Minutemen denied participation in Fremont July 4 parade
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:53:27 GMT

For the second straight year, a local Minutemen group finds itself at the center of a brouhaha over whether it will be allowed to march in Fremont's Fourth of July Parade.

Fremont Conservation Commission sponsors Turtle Walk
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:44:53 GMT

Laura Deming, a staff member with the New Hampshire Audubon Society, set up her telescope on the bank of a pond in the Oak Ridge Conservation Area.

Fremont city attorney points out highs, lows of being charter city
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:39:14 GMT

City of Fremont once again mulled the idea of becoming a charter city Tuesday night, but the issue will not be coming to a ballot anytime soon.

Numbers in for Fremont Symphony, reaches fund-raising goal
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:28:05 GMT

The Fremont Symphony Orchestra can now begin paying off some $45,000 in loans it borrowed to stay afloat.

Fireworks are illegal in Fremont
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:05:36 GMT

Fremont Fire Department reminds the public that the sale, possession and use of all fireworks is banned within the city of Fremont.

Fremont hotel reps warn not to hike tax too much
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:45:51 GMT

If Fremont City Council is going to decide whether or not to place a proposed transient occupancy tax increase on November's ballot, it must make the decision at its July 8 meeting.

Man wounded in overnight Fremont shooting
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:14:19 GMT

A 19-year-old man has been treated and released from a local hospital for a non-life-threatening gun shot wound he suffered late Wednesday while sitting in his parked car.

Fremont firefighter loses home in Santa Cruz County blaze
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:02:40 GMT

One of Fremont's firefighters lost his Santa Cruz County home to a wildfire last weekend as he was battling another blaze in Monterey County, fire officials said.

Fremont shooting suspects arraigned on felony charges
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:59:38 GMT

One of two men arrested last week after a gang-related shooting has been charged with two counts of attempted murder and is being held without bail.

VA plans new clinic in East Bay
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:28:16 GMT

The VA Palo Alto Health System is hoping to team with a Realtor or developer in the next few months to find or build a 10,000-square-foot facility that will specialize in primary care and mental health, said ...

Minutemen excluded again from Fremont's July 4th Parade
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:26:39 GMT

On May 30, 2008 Upbeat Parades, a private contractor with the city of Fremont, rejected the Golden Gate Minutemen's application for Fremont's 2008 July 4th Parade.

Theater review: Reduced Shakespeare Company - fun from Tolstoy to Tolkien.
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:59:50 GMT

"Jaws" takes a bite out of Walden Pond. Gandalf and Gollum steal thunder from Ulysses.

Fremont gets $41 million for I-680 surface
Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:59:17 GMT

The California Transportation Commission on Thursday approved $41 million in voter-approved state bond money to resurface Interstate 680 through Fremont.

Derail bid to fund BART at local project's expense
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:55:01 GMT

Regional transportation agency staff should rethink a recommendation to divert $91 million from a Dumbarton rail corridor project into the costly, questionable scheme to extend BART into the South Bay.

Mattson cuts 5 percent of workforce
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:49:29 GMT

Mattson Technology Inc. will eliminate approximately 25 positions, or about 5 percent of the company's global workforce.

Fremont man one of two held on felony charges in 'Hooter Palooza' case
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:23:48 GMT

Two men each face a pair of felonies in connection with a beating this week that left a 30-year-old man unconscious outside a nightclub hosting "Hooter Palooza" event.

Fremont's Asyst may be headed to sales block
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:07:05 GMT

A hedge fund has notified Asyst Technologies Inc. that the fund intends to nominate a slate of directors with the ultimate goal of selling the Fremont-based semiconductor equipment maker, Asyst said Wednesday.

Violence Breaks Out At Fremont Sushi Bar, Officials Say
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:06:34 GMT

A total of four stabbing victims and one gunshot victim were transported to local hospitals after a fight involving as many as 10 males broke out in a Fremont sushi restaurant and nightclub early Sunday ...

Fremont blogger held in Singapore
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:09:24 GMT

In his blog, "Singapore Dissident," Gopalan Nair describes himself this way: "Determined to find the Truth." Those words may have come back to haunt the Fremont lawyer, now being held in his native Singapore ...

Violent crime in Fremont shows slight increase
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:06:39 GMT

The Federal Bureau of Investigation released its violent crime statistics for 2007, revealing a 3 percent increase in Fremont above the year prior.