that the Stonebrae Country Club golf course has a new name and new affiliation with the PGA Tour. Jane Sacco, vice president of Vox Populi, Stonebrae's PR consultant, said this insider golfball scoop was the result of her firm being "under non-disclosure" with the bigger paper.
And in what other others are saying about others, our cutthroat rivals at the Fremont Argus point out that the Chronicle also made a springtime visit to Lake Elizabeth.
The Day of the Teacher is approaching and educators from Castro Valley, Hayward, San Lorenzo, New Haven and Newark Unified School Districts will meet from 3 to 6 p.m. that Wednesday, May 14, at the Five Flags area in Hayward (corner of Jackson, Mission and Foothill) to protest possible cuts imposed by the state.
Teachers are asking you to join the rally to help air your concerns about the state budget and how it relates to public education.
Forget the pastors. As candidates at all levels increasingly enter the brave new world of Web 2.0 politics, will they have to rein in all their friends, too?
Take Jason Teramoto, who's running against first-term incumbent Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi in the Democratic primary on June 3:
After Teramoto put the photo at right on his campaign's Facebook page, Anna Peng weighed in with this observation:
hmmm... whats up with the wind blowing through ur hair in the middle of no where? lol. appealing to the countryside people eh?
A day later, Clayton Bryan of Berkeley arrived and took it a notch further:
wow dude, thats kind of a hot campaign picture/poster...dare I say it? I think I have a new mancrush...go thomas crown!
And finally there was Mike Bellevue of Spokane, Wash., offering his friend some helpful campaign advice:
Teramoto, congrats. You look like a porn star with the wind plowing through your hair. You should grow your Reno 911 officer Dangle moustache back. It would make you more electable.
As further evidence that American Idol is the most important media innovation since the TV dinner, dozens of Kollywood fans and others from Sunnyvale, Fremont and probably a bunch of other places have been furiously auditioning and singing in the shower all month.
And for what? None other than this year's Galaata Idol, to be held at Hayward's Chabot College on May 24.
Does the neighborhood where a City Council member lives impact how the official serves the community at large? This question has come up before — in Hayward, there are no districts so all council members are elected citywide. As our map below shows, certain neighborhoods, such as those in the hills, tend to attract a lot of candidates. Meanwhile, there are no candidates running from the vast and populated area between I-880 and Mission Boulevard.
Here are seven questions from Prospect Hill residents that Frank Goulart, host of the first forum, circulated to candidates in advance of the event:
1. What will you do to alleviate the deluge of traffic which will cut through our neighborhood because of the mini-loop? Specifically, first, what will you do to prevent cut through traffic from Foothill on Hazel and City Center Dr/Maple Court? And second, what will you do to prevent cut through traffic from Mission on Hotel, Simon and Sunset?
2. During morning commutes and especially in the evening, prostitutes are working Mission Blvd. between A Street and Grove. The streets and alleys fronting this area are often littered with used condoms. I am also concerned that this promotes related crimes such as drug use and theft. What amazes me is that Read the rest of this entry »
Line 92
In order to improve service to Cal State University East Bay (CSU), AC Transit proposes to re-route the portion of Line 92 between CSU and Hayward BART. Instead of traveling along 2nd St. and Campus Dr., Line 92 buses would operate along Mission Blvd. and Carlos Bee Blvd. to CSU, where it would loop around campus and return to Hayward BART. Service frequency along the entire Line 92 route would be every 15 minutes.
Line 94
With the changes to Line 92, AC Transit proposes to also re-route Line 94 to maintain service along 2nd St. The new routing will provide longer service hours but at reduced frequency. The line would operate all day every 60 minutes along 2nd St., Campus Dr., Hayward Blvd., Skyline Dr., Dobbel Ave. and Spencer Ln. Selected Line 94 trips would operate via East Ave., Windfelt Rd., and 2nd St. to provide service to Hayward High School at the school's front entrance. The schedule, while not finalized as of this printing, will be designed to coordinate with the school's Read the rest of this entry »
