Union City

Hayward Unified employees are coming up with creative ways to try to make sure students get a nutritious breakfast. A canvas-covered cart, loaded with bright yellow buckets filled with breakfast goodies, is rolled out to the playground during morning recess at four of the district's elementary schools, said Robin Gallagher, director of child nutrition. Any student may grab something to eat.  

Union City police are investigating two armed robberies that took place the same day, less than a mile of one another. The first robbery took place at a playground at 34888 11th St. The second incident took place less than a mile away at Kennedy Park, at 1333 Decoto Rd.  

Michael Howey, 47, who teaches third-grade at Alvarado Elementary School, was arrested May 1 in connection with allegations that he'd molested nine female students.  

Elementary school teacher Michael Howey appeared in court Monday to be arraigned on 17 counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 and 23 counts of annoying and molesting a child. Police say he kept a small group of students in the classroom during recess, when he would kiss and touch the children.  

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Five years after being fired amid accusations that she tipped off her nephew to an impending police raid, former Oakland City Administrator Deborah Edgerly is back in the thick of city business. SEIU, Local 1021 has hired Edgerly as a consultant to review the city's books as it continues negotiations on a new labor deal for more than 2,000 full and part-time city workers.  

Undocumented students do not qualify for federal aid, and a group of Hayward High students have taken it upon themselves to try to help fill that gap.  

Thirty-three graduating African American East Bay high school seniors were honored from public, private and parochial schools.  

Police found nearly 400 pot plants being illegally grown over the weekend at a Union City home in the 4500 block of Delores Drive. Police say a tip led them to the grow at the house. A van seen leaving the home was pulled over and the driver was arrested after an officer found a bucket full of freshly cut pot leaves.  

Purple & White Camp -- Registration for 14th annual Piedmont summer basketball camp. For boys and girls ages 9-14, June 24-27: 1-5 p.m. or July 15-18: 9 a.  

An elderly couple was assaulted and a man was pistol-whipped in a home invasion robbery this week at a residence in the 32000 block of Foxglove Way in the Kitiyama neighborhood. No one was seriously injured.  

Free celebration will include games for both children and dogs, tours and a K9 demonstration.  

Police raided the Union City home on Saturday afternoon after obtaining a search warrant. A 31-year-old Oakland man was arrested on suspicion of cultivating, transporting and possessing marijuana for sale.  

Senior captures event with leap of 19 feet, 23/4 inches to go with two other league championships  

Five of Hayward's nine mobile home parks will remain senior-only. Applause broke out in the packed City Council chamber Tuesday after the council unanimously approved an ordinance that prohibits converting the parks to allow all ages to live there.  

More than 200 performers will take the stage at Hayward City Hall plaza.  

Service would be changed on 20 bus routes in southern Alameda County  

A group of Hayward students took up the challenge of illustrating what health and wellness means to them through photographs, and some of their work is on display at the Foothill Gallery.  

Darryl Emerson, 59, of Union City has a history of arrests for entering and tampering with police vehicles and was spotted on Monday attempting to commit the same crime yet again, police said.  

The California Supreme Court got it right on Monday when it unanimously ruled that local governments have authority to ban certain activities -- in this case marijuana dispensaries -- from operating within their borders.  

Former Oakland councilman is kicked off the board he was elected to last year.  

Elsewhere, John Muir Middle School students challenge teachers on the basketball court to raise money for cancer research, and San Leandro High is the recipient of a regional Jefferson Award for student volunteer work.  

An Alameda man who teaches third grade at a Union City elementary school was arrested Wednesday after at least nine female students reported that he had interacted inappropriately with them, police said.  

RaeAnn Garza, one of the smallest players on the James Logan High softball team, continues to lead the Colts to their biggest wins.  

Police are investigating what they're calling a hate crime after vandals targeted two Filipino-American businesses in Union City over the weekend.  

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Even if Oakland and the Alameda County Sheriff's Office had resolved money issue, there was another issue that might have imperiled the county's now defunct police patrols in Oakland -- almost no deputies wanted any part of them.  

Classes on Facebook, Twitter and blogging to be held in San Jose and Oakland  

Elsewhere, Washington Manor Middle School takes basketball championship, and Irvington High wins kudos for student civil involvement.  

The closure of one northbound Union City Boulevard lane is so workers can complete a PG&E gas system inspection. That lane of traffic is expected to be reopened on Saturday.  

Proposed zoning amendment that would prohibit future conversions from senior-only mobile home parks to all-ages parks goes before the Planning Commission on April 25.  

Oakland is unable to reach agreement with Alameda County Sheriff's Office over paying costs associated with deputies who was injured while on patrol in the city