Nadia Lockyer has made allegations against her husband Bill Lockyer on Facebook in past. ALAMEDA COUNTYFormer Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer wrote an alarming message on Facebook Sunday that sounded to some as a suicide note while briefly alarming her… Read More ›
HAYWARD | Read below the entire investigation report on now-former Hayward Superintendent Stan “Data” Dobbs. Included is the notice of termination given by the Hayward School Board of Trustees on Sept. 15: Hayward Unified School District report of allegations against… Read More ›
Stan “Data” Dobbs was terminated with cause following Wednesday night’s Hayward school board meeting. HAYWARD | An investigation into now-former Hayward Superintendent Stan “Data” Dobbs details a calculating and controlling administrator with a volcanic temper, a bullying backstabber even to his… Read More ›
Jesus Armas HAYWARD | South San Francisco is having second thoughts about hiring former Hayward school board president Jesus Armas as its next city manager. After the city’s city council apparently approved the terms of a 2-year, $230,000 contract earlier… Read More ›
HAYWARD | Jesus Armas, the embattled former Hayward city manager and school board president who chose not to run for re-election in 2012 following an embarrassing sex scandal, has reemerged across the bay. On Wednesday, the South San Francisco City… Read More ›
Stan “Data” Dobbs has strong support from Hayward school board members John Taylor and Lisa Brunner. HAYWARD SCHOOL BOARD | The contract likely approved Wednesday evening by the Hayward school board for appointed interim superintendent Stan “Data” Dobbs may equal… Read More ›
Dr. Donald Evans was named Hayward superintendent in Nov. 2011. HAYWARD | The superintendent of the Hayward Unified School District is a finalist for the same position in Berkeley, The Citizen has learned. Berkeley Unified will formally announce Dr. Donald… Read More ›
HAYWARD SCHOOL BOARD | Hayward’s disgraced former school board President Jesus Armas chose not to run for re-election last year following reports of an affair with a former board member, however, Armas still remains as the school district’s representative on the Hayward… Read More ›
ASSEMBLY 25 | By most accounts, last weekend’s Democratic State Convention in Sacramento was a quiet, sedate affair. Not so, was the case at a luncheon Saturday afternoon when the wife of former Assemblyman Alberto Torrico attacked the aide of… Read More ›
HAYWARD SCHOOL BOARD | Consultant contracts have been controversial for Hayward school board with board member Luis Reynoso often criticizing staff and board approval of expensive contracts. He’s often pressured staff to take on the extra load to cut down… Read More ›
2012 YEAR IN REVIEW | What a year it was for the East Bay Citizen. Through hard-hitting coverage of the 2012 election season you could not find anywhere else in the Bay Area news media to the unfortunate, yet glorious,… Read More ›
INSIDE THE STORIES OF 2012 | The original plan last July was to take the soon-to-be infamous text messages and present them to the Hayward school board during public comment. Jose Aldana, Maribel Heredia’s long-time fiancé and father of her… Read More ›
10.12Mary Hayashi unleashes a barrage of attacks on Richard Valle eliciting no response from the practicing Buddhist. Supporters of Valle and haters of Hayashi go nuts urging him to go on the attack armed with her shoplifting conviction, but he… Read More ›
07.12The first sign of campaign upheaval almost always contains elements of a shake up in staff. After major blowouts over the past two months, Pete Stark replaces his campaign manager Alex Tourk with Sharon Cornu. The local labor stalwart begins… Read More ›
1. San Leandro Councilman-elect Benny Lee agrees to a policy during a candidates forum, begins to describes why he supports it, but then asks, “Wait, what is that?” To be fair, when the moderator asked the other candidates what the audience-generated… Read More ›
HAYWARD SCHOOL DISTRICT | What would have been unthinkable even just six months ago could soon be fact—fiscal crusader and Hayward school board member Luis Reynoso may be soon ruling the roost and he would like the title of board… Read More ›
| HAYWARD SCHOOL BOARD | An attack mailer against school board member Luis Reynoso, who is seeking re-election this Tuesday, hit the streets recently from the Hayward Chamber of Commerce’s PAC Good Government Now!. The mailer states at two… Read More ›
PHOTOS/Shane Bond ELECTION’ 12//HAYWARD SCHOOL BOARD//PROFILE | The students gather around the makeshift crime scene with yellow tape sectioning off students at the corners of the classroom with their papers and pencils at their finger tips. A plastic human body is… Read More ›
Maribel Heredia HAYWARD SCHOOL BOARD SCANDAL | The unnamed family member who said embattled Hayward school board member Maribel Heredia was lying about her reasons for missing an Aug. 22 meeting has sent a letter to the board urging them… Read More ›
ELECTION ’12//HAYWARD SCHOOL BOARD | Hayward Unified School District candidates gathered at the Skywest Golf Course last night for the first forum since board members, Jesus Armas and Maribel Heredia, didn’t file for re-election after a salacious affair was exposed… Read More ›
HAYWARD SCHOOL BOARD SCANDAL | A family member of the deceased great-grandmother referenced last week by Hayward school board member Maribel Heredia as an excuse for missing a board meeting Aug. 21, says she is lying. “If Maribel Heredia is… Read More ›
HAYWARD SCHOOL BOARD SCANDAL | Another school board meeting in Hayward, another chance lost to confront serious allegations of potential violations of the state’s sunshine laws. Since allegations surfaced July 25 of an undisclosed romance between Hayward school board President Jesus… Read More ›
HAYWARD SCHOOL BOARD SCANDAL | Apparently Hayward school board member Maribel Heredia has a note from home. Following her conspicuous absence from the school board’s last meeting, Aug. 22, due to a family emergency in Southern California, the district’s superintendent… Read More ›
ELECTION ’12//HAYWARD SCHOOL BOARD | The Hayward Chamber of Commerce released their endorsements for Hayward Unified School District this past week endorsing former city council candidate Peter Bufete, planning commissioner Sara Lamnin and Cal State East Bay employee, Annette Walker…. Read More ›
HAYWARD SCHOOL BOARD SCANDAL | Hayward school board President Jesus Armas resisted calls Wednesday night by some members of the community to resign after reports of an alleged affair with board member Maribel Heredia. “There are a couple of people… Read More ›
HAYWARD SCHOOL BOARD SCANDAL | Amid public calls for Hayward school board President Jesus Armas to resign following an alleged affair with fellow board member Maribel Heredia, an agendized discussion over procedures for a vote of no-confidence never occurred Wednesday night after school… Read More ›
HAYWARD SCHOOL BOARD SCANDAL | As Hayward students returned the classroom last week to end what was hopefully a joyous summer vacation, it was not so eventful for its five-member school board as it continues to sort through allegations of an… Read More ›
ELECTION ‘12//HAYWARD | By STEVEN TAVARES & SHANE BOND, The CitizenLess than five days after bowing out of the race for the Hayward school board, Jesus Armas may be in search of a successor. Armas, who, after two years, is not seeking… Read More ›
ELECTION ’12//HAYWARD SCHOOL BOARD |By SHANE BOND, The CitizenPeter Bufete, the 22-year old former candidate for the Hayward City Council, will file for one of the three open seats on the Hayward school board this fall. The move comes after… Read More ›
ELECTION ’12//HAYWARD SCHOOL BOARD | The central figures in the tawdry affair erupting at the Hayward school board over the past two weeks, will not seek re-election in the fall. The 5 p.m. deadline for candidates to complete filing for the… Read More ›
