Tag Archives: Fremont

Tesla to Release a New Electric Car Made in Fremont

June 19, 2012, 2:59 pm • Posted by Laird Harrison
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The latest electric vehicle to hit the road can accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 4.4 seconds with barely a sound. But will it overtake the competition? Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, says his company has … Continue reading »

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Fremont Mayor Bob Wasserman Dies

December 29, 2011, 4:12 pm • Posted by Jon Brooks
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From the City of Fremont website: Mayor Bob Wasserman, who has been Mayor of Fremont since 2004, passed away on December 29, 2011, at the Fremont Kaiser facility in the presence of his family. He was 77. Mayor Wasserman served … Continue reading »

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Morning Splash: UC Tuition Hike; LGBT History Bill; Fremont Likely Divided in Redistricting

July 15, 2011, 7:35 am • Posted by Jon Brooks
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UC tuition hits $12,192 – a 9.6 percent increase (SF Chronicle) University of California regents voted Thursday to raise tuition by 9.6 percent – on top of an 8 percent increase already approved for this fall – over the objections … Continue reading »

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Fremont's Innovative California School for the Blind; Video: Talking Money Reader Demonstration

May 6, 2011, 10:25 am • Posted by Rachel Dornhelm
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Anyone looking to buy fortune cookies in braille, I can tell you where to get them. Turns out the one place in the world embossing the fortunes and bringing them to a shop in Chinatown to get them made into … Continue reading »

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Audio: Fremont's Afghans React to Osama Bin Laden's Death

May 2, 2011, 3:14 pm • Posted by Jon Brooks
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KQED's Shuka Kalantari today visited Fremont's "Little Kabul" district to get a feel for how this community of Afghani refugees, many of whom emigrated after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, is reacting to the death of Osama Bin Laden at … Continue reading »

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Summit on Human Trafficking Tomorrow in Fremont

January 20, 2011, 8:57 am • Posted by Jon Brooks
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Today on forum Scott Shafer talked with Betty Ann Boeving, event chair for the Freedom Summit and director of the Bay Area Anti-Trafficking Coalition, which is holding a two-day conference on preventing human trafficking, starting tomorrow at Harbor Light Church … Continue reading »

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