Sept. 1, 2011 | It was not long ago that the Solyndra solar panel facility was a symbol of President Barack Obama’s support of new green technologies. After the company filed for bankruptcy Wednesday and cut 1,100 high-paying jobs the Fremont firm… Read More ›
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More Federal Dollars On The Way For Former Nummi Autoworkers
LABOR SECRETARY, STARK ANNOUNCE ADDITIONAL $7.9 MILLION TO AID UNEMPLOYED NUMMI WORKERSBy Steven Tavaressteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.comFollow @eastbaycitizen on twitter The Fremont Nummi plant was reborn as Tesla Motors’ headquarters, but thousands of former employees still feel the bite of the poor economy…. Read More ›
Leaders In Fremont Don’t Have Anything To Do
VICE MAYOR ASKS TO ELIMINATE SOME MEETINGS BECAUSE OF RECENT FLIMSY AGENDAS You would think a large East Bay city staring at a huge budget deficit would have more to do, but not Fremont’s City Council. The Fremont Bulletin reported… Read More ›
County Says Budget Woes May Get Worse
HAGGERTY SAYS COUNTY HAS BEEN AHEAD OF THE BUDGET CURVE; SAYS COUNTY IS IN GOOD SHAPEBy Steven Tavares Alameda County officials attempted to shine a light on the region’s difficult budget process by illustrating the interconnectedness between it and the… Read More ›
Cleantech’s Future Resides in California, Flourishes in Bay Area Cities
REPORT LAUDS STATE’S ACTIONS SO FAR, BUT WORRIES ABOUT CHINESE, EUROPEAN AGGRESSIVENESSBy Steven Tavares Fremont cleantech firm Solyndra. A report from the Bay Area Council Economic Institute says California’s has a unique opportunity to enhance its international and economic standing in clean… Read More ›
Money was the Message for the Lockyers
YEAR-IN-REVIEW / APRIL-JUNE The will of Bill Lockyer to fund his wife, Nadia Lockyer’s campaign for county supervisor kicks into high gear before the June primary. SANTOS BRINGS RCV BACK; CHAN BECOMES SUPERVISOR; S.L. SCHOOL DISTRICT LOSES $1.6 MILLION APRILFran David… Read More ›
New Assemblyman Offers Legislation on Day One
THE BENCH FOR FUTURE LEGISLATORS IS THIN LOCALLYFremont Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski was sworn-in last Monday and quickly got to work. On the same day he replaced termed-out Alberto Torrico in Sacramento, Wieckowski already had his first piece of legislation in… Read More ›
Green Day in Fremont
PHOTO: Special to The Citizen Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Toyota President Akio Toyoda, and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk at a press conference announcing a partnership between the two companies to build electric automobiles at the former Nummi auto plant in… Read More ›
Tesla, Toyota to Build Electric Cars at Nummi Plant
FIGUEROA SAYS DEAL WILL BRING 1,200 JOBS TO THE NUMMI PLANT By STEVEN TAVARESThe Citizen FREMONT Bay Area electric car-maker Tesla Motors and Toyota will partner in bringing 1,200 new jobs to the recently shuttered Nummi plant in Fremont, says… Read More ›
Saving Nummi for a Greener Future
By CRAIG WILLIAMS One idea that has not been considered regarding Nummi is to create a reverse mortgage and allow people to pre-order cars, ideally plug-ins and or hybrids built at the Fremont plant. For the last two years I’ve… Read More ›
Stark Having Difficulty Moving Health Care to Left
STARK SAYS SENATE, WHITE HOUSE GAINING CONCESSIONS By STEVEN TAVARES The Citizen Despite reports to the contrary, Rep. Pete Stark says the pace of health care reform talks between House and Senate leaders is lagging and believes passage may be… Read More ›
Toyota says NUMMI to close in March 2010
PLANT CLOSURE WILL AFFECT MORE THAN 4,700 OUT-OF-WORK AUTO WORKERSToyota announced earlier today it will close the NUMMI plant by March of next year. The decision, which became increasingly likely after Toyota said earlier this week it would ratchet down… Read More ›
GM was Too Big to Fail, but is NUMMI?
SWEETHEART DEAL TO WORLD’S #1 CAR MAKER NEEDS TO BE EXAMINEDWhen John Garamendi attached the phrase “too big to fail” withthe rescue of NUMMI, the words conjure not unemployed auto workers by the thousands, but car manufacturers reaping the benefits… Read More ›
