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📰 HUSD Budget is Balanced For Now. Despite the failure of Measure G to pass during the June Primary, good news from Sacr...
06/26/2026

📰 HUSD Budget is Balanced For Now. Despite the failure of Measure G to pass during the June Primary, good news from Sacramento helps HUSD balance their budget. Find out how in tonight's story!

haywardherald.org/husd-budget-balanced-for-now/

🏫 State test scores are improving, but a lot slower than anyone wants. Learn about achievement trends and the LCAP—and HUSD's out-of-date strategic plan—at The Hayward Herald!

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📰 Hayward City Council Approves New Drone Program. Drones will soon be flying autonomously to calls for service as part ...
06/24/2026

📰 Hayward City Council Approves New Drone Program. Drones will soon be flying autonomously to calls for service as part of a newly-approved Drone First Responder program. Find out the details in tonight's Hayward Herald article!

haywardherald.org/hayward-council-approves-new-drone-program/

🕵️‍♀️ Council embraced the new drone program despite privacy concerns and worries about future abuse. Find out more about the Drone First Responder program in the Hayward Herald!

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📰 City Cracks Down On Smoke Shops! Six smoke shops in Hayward had their To***co Retail Licenses revoked last week, havin...
06/19/2026

📰 City Cracks Down On Smoke Shops! Six smoke shops in Hayward had their To***co Retail Licenses revoked last week, having had more than three code violations in the last five years. Find out what happened in this issue of the Hayward Herald!

haywardherald.org/city-cracks-down-on-smoke-shops/

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📰 Who Approved Hayward's Largest Data Center? We dive deep into Stack Infrastructure's enormous data center, which is al...
06/17/2026

📰 Who Approved Hayward's Largest Data Center? We dive deep into Stack Infrastructure's enormous data center, which is already under construction in Hayward. Find out how it happened, who approved it, and what--if anything--can be done now in tonight's issue.

haywardherald.org/who-approved-haywards-largest-data-center/

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06/15/2026

Did you know Hayward Police regularly deploy with submachine guns capable of fully automatic fire? Yet they almost never use them. So why are they needed anyway?

Learn more about HPD's military equipment ahead of Tuesday's City Council Meeting.

**Catch the full discussion on our YouTube channel**

📰 New Business Tax Coming For November Ballot. The City Council approves a final draft of the new Business License Tax s...
06/12/2026

📰 New Business Tax Coming For November Ballot. The City Council approves a final draft of the new Business License Tax structure. Big changes are coming for certain industries that could net Hayward an additional $12 million per year. Find out the details in tonight's issue of the Hayward Herald!

haywardherald.org/new-business-tax-rates-set-for-november/

🗳 With ballots almost done being counted, most of our local elections are pretty much settled. But HUSD's Measure G appears to be in dire straits with only a few thousand votes left across the whole county. Find out what this means in tonight's issue.

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📰 City Council Approves Plan To Undo The Loop. After a long public engagement process and congestion analysis, City Coun...
06/10/2026

📰 City Council Approves Plan To Undo The Loop. After a long public engagement process and congestion analysis, City Council approves a plan to reduce through traffic in downtown and make it more walkable. Find out the full details in tonight's issue!

haywardherald.org/city-council-approves-undoing-the-loop/

💵 City passes balanced budget, despite $30 million structural deficit. Using multiple one-time funding sources to balance the budget, the City Council passed a balanced FY 27 budget. Relying on Measure C also annoys some in the community, but Mayor Salinas isn't having it. Find out what happened in the Hayward Herald!

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06/06/2026

It's not just you! Police are using a lot more drones for all kinds of things. chats with John Lindsay-Poland from AFSC about police and drones, plus how many more HPD plans to buy this year.

**Watch the full conversation on our YouTube channel!**

📰 HUSD Explores 6-8 Middle School Conversion. District to assemble 50+ person committee to look at whether and how to mo...
06/05/2026

📰 HUSD Explores 6-8 Middle School Conversion. District to assemble 50+ person committee to look at whether and how to move 6th Grade classes out of Elementary schools and into Middle schools.

haywardherald.org/husd-explores-6-8-middle-school-conversion/

🏫 HUSD may see a big cash injection from the state budget to address rising Special Education costs. Despite enrollment falling, special education enrollment is increasing every year. Find out what all this means for the District in tonight's issue of the Hayward Herald!

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06/03/2026

Who is responsible for law enforcement transparency? chats transparency and the responsibility we all have with John Lindsay-Poland in this episode of Over The Loud Speaker.

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