Community support for Fremont family facing deportation
There seems to be a groundswell of support for Tatiana Miroshnik and Eugene Kotelnikov, her 16-year-old son, who have been served deportation papers to return to Russia by June 18. Miroshnikov moved...
View ArticleStudent poet
UPDATE (June 8): Click here for the story. ORIGINAL ENTRY (June 7): Fremont student Sarah Li, a junior at Mission San Jose High, will be picking up an American Voices Award at Carnegie Hall in NYC...
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...
View ArticleTeens like their sleep
Tonight, a parent spoke at the Fremont school board meeting, urging trustees to reconsider their decision not start high schools later in the day. The board had initially decided to have first period...
View ArticleFremont school board rejects controversial book
For the second year in a row, the school board rejected Dorothy Allison's "Bastard Out of Carolina" as suitable reading material for AP English classes. The book is about a girl who is beaten and...
View ArticleFremont teachers negotiate one-year contract
The Fremont school district and teachers union have reached a tentative one-year agreement on concessions to help the district balance its 2010-11 budget. The district is facing a $16.2 million...
View ArticlePregnant Union City woman claims she was tased
According to CBS 5, a Union City woman who is 7 months pregnant said she was tased by a CHP officer: http://cbs5.com/investigates/pregnant.woman.taser.2.1784202.html
View ArticleLet the race began
Today was the first day people could officially declare their candidacy for local government races by filing papers with the Alameda County Registrar of Voters or, in some cases, at city hall. Here's a...
View ArticleElection filing period – Day 2
Here's the latest on who's pulled papers to run for the November election. Names that were added today are in blue. Remember: just because someone pulls papers doesn't mean (s)he is running...
View ArticleElection update
Here's the latest on who's pulled/filed papers to run for local office this November (in alphabetical order). Names in blue are those who have "filed," meaning they've submitted completed paperwork as...
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