ROB SIMPSON NEEDS YOUR
HELP!
Do you
want someone elected to the City Council who
is making a difference and going the extra mile for
YOU , your property values, your air quality and
your community even as you read this
e-mail?
We need
Rob Simpson elected to the
Hayward City Council.
He has
experience.
He has
committment.
He has been
working to improve Hayward for years.
He has gone
the extra mile to stop both power plants and is getting
results!
What has Rob been up to
lately?
Rob filed an
appeal with the Bay Area Air Quality Management
District and then with the Environmental
Protection Agency in Washington DC.
Alameda
County has joined Rob's appeal. Because of Rob's
efforts, the permit for the Russell City Energy Center
has been suspended until a judge rules on the
matter.
Rob also
filed a legal injunction against Tierra
Energy/Eastshore Power Plant and is working to stop
it as well as the Russell City plant.
He has done
countless hours of research and work on this issue and
many more important issues concerning Hayward. He is a
founding member of the Hayward Clean and Green Task
Force and Chairman of Hayward's first Sustainability
Committee. He has given over 30,000 free trees to the
community, all of this out of his own
pocket.
Rob needs
your help!
He needs
volunteers to deliver literature and help with his
campaign efforts.
He needs good
people like you who care about Hayward to rally behind
him to make a difference! We need a change in
Hayward!
Call
Rob ASAP at 510-909-1800 to speak
with him and find out how YOU can help!
Also visit:
www.redwoodrob.com for more
information.
City Council Candidates
Night:
Wednesday May
7th
7PM-9PM
Alameda
County
Flood Control
Conference Room
951 Turner
Court
Please Remember:
Despite
community outcry and testimony, City Council candidates:
Mr. Zermeno and Mr. Peixoto voted IN FAVOR of the
Eastshore Power Plant in 2007, while serving on the
Hayward Planning Commission. Mr Zermeno commented that
despite public opposition, we needed this power plant
to; "Power our electric toothbrushes".
Keep this in
mind when you vote June 3rd. We need informed and
responsive Council members who will do their
homework before approving catastrophic projects
so near to our homes and schools.
Many
candidates now claim to be "GREEN" largely because of
the huge public outcry against these plants. I am
here to tell you that ROB SIMPSON is THE REAL DEAL! He
has been a key figure in the power plant
opposition
As you know,
I say it like it is and I don't take this issue
lightly.
Please vote
for Rob Simpson on June 3rd (or sooner by Absentee
Ballot )
OptiSolar sets sights on world's
largest solar farm
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OptiSolar's farm would provide close to 40
times the energy of the 14-megawatt arrays at
Nellis Air Force Base. (Credit: U.S. Air
Force photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid
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May 2, 2008 - OptiSolar aims to build the
largest solar farm in the world some 100 miles north of
Los Angeles. It would amount to 550 megawatts and power
the equivalent of 190,000 homes.
The Hayward, Calif., company aims to begin
construction in 2010, assuming that San Luis Obispo
County will approve permits being submitted in May.
OptiSolar's thin-film silicon
photovoltaics can be placed close to the ground without
needing a dramatic tilt, according to the company.
OptiSolar says it uses about 1 percent of the silicon of
competing crystalline systems, with nontoxic and
recyclable equipment made largely of glass, metal, and
concrete.
Nellis Air Force base in Nevada holds the
record for the largest solar plant in North America,
with 14 megawatts of arrays. If OptiSolar succeeds, its
farm could provide nearly 40 times that amount within
six years.
California is requiring that utilities by
2010 use renewables for 20 percent or more of
electricity.
Overcast Germany is recognized as the
world's leader in working solar installations.
OptiSolar's farm would provide close
to 40 times the energy of the 14-megawatt arrays at
Nellis Air Force Base.
Hayward Company Shows
Profit First Quarter of
2008
With gloomy
business news hitting us from all directions it is
refreshing to hear that Armanino Foods of Distinction of
Hayward reported net sales for the first quarter ending
March 31 were up $4.5 million, or 10 percent, compared
to $4.1 million for the same period in
2007.
The company
reported a net income of $122,118 for the quarter
compared to a net income of $37,217 a year
ago.
Armanino just
goes to show you when a company makes quality products
they will shine in any economy. Keep up the good
work Armanino Foods!
The Mayor of B Street is turning 19
Hayward barber keeps young by only
celebrating every four years
By Matt O'Brien, STAFF
WRITER
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Joe Oakman cuts Andrew
Smith's hair at his barber shop,
Barber Joe's,
in Hayward, Calif. on Thursday, February 14, 2008.
Oakman is the self-proclaimed Mayor of B
Street.
(Tue Nam Ton/BANG East
Bay)
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HAYWARD — Barber Joe Oakman has a story to tell about
every one of his 18 birthdays.
On the second, he fell off a tree in his
hometown of Pueblo, Colo. On the fourth, he spent the
night in Juvenile Hall in Oakland. What got him there?
"Trouble," says the barber, who turns 76
years old next week. Because he was born on a leap day
(Feb. 29), Friday will be only his 19th true birthday.
In celebration, he has a row of ornaments
on the windowsill of his B Street barbershop. Actually,
they're just leftover Christmas ornaments — four snow
people roasting a bottle of Wild Turkey bourbon over an
open fire.
"Wait until my 21st. I'll be old enough to
drink," Oakman said, prompting a chorus of chuckles from
a row of seated men waiting to get their hair
cut.
In 57 years cutting hair in downtown
Hayward, Oakman has made stories, not just scissors, the
cornerstone of his business. On a recent afternoon, he
snipped the hair of Bud Blair, 87, a retired Hayward
water superintendent and regular Oakman customer for
decades.
"You never considered selling used cars,
huh?" Blair quipped to Oakman, who wears a trademark
handlebar mustache and suspenders, and long ago pro
claimed himself the Mayor of B Street.
Oakman spills into another colorful
tangent from his encyclopedic repertoire of stories. For
his oldest and newest customers, his personality — and
the barbershop as theater — fills a unique niche that
none of his newer downtown Advertisement competitors can
match.
"Here I have an 87-year-old man, and in a
minute I've got a 5-year-old little kid," Oakman said.
"I've got to change my stories, the tone. Think about
the flexibility I've got to have. I'm a goddamn
performer!"
Cell Genesys
Reports Association Between Immune Response and Patient
Survival in Phase 2 Trial of GVAX Immunotherapy for
Prostate Cancer
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb.
15, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cell Genesys,
Inc. today reports the
results of an analysis examining the potential
association between immune responses to GVAX
immunotherapy for prostate cancer and increased patient
survival in a Phase 2 trial in patients with metastatic,
hormone refractory prostate cancer (HRPC). More than 400
patient-specific GVAX-induced antibody responses were
identified in the sera of the treated patients by three
different biochemical techniques confirming, as
previously reported, that GVAX treatment results in a
broad, multi-antigen immune response. An ongoing
analysis of these GVAX-induced antibody responses has
shown that at least two of the antibody responses are
associated with patient survival, an association that is
independent of the dose and number of treatments
administered. These data will be presented today by Dr.
Thomas Harding and colleagues from Cell Genesys at the
American Society of Clinical Oncology's Genitourinary
Cancer Symposium being held in San Francisco,
California.
About GVAX Cancer
Immunotherapies
GVAX cancer immunotherapies are non
patient-specific investigational products comprised of
whole tumor cells that have been modified to secrete GM-
CSF (granulocyte-macrophagecolony-stimulating factor),
an immune stimulatory cytokine, and then irradiated for
safety. GVAX is administered via intradermal injections
on an outpatient basis. To date, over 600 patients have
been treated with GVAX cancer immunotherapies in Phase 1
and Phase 2 clinical trials for multiple indications,
including prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, and
leukemia. The company is currently manufacturing GVAX
immunotherapy for prostate cancer in its
bioreactor-based manufacturing plant in Hayward,
California, a facility that is also capable of
manufacturing the product for
commercialization.
Fresh & Easy opens 50th
store
Excerpt
from article by David Goll, East Bay Business Times
February 22, 2008 - Fresh
& Easy Neighborhood Market, which recently announced
plans to open 18 new stores in the Bay Area next year,
has opened its 50th store this week, in Palm Desert.
Owned by the British supermarket
giant Tesco PLC, Fresh & Easy is the company's
entrée into the highly competitive United States grocery
market.
Tesco, a major international
rival of U.S. retail colossus Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.,
plans to invest more than $2 billion in the American
market over the next five years. The new Fresh &
Easy stores, which average about 10,000 square feet in
size and are geared to provide convenience for hurried
shoppers.
Among cities in the greater East
Bay that will have Fresh & Easy stores next year
will be Oakland, Hayward (2), Walnut Creek, Concord,
Danville, Antioch (2), Oakley, Vallejo and Fairfield.
dgoll@bizjournals.com |
925-598-1436
Golf club guru back in the
swing of things
Excerpt from story by
Bill
Burnett, Chronicle Real Estate Editor
Sunday, February 10,
2008 
Jesse Ortiz,
artist, craftsman and reluctant businessman, is taking
another step on the comeback trail.
From his
300-square-foot workshop in Hayward, the golf club
designer who back in the 1990s took Orlimar from a $1
million to a $105 million business in 18 months only to
see it crash and burn, is busy turning out the second
generation of clubs with his name
etched alongside one of the most revered in the game -
Bobby Jones.
In late 2003,
he got a call from retired Malibu businessman Walter
Rosenthal. The heirs of Atlanta amateur Bobby Jones,
golf's only grand slam winner and builder of the Augusta
National course, wanted to brand golf clubs with the
famed name.
Ortiz produced
a set of hybrids, the popular clubs meant to replace
long irons that just about everyone is making (and
using) these days. He says they've sold well and created
a lot of buzz.
Now he is ready
to unveil the second generation of Bobby Jones by Jesse
Ortiz clubs. They include the Workshop Edition driver
and a set of four wedges designed in conjunction with
Dave Pelz, better known as the short-game
guru.
A blitz
of infomercials is due to hit the Golf Channel in
mid-March. For more information on the clubs, go
to www.bobbyjonesgolf.com. They should be arriving in pro shops in
mid-March. Click here for the entire
story
Biotech gets down and dirty
with cancer
Kosan manipulates molecules found in
soil
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Robert Johnson, CEO of Kosan Biosciences,
is photographed in front of a mass spectrometer at
their research lab in Hayward on August 28, 2007.
Kosan Biosciences is a biotech company that has
been developing anti-cancer treatments. (Gary
Reyes/Mercury News) ( Gary Reyes
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09/16/2007 -- Kosan Biosciences has uncovered a dirty
little secret it hopes will one day yield treatments for
cancer and other ailments.
Since it was founded in
1995, the Hayward biotechnology company has been
studying the therapeutic potential of polyketides,
compounds produced by microorganisms in the soil.
While other companies have
used polyketides to make antibiotics, such as
erythromycin, Kosan primarily has focused on turning
them into two types of drugs to combat cancer.
One kind involves
heat-shock protein 90 inhibitors, or Hsp90 inhibitors
for short. These disrupt the body's Hsp90 protein, which
helps maintain other proteins that support the
proliferation of cancer cells.
Among these Hsp90
inhibitors is tanespimycin. It is under study as a
potential treatment for breast cancer and multiple
myeloma, a cancer of the immune system's plasma cells.
Another such drug, alvespimycin, is envisioned as a
possible treatment for breast cancer and leukemia. In
some cases, the drugs would be combined with other
medicines to boost their therapeutic effectiveness.
Kosan's other anti-cancer
agent, epothilones, are designed to stop cancer cells
from growing by blocking their ability to divide.
Although similar to drugs known as taxanes, Kosan
executives say epothilones appear to be effective
against tumors that resist taxanes.
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Hayward! "The Heart
of the Bay."
There are so many reasons to love Hayward, here
are just a few:
Every Saturday, rain
or shine, there's a Farmers Market with tons of
great produce grown by local farmers and much
cheaper than the Ferry Building in San
Francisco
Location, location, location.
Seriously - 1/2 way between San Francisco and San
Jose
Housing prices are cheaper - you get
way more bang for you buck
The views of the
hills.
The views from the hills - you can see
from San Jose all the way up to San Francisco on a
clear day and at night, too. -
WOW!
Hayward regional shoreline - a great
place to see wildlife and clear you
mind.
Diverse culture
The
Mediterranean type weather is perfect - never too
hot or too cold
Hayward is hidden
gem
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~ Hayward Then and Now
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In Hayward's
Garin Park is a historic marker that
reads:
“Ukraina” is the site of
the farm and burial place of the Ukrainian patriot
and exiled orthodox priest Agapius Honcharenko
(1832-1916) and his wife Albina. Honcharenko was
the first nationally conscious Ukrainian to arrive
in the United States. He published the first
American newspaper in Russian and Ukrainian
languages, The Alaska Herald, from 1868-1872. He
wrote the first book for the educational use of
Native Alaskans. After moving here from San
Francisco in 1873, He continued to publish
political literature, which was smuggled into
Czarist Russia. Honcharenko was a prominent
scholar, humanitarian, and early champion for
human rights. More photos and
info
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"Hayward's" Hotel ca.
1878
Courtesy of the Hayward Area
Historical Society.
Hayward, California
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More
of Historic Hayward and Alameda
County
Old Postcard Photos of
Hayward
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Indoor Swimming
Pool
Hayward Plunge
2007
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How Hayward Got Its Name
...
In 1851,
during the time of the Gold Rush, William Hayward
made his way to "El Rancho San Lorenzo," squatting
on land in Palomares Canyon. In 1852, at the
invitation of Don Guillermo Castro, Hayward bought
40 acres of land spanning what is now the downtown
Hayward area. He opened a general trading store
which soon prospered into a stagecoach stop, a
post office, a hostelry and a dairy farm. Later,
William Hayward became Post Master, Justice of
Peace, County Supervisor and Eden Township
Roadmaster. Hayward and his second wife, Rachel,
also established the "Hayward's Hotel," one of the
area's finest resorts. 
The Haywards
Hotel,
Hayward, CA around
1908
Although Don Castro named what is
now downtown Hayward "San Lorenzo," many people
referred to the town as "Hayward's Place" or
"Hayward's" because of the famous Hayward Hotel.
When the post office was established
in 1860, the town was given the official name of
"Haywood," due to a clerical error. In 1876,
"Haywood" was incorporated as the "Town of
Haywards," with a population of 1,100. In 1894,
the "s" in "Haywards" was dropped and on September
18, 1928, the status of the community was changed
to the "City of Hayward
Hayward
Statistics
Area and
Geography
- 62.55 square
miles
- Hayward is in Alameda County
- The latitude of Hayward is 37.668N. The
longitude is -122.079W.
- Hayward is in the Pacific Standard time
zone.
- The Elevation for Hayward is 144
feet
City Flower -
Carnation
Population - Census
Information
- 146,398 residents as of January
1, 2006
- Ethnic
Breakdown (Census 2000):
African American: 10.6 percent
Asian/Pacific Islander: 20.5 percent
Hispanic: 34.2 percent
White: 29.2
percent
Other: 0.9 percent
Two or more
Races: 4.6 percent
- 2000 Alameda
County
Census
Housing
- In Hayward, as of July 2006,
the median sales price for an existing
Single-Family dwelling was $588,500, and
$452,500 for an existing Condominium - Bay East
Association of Realtors.
- Total Housing Units: 47,861 as
of January 1, 2006.
Median
Household Income
- $51,177 as of 2000 Census
City Transfer Tax - for sale of
Hayward real estate $4.50 per thousand of purchase
price.
Point of sale ordinance – None
Special Study Zone – Yes. For more
information, call Earthquake- Flood Zone
Information at 583-4794.
Rent Control – Yes. The current
ordinance is under review. Any
changes are expected to occur by June 1,
2001.
Currently, rents cannot be increased by
more than 5% per annum and shall not be increased
more than once in any twelve-month period. There
are exceptions and procedures for a landlord to
follow should an increase of more than 5% is
justified. For more information call the City
Attorney's office at 583-4454.
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Counts
Congressman Pete Stark has an
online survey. Take a moment to fill it
out:
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Stonebrae
Distinctive village-style neighborhoods
of luxury single-family homes in a private gated
setting. The architecture is carefully planned to
create an elegant living environment. Tree-lined
streets and an appealing mix of architectural
styles are reminiscent of some of the Bay
Area’s most sought-after
neighborhoods.
Spectacular 18-hole links-style
championship golf course designed by award-winning
Scottish architect David McLay Kidd.
Designed by Mike Marsh and
Associates, a world-class private 30,000 square
foot Craftsman-influenced clubhouse will provide
unsurpassed amenities and activities--from an
exquisite culinary experience at the Club Grill,
to a well-stocked pro shop, to fitness facilities,
personal training and spa treatments.
A 25-meter swimming pool (suitable
for competitive meets) and championship-caliber
tennis courts.
Four miles of scenic hiking and
bicycling trails.
New state-of-the-art elementary
school (grades kindergarten through six). The
campus features expansive softball and soccer
fields that will be shared with the East Bay
Regional Park District.
Sweeping bay and ridgeline views
throughout the entire community.
Nearly 80% of the total acreage of
Stonebrae is preserved as protected open space and
managed habitat.
Access to 1,200 acres of dedicated
open space and wildlife preserves and adjacent to
East Bay Regional Parks.
Convenient to East
Bay and South Bay work centers, BART and San
Francisco.
Stonebrae’s
first release is comprised of three distinctive
villages, each built by one of the nation's
most illustrious residential developers: Carrick Village by Toll
Brothers, Montrose Village by Warmington
Homes California and Stirling Village by Standard
Pacific Homes. Stonebrae will ultimately consist
of approximately 580 homes including the best
custom housing ever developed.
Visit the Stonebrae site
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City
Approved Power Plant in Exchange for
"Gift."
It looks like two power
plants will be coming to Hayward.
Hayward Power
Plants
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Points of
Interest |
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Art in
Public Places
The monumental mural of John
Pugh
Hayward Area
Historic Society
Hayward
Area Weather
The Daily
Review Newspaper
Find and
research nursing homes
Home
Healthcare, Elder Law, Assisted
Living
Summerville Assisted Living -
Hayward
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Located in Hayward near
the San Mateo Bridge,
Lea's non-denominational school (pre-school
through 4th grade) provides a loving environment
in which young children may grow physically,
spiritually, emotionally, and
intellectually.
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Community College - Hayward
Heald
College - Hayward Campus
Hayward
Library Services
Hayward
Unified School District
Criminal
Justice Programs in Hayward
Legal
Assistant/Paralegal Schools in Hayward,
California
Cal State
University - East Bay
California State University
Department
of Mathematics and Computer
Science
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St. Rose
Hospital Hayward
Kaiser
Hospital and
Medical Center
Hayward
Hayward BART
Station
South
Hayward BART Station
Amtrak
station Hayward
Capitol Corridor
Train
The City has
implemented a free Wireless Fidelity
(Wi-Fi) network or "Hot
Spot" for the
Downtown
area.
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Employment
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Job
Openings with the City of Hayward
Bay Area Employment: from
entry level
jobs to executive positions
Hayward's
Impax Labs is hiring - also check with the other biotech
companies listed below for their current available
positions.
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Hayward Biotech
Companies
Acologix - Acologix is a
biopharmaceutical company focused on the
identification, development and commercialization
of novel therapeutic compounds for the treatment
of osteo-renal diseases, including diseases
related to hard tissues, such as bone, teeth and
cartilage, as well as the kidney and associated
organs.
Aradigm -
Aradigm is a drug delivery company that is
invovled in the development and commercialization
of products for inhaled delivery to and through
the lung and needle-free access to the
subcutaneous layer.
Baxter
Healthcare - Baxter is a
global leader in delivering critical therapies for
life-threatening conditions. All Baxter
technologies are related to the blood and
circulatory system. Baxter has manufacturing in
Hayward.
Biolog - Biolog, Inc. is a privately held company
that began operations in 1984. The company's
product lines have been built upon patented
technology that greatly simplifies testing of
cells. Biolog's first products were introduced in
1988 and by 1990 it had established a profitable
growing business in microbiology for the
identification and characterization of microbial
cells. In 1991, Biolog, Inc. was a recipient of
the "R&D 100 Award" for the company's
groundbreaking bacterial identification
products.
Cell Genesys -
Hayward -
Cell Genesys is focused on the
development and commercialization of gene
therapies to treat major life-threatening
diseases, including cancer and cardiovascular
disease.
Guava Technologies - At
Guava Technologies, we design and deliver
integrated systems of instrument, software, and
reagents that enable scientists and clinicians not
specialized in flow cytometry to perform complex
cellular analyses directly from their own lab
bench, quickly, simply, and cost-effectively.
Illumina
Hayward (formerly Solexa) - At
Illumina, our goal is to apply innovative
technologies and revolutionary assays to the
analysis of genetic variation and function, making
studies possible that were not even imaginable
just a few years ago.
Impax Labs
Hayward -
Impax Laboratories is involved in the development,
manufacturing and marketing of prescription
pharmaceutical products utilizing formulation
expertise and unique drug delivery technologies.
Kosan
Biosciences -
Kosan Biosciences is an established cancer
therapeutics company focused on advancing two new
classes of anticancer agents through clinical
development: heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90)
inhibitors and epothilones.
Mendel
Biotechnology, Inc. - Mendel is a plant
biotechnology company that develops products with
enhanced yield and quality focused on row crops
and cellulosic biofeedstocks.
Metabolex - Metabolex
discovers and develops novel therapeutics to treat
diabetes and related metabolic disorders. Our deep
understanding of the biology of these diseases has
enabled us to build a robust pipeline of
proprietary product candidates.
Planet
Biotechnology -
A Clinical Stage Company
Discovering, Developing and Commercializing New
Antibody-based Therapeutic and Preventative
Products Through Cultivation of Genetically
Modified Green Plants To Meet Significant
Underserved Medical Needs
Zyomyx - biotech - Zyomyx Inc. is an innovator
and leader in the development and
commercialization of proprietary protein analysis
platforms with 8+ years of product development
experience in protein biochips and biointerface
technologies.
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The Hayward
Fault |
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New
Earthquake Maps -
Four Seismic Hazard Zone maps
affecting Oakland, Hayward, Union City, Fremont,
Castro Valley, San Lorenzo, Newark and other
communities -- became official Wednesday. The
maps, issued by the Department of Conservation
California Geological
Survey, impact
planners, developers, property sellers and real
estate agents.
Color copies of
official maps can be purchased through DOC's
California Geological Survey (415) 904-7707 or
(916) 445-5716. The maps also can be viewed and
downloaded on the Web at http://gmw.consrv.ca.gov/shmp.
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Hayward Airport,
Businesses |
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Hayward
Airport and Pepsi Plant
OptiSolar
is an independent power producer committed to
delivering affordable, clean, renewable
electricity from their large-scale solar
farms using innovative thin-film silicon PV
panels.
Old
Time Candies
Made in Hayward
Annabelle
Candy Company
San
Francisco Pasta Company
Hayward,
CA
Would you
like your Hayward business featured? Contact
Joanne
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Bar Area
Wetlands |
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Restoring South Bay
wetlands
3/8/07 - Among new
recreational sites would be a kayak launch in
Hayward and 37 miles of new waterside
trails in areas long off-limits to humans,
including the edge ... Restoring the
Wetlands
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Hayward City
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