Hayward school board member Luis Reynoso has served since 2008. HAYWARDOne of the most controversial, if not colorful, elected officials in the entire East Bay resides on the Hayward school board. Dr. Luis Reynoso‘s political resume, however, includes a number of… Read More ›
Case dismissed: Former Hayward Superintendent Stan “Data” Dobbs. HAYWARDFormer Hayward superintendent Stan “Data” Dobbs‘ tumultuous tenure appears officially over after he filed to drop his $500,000 lawsuit against the Hayward Unified School District and three of its board trustees.Dobbs, who… Read More ›
HAYWARD CITY COUNCILThis morning, just hours before Hayward city council’s scheduled discussion of whether or not to become a sanctuary city, the city’s official Twitter account posted an image of a taco and the phrase “Let’s Taco About It” —… Read More ›
HAYWARDThe Hayward school board, and one pesky board member in particular, is adding pressure on the Hayward City Council to become a sanctuary ahead of their June 6 meeting on the subject. The school board unanimously approved a resolution last… Read More ›
Hayward school trustees Annette Walker and Lisa Brunner during a press conference last year. Both voted to put a $88 parcel tax measure on the special election ballot this May. HAYWARD USDA Hayward school parcel tax that has generated more than… Read More ›
Hayward school board trustee Luis Reynoso says city and county leaders have done nothing to increase the minimum wage. HAYWARD SCHOOL BOARD |After the Hayward school board unanimously approved a resolution giving its unrepresented employees a boost in wages to $15… Read More ›
HAYWARD CITY COUNCIL |Elections have consequences. But curiously, in Hayward, those reeling from an Election Night loss last week weren’t even on the ballot. On Tuesday night, the Hayward City Council faced the music for its mixed attempt at remaking… Read More ›
Hayward school board trustees Annette Walker and Luis Reynoso win re-election Tuesday night. HAYWARD SCHOOL BOARD |ELECTION 2016 |After an expensive campaign seeking to unseat a majority of the Hayward school board failed, much of the status quo will remain…. Read More ›
HAYWARD | ELECTION 2016 |For years in Hayward, the school board has been labeled dysfunctional. More precisely, the real criticism is they fight too much. With a little more precision: they fight too much in public. The attack line is… Read More ›
Hayward Councilmember Mark Salinas was given a $9,000 contract by the school district without any apparent approval by the school board. HAYWARD | Hayward Councilmember Mark Salinas received a contract for unidentified services with the city’s school district worth nearly… Read More ›
HAYWARD | Hayward School Board Trustee Luis Reynoso says his eyesight isn’t so good in poorly-lit room, so during a candidate’s forum Wednesday night he quietly turned to an opponent seated next to him and asked if that was indeed… Read More ›
Hayward Mayor Barbara Halliday booted two out of a City Council meeting Tuesday. HAYWARD CITY COUNCIL |The controversy surrounding fired Hayward Superintendent Stan Dobbs moved from the school board to the city council Tuesday night after Mayor Barbara Halliday ejected… Read More ›
Rep. Eric Swalwell and Stan Dobbs in Washington D.C. HAYWARD | Does Rep. Eric Swalwell still support the fired Hayward superintendent who verbally abused two school board members last year, intimidated employees and allegedly struck his mistress in the middle… Read More ›
Alameda County Superintendent Karen Monroe, bottom left, in a photo Sept. 16 with other county administrators, including the fired Stan Dobbs, pictured second row, right. HAYWARD | Less than 48 hours after the Hayward Unified School District fired with cause… 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 ›
There is no love lost between Hayward school board member Luis Reynoso and the city’s elected officials. HAYWARD | A local advocacy group that includes several Hayward city councilmembers, has designs on one day replacing the entire five-person Hayward school… Read More ›
HAYWARD | The Hayward superintendent accused of attacking two school board members in closed session and who allowed an alleged rapist speak to underperforming high school students filed a claim last month against the school district for violating his privacy…. Read More ›
Hayward council candidate John Taylor is also a member of the city’s school board. HAYWARD CITY COUNCIL | Hayward City Council candidate John Taylor is taking credit for luring the school district’s superintendent who was later alleged to have attacked… Read More ›
John Taylor’s Hayward City Council campaign includes Superintendent of Schools Stan Dobbs. HAYWARD CITY COUNCIL | The Hayward school superintendent who attacked two members of the school board this fall is taking a role in the City Council campaign of… Read More ›
HAYWARD SCHOOLS | Four members of the Hayward school board publicly acknowledged at special meeting Thursday night that Superintendent Stan “Data” Dobbs allegedly berated and cursed the board in a closed session meeting on September 16 and then made physical… Read More ›
Hayward Superintendent Stan “Data” Dobbs was accused by two school members of berating and cursing the board during a closed session meeting. EXCLUSIVE!HAYWARD SCHOOLS | Two members of the Hayward School Board of Trustees filed police incident reports against its Superintendent Stan… Read More ›
18th Assembly District candidate Jaime Patino says the local media is doing the public a disservice by ignoring his race against Assemblymember Bill Quirk. ASSEMBLY | 20TH DISTRICT | Union city resident Jaime Patino, a Republican, is a long-shot to… Read More ›
JUNE PRIMARY | There’s a reason why the order of candidates on the ballot is randomly chosen before each election. Studies show the candidate listed first has an inherent advantage. In some cases, the ballot placement can equal a 2.5… Read More ›
Assemblymember Bill Quirk, Luis Reynoso and Jaime Patino. THE CANDIDATES Bill Quirk nearly lost two years ago despite strong support from the Democratic Party and labor unions. He beat Jennifer Ong by just over 900 votes, yet the close call… Read More ›
Bill Quirk, Luis Reynoso, Jaime Patino ASSEMBLY | 20TH DISTRICT | When it comes to gay marriage, candidates for the 20th Assembly District made a mad dash to the left of each other, but not before two of them swung… Read More ›
Hayward’s Russell City Energy Center. ASSEMBLY | 20TH ASSEMBLY FORUM | Hayward residents are in the mood to question whether Calpine’s Russell City Energy Center was such a good idea, after all. At a candidate’s forum for 20th Assembly District… Read More ›
AD20 candidates: Asm Bill Quirk, Luis Reynoso, Jaime Patino ASSEMBLY | 20TH DISTRICT | Assemblymember Bill Quirk says his Republican opponent in the 20th Assembly District is a nice guy. Jaime Patino, the first-time office-seeker, says Quirk is a fine… Read More ›
Honda Wins Landslide Endorsement | The Coming Abyss in SD10 | Hayashi Admits Only One Negative | Immigrant Story Impresses in AD15 CHAPTER 1 | Rep. Mike Honda was dropped off and walked by his lonesome into the Laborers Union… Read More ›
HAYWARD SCHOOL BOARD | Hayward’s new Superintendent, Stan Dobbs, claims he never dropped out of the superintendent race in a recent interview with the East Bay Citizen at the July 24 board meeting despite evidence that proves otherwise. Dobbs blatantly… Read More ›
EDUCATION//BERKELEY/HAYWARD | Berkeley’s newly-hired superintendent of schools, Dr. Donald Evans, missed an excessive number of schools days due to absences and vacations, while also attending a high number of education-related conferences around the country, costing his former employer–the Hayward Unified School District–over $16,000… Read More ›
