Safeway to close more stores in 2026, report says The supermarket chain operates more than 900 locations, primarily across the western U.S. The Independent UK · Aug 11
Flying axes and rolling logs at the Lumberjack World Championships, in photos Competitors from nine countries tested their skills in sawing, chopping and log-rolling at the three-day Lumberjack World Championships in Hayward, Wisconsin. The annual event also featured wood carving, live music and axe-themed activities. The Independent UK · Jul 20
3 women's world records set at the annual Lumberjack World Championships in Wisconsin Three new women's world records have been set at the Lumberjack World Championships in Hayward, Wisconsin The Independent UK · Jul 20
California men allegedly stole over $100k of tools and vehicles, then took selfies of themselves doing it, handing police the evidence they needed Made the job easy for law enforcement. We Got This Covered · Jul 14
Tesla employee fired for flagging ‘deadly conditions’ and ‘catastrophic’ fire hazards at warehouse, lawsuit says EXCLUSIVE: Former Tesla Energy regional manager Nina Mirani claims in her filing that the company’s Hayward, California battery storage facility was ‘ripe’ for disaster The Independent UK · Feb 27
Hayward Explosion Today: Why Evacuation Didn't Happen Despite a Known Gas Line Rupture, According to Investigators Investigators examine why no evacuation was ordered before the Hayward gas explosion, reviewing PG&E's response, timelines and safety protocols. International Business Times UK · Dec 12, 2025
Gas explosion in San Francisco Bay Area injures at least six people Explosion led to three-alarm blaze in Hayward, California, neighborhood after construction crew damaged a gas pipe The Guardian - US · Dec 11, 2025
‘Our dreams were shattered’: the Black Californians forced from the city they built In the 60s, the white city of Hayward removed residents of Russell City. Now a $1m reparations fund has been approved – and important histories are coming to light The Guardian - US · Jul 28, 2025
New records show how police found 8-year-old Sophia Mason — but it was already too late SAN JOSE, Calif. — Newly obtained documents in the killing of Sophia Mason show that Hayward police — after getting a missing person’s report about the 8-year-old in March 2022 — swiftly determined what Alameda County social workers had failed to see for more than a year: The girl was… Tribune News Service · Apr 10, 2023
6 bodies and 154 cremated remains were stored in California warehouse, authorities say HAYWARD, Calif. — The bodies of six people and the cremated remains of 154 others were recovered earlier this month from a former crematorium that had its license suspended five years ago, authorities said. Tribune News Service · Mar 13, 2023
The saga of David Misch: Judge believes alleged Bay Area serial killer may not have acted alone, tragic details of notorious slayings revealed DUBLIN, Calif. — In gripping and heartwrenching testimony, the families of three East Bay homicide victims — including a 9-year-old girl abducted and killed — described their final memories of their loved ones from the witness stand and ended a three-decade wait to confront the man accused of murdering them. Tribune News Service · Mar 6, 2023
California teacher on leave amid allegations of antisemitic lessons SAN JOSE, Calif. — A Hayward high school teacher accused of spreading antisemitic conspiracies and making the Heil Hitler salute during classes has been placed on administrative leave this week after students complained to the district about the lessons late last year. Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2023
Mother’s boyfriend arrested in killing of California girl, 8 Police have arrested a suspect in the death of an 8-year-old girl whose body was found last March inside a central California home after the child was reported missing The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2022
Even freeways that don’t get built leave a scar. How one Bay Area city is healing HAYWARD, Calif. — Eight lanes of freeway would be slicing through what’s now Debbie Frederick’s house if everything had gone to plan. Los Angeles Times · Mar 18, 2022
Tribune News Service · Mar 10, 2022 Once homeless in the Bay Area, now they’re entrepreneurs Yulanda and Jerome Bearden were ready to give up. They’d moved with their five children into a Hayward, California, homeless shelter, and felt like their life had hit the “lowest of the lows.”