Interesting email #1
Below is an email from Nina Moore — formerly a school board director and now the director of government and community affairs for the Fremont Chamber of Commerce. The crux of the email, which has...
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With the Fremont Chamber of Commerce moving forward with a 5:30 p.m. pro-Oakland A’s rally Wednesday at the Saddle Rack, chamber member Dirk Lorenz is asking his friends to attend. But Lorenz is also a...
View ArticleA’s supporters to “Step up to the Plate”
For a moment, it seemed like the pro A’s rally might not happen, but it is on. A rally in support of the A’s move to Fremont is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Saddle Rack, 42011 Boscell Road....
View ArticleWhy the mayor wants or wanted the A’s
My sense covering Fremont for 18 months was that the passion of the A’s was just an outgrowth of the passion of the sales tax dollars, which, given the way California cities are funded, has...
View ArticleA’s to Fremont Dead
UPDATE: NOON: Here’s the three-page letter from the A’s. (pdf) Statement by A’s Owner/Managing Partner Lew Wolff Regarding Attached Letter Sent to Fremont Mayor & City Council: “After much...
View Article“Hey Lew, we’re not through”
That was the chant that went out at the Saddle Rack tonight where about 125 people attended a pro-stadium rally, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. A few folks still held out hope that the A’s would...
View ArticleNow What?
So the A’s aren’t coming to that mostly untapped expense of land that hugs Warm Springs and Weibel. And NUMMI is no guarantee to stay. What should go there? If NUMMI’s in the picture, it won’t be...
View ArticlePolice building prone to collapse in earthquake
When Fremont built its three-story police headquarters right next to the Hawyard fault about 14 years ago, it was supposed to withstand a powerful earthquake. But a recently released city report found...
View ArticleMore from Fred Diaz
I spoke to City Manager Fred Diaz today, and I called him too close to my deadline. A few things: On how much money the city has spent on the new baseball plans: Between $90,000 and $100,000 — mostly...
View ArticleAll-Star teen?
Two years ago, I wrote about Sejal Hathi, a Fremont teen who founded an international nonprofit called Girls Helping Girls to provide resources and empower women and girls in other countries to become...
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