Hayward, California
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Hayward is a city located in the East Bay in Alameda County
, California
. With a population of 144,186, Hayward is the sixth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area
and the third largest in Alameda County. Hayward was ranked as the 37th most populous municipality in California. It is included in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
Metropolitan Statistical Area by the US Census. It is located primarily between Castro Valley
and Union City
, and lies at the eastern terminus of the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge. The city was devastated early in its history by the namesake 1868 Hayward earthquake
. From the early 20th century until the beginning of the 1980s, Hayward's economy was dominated by the food canning industry.
B.C.E.. The most recent pre-European inhabitants of the Hayward area were the Native American Ohlone people.
In the 19th century, the land that is now Hayward became part of Rancho San Lorenzo, a Spanish land grant
to Guillermo Castro
in 1740. The site of his home was on Castro Street (now Mission Boulevard) between C and D Streets, but the structure was severely damaged in the 1868 Hayward earthquake
, with the Hayward Fault running directly under its location. Most of the cities structures were destroyed in the earthquake, the last major earthquake on the fault. In 1930 that site was chosen for the construction of the City Hall
which served the City until 1969. The surrounding area is still the center of town.
Hayward was originally known as "Hayward's," then as "Haywood," later as "Haywards," and eventually as "Hayward." There is some disagreement as to how it was named. Most historians believe it was named for William Dutton Hayward, who opened a hotel there in 1852. The US Geologic Survey Geographic Names Information System
states the city was named after Alvinza Hayward
, a millionaire from the California Gold Rush
. Regardless of which Hayward the area was named for, because a post office cannot be named after a living person, it is believed that the name was changed to "Haywood" when the post office was first established. The first post office opened in 1860.
Castro emigrated to Chile
with most of his family in 1864, after he lost his land in a card game. His name survives in the community of Castro Valley
, located in the valley next to Hayward which Castro used to pasture his cattle. The ranch was split up and sold to various locals, William Hayward among them. William Hayward's fortunes took a turn for the grander when he constructed a resort hotel, which eventually grew to a hundred rooms. The surrounding area came to be called "Hayward's" after the hotel.
William Hayward eventually became the road commissioner for Alameda County
. He used his authority to influence the construction of roads in his own favor. He was also an Alameda County Supervisor. In 1876, a town was chartered by the State of California under the name of "Haywards". The name of the post office was then able to change because of the loss of the apostrophe before the "s." This change occurred in 1880. It remained "Haywards" until 1910 when the "s" was officially dropped. William Hayward died in 1891.
Hayward grew steadily throughout the late 19th century, with an economy based on agriculture and tourism. Important crops were tomatoes, peaches, cherries, and apricots. Chicken and pigeon raising also played important roles in the economy. A rail line between Oakland
and San Jose
, the South Pacific Coast Railroad
, was established, but was destroyed in 1868 earthquake
The anarchist periodical Land and Liberty
was published in Hayward from 1914–1915.
During the 1930s, the Harry Rowell Rodeo Ranch (site now within the bounds of Castro Valley
) drew rodeo cowboys from across the continent, and western movie actors such as Slim Pickens
and others from Hollywood.
Prior to World War II, Hayward had a high concentration of Japanese American
s, who were subject to the Japanese-American internment during the war. The war brought an economic and population boom
to the area, as factories opened to manufacture war material. Many of the workers stayed after the end of the war. Two suburban tract housing
pioneers, Oliver Rousseau and David D. Bohannon were prominent builders of postwar housing in the Hayward area.
was a former city that was incorporated into Hayward in the 1950s, at the same time as Schafer Park
.
Russell City
was a former unincorporated community. It existed from 1853 until 1964. The location is now the proposed site of a natural gas fired power plant.
Stokes Landing
, Hayward Heath
and Eden Landing
were communities now within Hayward city limits.
, the city has a total area of 63.7 square miles (165 km²). 45.3 square miles (117.3 km²) of it is land and 18.4 square miles (47.7 km²) of it (28.90%) is water. The Hayward Fault Zone
runs through much of Hayward, including the downtown area. The United States Geologic Survey has stated that there is an "increasing likelihood" of a major earthquake on this fault zone, with potentially serious resulting damage. Hayward has a Mediterranean climate
, and contains microclimates, both of which are features of the greater Bay Area. San Lorenzo Creek
runs through the city. Hayward borders on a large number of municipalities and communities. The cities bordering on Hayward are San Leandro, Union City
, Fremont
and Pleasanton
. The census designated places bordering on Hayward are Castro Valley
, San Lorenzo
, Cherryland
, Sunol
and Fairview
.
, 17,099 (11.9%) African American, 1,396 (1.0%) Native American, 31,666 (22.0%) Asian
(10.4% Filipino
, 3.9% Chinese
, 3.0% Indian
, 2.7% Vietnamese
, 0.5% Japanese
, 0.5% Korean
, 0.2% Cambodian
, 0.1% Pakistani
), 4,535 (3.1%) Pacific Islander
, 30,004 (20.8%) from other races, and 10,177 (7.1%) from two or more races
. Hispanic or Latino
of any race were 58,730 persons (40.7%), giving Hayward an aggregate Hispanic/Latino plurality population as categorized by census determined racial and ethnic groups. 30.2% of Hayward's population is Mexican
, 2.5% Salvadoran
, 1.5% Puerto Rican
, 1.2% Nicaraguan
, 1.0% Honduran
, 0.5% Peruvian
, and 0.2% Cuban
, as well as a significant population of Fijian and Fiji-Indian people..
The Census reported that 141,462 people (98.1% of the population) lived in households, 1,954 (1.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 770 (0.5%) were institutionalized.
There were 45,365 households, out of which 18,284 (40.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 21,720 (47.9%) were opposite-sex married couples
living together, 7,495 (16.5%) had a female householder with no husband present, 3,344 (7.4%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 3,037 (6.7%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships
, and 421 (0.9%) same-sex married couples or partnerships
. 9,359 households (20.6%) were made up of individuals and 3,193 (7.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.12 persons. There were 32,559 families
(71.8% of all households); the average family size was 3.60 persons.
The city's age demographics were 35,379 people (24.5%) under the age of 18, 16,064 people (11.1%) aged 18 to 24, 44,005 people (30.5%) aged 25 to 44, 34,096 people (23.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 14,642 people (10.2%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33.5 years. For every 100 females there were 97.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.7 males.
There were 48,296 housing units at an average density of 757.6 per square mile (292.5/km²), of which 23,935 (52.8%) were owner-occupied, and 21,430 (47.2%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 6.6%. 75,039 people (52.0% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 66,423 people (46.1%) lived in rental housing units.
There were 44,804 households out of which 37.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.3% were married couples living together, 14.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.7% were non-families. 20.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.3% had someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.08 and the average family size was 3.58.
The population profiled by age was 26.8% under the age of 18, 10.9% from 18 to 24, 33.4% from 25 to 44, 18.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 98.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $51,177, and the median income for a family was $54,712. Males had a median income of $37,711 versus $31,481 for females. The per capita income for the city was $19,695. 10.0% of the population and 7.2% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 11.7% of those under the age of 18 and 7.2% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.
and is the executive director of Spectrum Community Services, a nonprofit social service organization in Hayward.
is the largest shopping center in Hayward. It houses the department stores Sears
and Macy's
, and other retailers. In addition to a Target
store at the Skywest Commons
mall, the city's major retailers
include Home Depot and Office Depot
. A Costco Business Center is located there.
. Kobe Steel
operates Kobe Precision. PepsiCo
operates its San Francisco Bay Production/Distribution Center there. The headquarters of the Shasta
soft drink company is located in Hayward, as is the headquarters of school bus manufacturer the Gillig Corporation. The US branch of Bianchi Bicycles
, Bianchi USA, operates out of Hayward. Nakagawa Manufacturing USA, a division of Nakagawa Manufacturing, Saitama
, Japan, operates a thermal paper
facility in Hayward. Manheim San Francisco Bay, a division of Manheim Auctions
, operates in Hayward. Role-playing game
publisher Chaosium
is based there. Azuma Foods International, a division of Azuma Foods, Mie
, Japan, has its factory in Hayward. Simms' Custom Cycles, founded by legendary custom motorcycle builder Ron Simms
, is located in Hayward. High-tech wireless sensor network
manufacturer Dust Networks
is headquartered in Hayward. The US headquarters for Japan based Andersen Bakery
is located in Hayward. Columbus Salame opened a new $31 million processing facility in Hayward in 2011, replacing their former facility in South San Francisco. Mountain Mike's Pizza
chain of restaurants is headquartered in Hayward. Annabelle Candy
, makers of Abba-Zaba
bars, moved to Hayward in 1965. Mendel Biotechnology
was founded in Hayward in 1997. Kosan Biosciences
was founded in Hayward in 1995 Ultra Clean Technology has operated its headquarters, and a manufacturing plant, out of Hayward since 2008, having moved there from Palo Alto
. Berkeley Farms opened a state-of-the-art processing plant in Hayward in 1998.
. The cannery was opened in Hayward in 1895 by brothers William and Joseph Hunt, who were fruit packers originally from Sebastopol, California
. The Hunts initially packed local fruit, including cherries, peaches, and apricots, then added tomatoes, which became the mainstay of their business. At its height in the 1960s and 1970s, Hunt's operated three canneries in Hayward, at A, B, and C Streets; an adjacent can-making company; a pickling factory; and a glass manufacturing plant. From the 1890s until its closure in 1981, Hunt's employed a large percentage of the local population. The air around Hayward was permeated by the smell of tomatoes for three months of each year, during the canning season. The canneries closed in 1981, as there were no longer enough produce fields or fruit orchards near the cannery to make it economically viable. Much of the production was moved to the Sacramento Valley
.
department store chain was headquartered in Hayward, until declaring bankruptcy in 2008. Etec Systems, Inc.
operated in Hayward from 1970 until 2005, when it was closed by its parent company. AirLink Communications, a wireless service provider, operated in Hayward until its 2007 acquisition by Sierra Wireless
. Osborne Computer Corporation
operated a manufacturing facility in the 1980s. Former franchise computer retailer ComputerLand
, and daisy wheel printer
manufacturer Qume
were headquartered there. The Holiday Bowl bowling alley operated in south Hayward for 47 years, closing in 2005. The Valle Vista roller skating rink operated for 44 years in south Hayward, closing in 2003. TML Studios, a recording studio owned by Tesla
band member Troy Luccketta
, where albums by Loudness
, among others, were recorded, operated in Hayward. Franklin Ophthalmic Instruments
was based in Hayward.
† indicates employers wholly located or headquartered in Hayward
Two businesses which had significant employment in fiscal year 2000–2001, Mervyns
(2,000), and Pacific Bell
(940), no longer operate in Hayward.
Freeway) and Interstate 238. Interstate 580
runs just north of the city. It is also served by State Route 92
(Jackson Street) and State Route 238
(Mission Boulevard/Foothill Boulevard). State Route 92 continues west as the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge. The intersection of 880 and 92 was reconstructed over a four year period, with completion of the project in October 2011. Mission Boulevard has been long known for chronic traffic congestion. Past proposals to convert Mission Boulevard to a freeway or build a 238 bypass have been controversial. One proposal, to build a freeway parallel to Mission Boulevard, effectively continuing 580 south where it turns east towards Castro Valley, and connecting to Industrial Boulevard, had land purchased, but was cancelled after years of debate. The land is now scheduled for sale and zoning. Mission, Jackson and Foothill all converge at one congested intersection south of downtown, known as "Five Flags" for a line of flagpoles. In part to alleviate congestion in the immediate downtown area, the city plans to convert the A Street, Mission and Foothill road triangle to one-way thoroughfares (counterclockwise), and add road improvements to Mission Boulevard south to Industrial Boulevard, and to Foothill Boulevard north to 580. The plan, the Route 238 Corridor Improvement Project, broke ground July 2010, with an expected completion date of 2012.
, the regional rapid transit system, has two stations in Hayward: the Hayward station, in the downtown district; and the South Hayward station, near the Hayward-Union City border. The AC Transit
bus system, which provides bus service for Alameda County and Contra Costa County, operates in Hayward, and has a repair/training center located there. Amtrak
, the national rail passenger system, provides daily service at its Hayward
station for the Capitol Corridor
train, which runs between San Jose and Auburn.
Hayward has a general aviation
airport, the Hayward Executive Airport
. The Hayward Air National Guard
station was located at the airport in 1942, until being reassigned to Moffett Field in 1980
s: St. Rose Hospital
and a Kaiser Permanente
medical center. Four cemeteries are located in Hayward: Chapel of the Chimes
, Mount Eden
Mount Saint Joseph Cemetery
, and Holy Sepulchre
, the last two being Catholic cemeteries. The Hayward Hall of Justice
, a branch of the California Superior Court
, is the largest full-service courthouse in Alameda County. Horizon Services
, which administers substance abuse recovery programs in Hayward and other locations in the Bay Area, operates out of Hayward. Hayward has its own water and wastewater system, but a small northern portion of the city's water is managed by the East Bay Municipal Utility District
.
Hayward is home to the main campus of California State University, East Bay
(CSUEB), formerly known as California State University, Hayward. It is a public university within the California State University
system.
, a community college
in the Peralta Community College District
.
(HUSD), which operates three high schools, Mount Eden, Tennyson
, and Hayward High
. Additional high schools include the Eden Area Regional Occupational Program, the Leadership Public Schools-Hayward charter school, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation charter public high school, Impact Academy of Arts and Technology. The New Haven Unified School District
operates in Union City
and South Hayward , with one high school, Conley-Caraballo
, located in Hayward. The San Lorenzo Unified School District
operates Royal Sunset High School within Hayward. A large private high school, Moreau Catholic High School
, is located in Hayward. Hayward is the recipient of a 2010 Promise Neighborhood
grant from the United States Department of Education
, through CSUEB.
The city has Everest
and Heald College
campuses.
: the Don Castro Regional Recreation Area
, Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park
, the Hayward Regional Shoreline
, and Garin Regional Park
. The Eden Landing Ecological Reserve
is located at the Hayward shoreline, and includes 600 acres of salt ponds set to be converted to tidal wetlands. Hayward is also home to the oldest Japanese garden
in California designed along traditional lines. The 3.5 acre Japanese Gardens
was dedicated in 1980. The garden is administered by the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District
(HARD), which operates a number of parks and facilities, primarily in Hayward, including the Skywest and Mission Hills Golf Courses, Kennedy Park, the Sulphur Creek Nature Center, the Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center
, and the Hayward Plunge swim center, at the entrance to the Green Belt Trails and Memorial Park. HARD is the largest recreation district in California. In addition to the two public golf courses, TPC Stonebrae, a private golf club, operates in Hayward.
: the Green Shutter Hotel
and Eden Congregational Church
. A third site, Meek Mansion
, while not within city limits, is managed by the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District. The three sites are also California Historical Landmark
s. Ukraina Honcharenko
is the fourth Historical Landmark in the city.
, published most recently by Bay Area News Group. Local television stations, and AM and FM radio from Oakland
and San Francisco reach Hayward, as do some stations from San Jose
, Sacramento
and Salinas
. The city's cable TV carrier is Comcast
. Chabot College's student radio station, KCRH
, operates mostly within city limits.
amateur soccer team is based in Hayward. The All Pro Wrestling
professional wrestling promotion
and training school is based in Hayward, and performs shows there.
patriot and Greek Orthodox
priest Agapius Honcharenko
, who created a farm whose location is now an historic landmark. High profile people from Hayward include football coach Bill Walsh, figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi
, and Treasurer of the United States
Rosa Gumataotao Rios
. Charles Plummer
, prior to becoming Alameda County Sheriff
, was the Police Chief of Hayward.
People born (b), raised (r), or who have lived as adults (a) in Hayward:
, Japan Ghazni
, Afghanistan
Faro, Portugal
was formerly a sister city, ca. 1979
Alameda County, California
Alameda County is a county in the U.S. state of California. It occupies most of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,510,271, making it the 7th most populous county in the state...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. With a population of 144,186, Hayward is the sixth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
and the third largest in Alameda County. Hayward was ranked as the 37th most populous municipality in California. It is included in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
San Francisco Bay Area Combined Statistical Area
The San Francisco Bay Area Combined Statistical Area, also known as the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA, is the 6th most populous of 125 Combined Statistical Areas as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget...
Metropolitan Statistical Area by the US Census. It is located primarily between Castro Valley
Castro Valley, California
Castro Valley is a census-designated place in Alameda County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, it is the fifth most populous unincorporated area in California, and the twenty-third in the United States...
and Union City
Union City, California
Union City is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It was incorporated in 1959, combining the communities of Alvarado and Decoto. Alvarado was the original county seat of Alameda County, and the site of the first county courthouse is a California Historical Landmark . The city...
, and lies at the eastern terminus of the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge. The city was devastated early in its history by the namesake 1868 Hayward earthquake
1868 Hayward earthquake
The 1868 Hayward earthquake was the last large earthquake to occur on the Hayward Fault Zone in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States. It caused significant damage throughout the region, and was known as the "Great San Francisco Earthquake" prior to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake...
. From the early 20th century until the beginning of the 1980s, Hayward's economy was dominated by the food canning industry.
History
Human habitation of the greater East Bay, including Hayward, dates from at least 40004th millennium BC
The 4th millennium BC saw major changes in human culture. It marked the beginning of the Bronze Age and of writing.The city states of Sumer and the kingdom of Egypt were established and grew to prominence. Agriculture spread widely across Eurasia...
B.C.E.. The most recent pre-European inhabitants of the Hayward area were the Native American Ohlone people.
In the 19th century, the land that is now Hayward became part of Rancho San Lorenzo, a Spanish land grant
Ranchos of California
The Spanish, and later the Méxican government encouraged settlement of territory now known as California by the establishment of large land grants called ranchos, from which the English ranch is derived. Devoted to raising cattle and sheep, the owners of the ranchos attempted to pattern themselves...
to Guillermo Castro
Guillermo Castro
Guillermo Castro was the son of Carlos Castro of Rancho San Francisco de las Llagas, near Coyote, California in Santa Clara County. He was a soldier, rancher, surveyor, and magistrate in his lifetime.-Biography:...
in 1740. The site of his home was on Castro Street (now Mission Boulevard) between C and D Streets, but the structure was severely damaged in the 1868 Hayward earthquake
1868 Hayward earthquake
The 1868 Hayward earthquake was the last large earthquake to occur on the Hayward Fault Zone in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States. It caused significant damage throughout the region, and was known as the "Great San Francisco Earthquake" prior to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake...
, with the Hayward Fault running directly under its location. Most of the cities structures were destroyed in the earthquake, the last major earthquake on the fault. In 1930 that site was chosen for the construction of the City Hall
Alex Giualini Plaza
Alex Giualini Plaza is a park surrounding a vacant building in downtown Hayward, California. The building was Hayward's first city hall. It is located on Mission Boulevard and D Street.- History :...
which served the City until 1969. The surrounding area is still the center of town.
Hayward was originally known as "Hayward's," then as "Haywood," later as "Haywards," and eventually as "Hayward." There is some disagreement as to how it was named. Most historians believe it was named for William Dutton Hayward, who opened a hotel there in 1852. The US Geologic Survey Geographic Names Information System
Geographic Names Information System
The Geographic Names Information System is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its territories. It is a type of gazetteer...
states the city was named after Alvinza Hayward
Alvinza Hayward
Alvinza Hayward was a well-known gold mining millionaire who made his fortune in California. He later became a prominent financier and businessman in the San Francisco bay area.-Early life:...
, a millionaire from the California Gold Rush
California Gold Rush
The California Gold Rush began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The first to hear confirmed information of the gold rush were the people in Oregon, the Sandwich Islands , and Latin America, who were the first to start flocking to...
. Regardless of which Hayward the area was named for, because a post office cannot be named after a living person, it is believed that the name was changed to "Haywood" when the post office was first established. The first post office opened in 1860.
Castro emigrated to Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
with most of his family in 1864, after he lost his land in a card game. His name survives in the community of Castro Valley
Castro Valley, California
Castro Valley is a census-designated place in Alameda County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, it is the fifth most populous unincorporated area in California, and the twenty-third in the United States...
, located in the valley next to Hayward which Castro used to pasture his cattle. The ranch was split up and sold to various locals, William Hayward among them. William Hayward's fortunes took a turn for the grander when he constructed a resort hotel, which eventually grew to a hundred rooms. The surrounding area came to be called "Hayward's" after the hotel.
William Hayward eventually became the road commissioner for Alameda County
Alameda County, California
Alameda County is a county in the U.S. state of California. It occupies most of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,510,271, making it the 7th most populous county in the state...
. He used his authority to influence the construction of roads in his own favor. He was also an Alameda County Supervisor. In 1876, a town was chartered by the State of California under the name of "Haywards". The name of the post office was then able to change because of the loss of the apostrophe before the "s." This change occurred in 1880. It remained "Haywards" until 1910 when the "s" was officially dropped. William Hayward died in 1891.
Hayward grew steadily throughout the late 19th century, with an economy based on agriculture and tourism. Important crops were tomatoes, peaches, cherries, and apricots. Chicken and pigeon raising also played important roles in the economy. A rail line between Oakland
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
and San Jose
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
, the South Pacific Coast Railroad
South Pacific Coast Railroad
The South Pacific Coast Railroad was a narrow gauge steam railroad running between Santa Cruz, California and Alameda, with a ferry connection in Alameda to San Francisco. The railroad was created as the Santa Clara Valley Railroad, founded by local strawberry growers as a way to get their crops...
, was established, but was destroyed in 1868 earthquake
The anarchist periodical Land and Liberty
Land and Liberty (newspaper)
Land and Liberty was an anarchist monthly periodical published in Hayward, California circa 1914 to 1915.The editor was William Charles Owen...
was published in Hayward from 1914–1915.
During the 1930s, the Harry Rowell Rodeo Ranch (site now within the bounds of Castro Valley
Castro Valley, California
Castro Valley is a census-designated place in Alameda County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, it is the fifth most populous unincorporated area in California, and the twenty-third in the United States...
) drew rodeo cowboys from across the continent, and western movie actors such as Slim Pickens
Slim Pickens
Louis Burton Lindley, Jr. , better known by the stage name Slim Pickens, was an American rodeo performer and film and television actor who epitomized the profane, tough, sardonic cowboy, but who is best remembered for his comic roles, notably in Dr...
and others from Hollywood.
Prior to World War II, Hayward had a high concentration of Japanese American
Japanese American
are American people of Japanese heritage. Japanese Americans have historically been among the three largest Asian American communities, but in recent decades have become the sixth largest group at roughly 1,204,205, including those of mixed-race or mixed-ethnicity...
s, who were subject to the Japanese-American internment during the war. The war brought an economic and population boom
United States home front during World War II
This page, United States home front during World War II, covers the developments within the United States, 1940–1945, to support its efforts during World War II.-Economics:...
to the area, as factories opened to manufacture war material. Many of the workers stayed after the end of the war. Two suburban tract housing
Tract housing
Tract housing is a style of housing development in which multiple similar homes are built on a tract of land which is subdivided into individual small lots...
pioneers, Oliver Rousseau and David D. Bohannon were prominent builders of postwar housing in the Hayward area.
Former communities
Mount EdenMount Eden, California
Mount Eden, also known as Eden Township, is a former city that has been incorporated into Hayward in Alameda County, California, United States of America. It lies at an elevation of 43 feet ....
was a former city that was incorporated into Hayward in the 1950s, at the same time as Schafer Park
Schafer Park, California
Schafer Park, California was an unincorporated suburban community absorbed into Hayward, California, at the same time as the acquisition of Mount Eden. It was named for A.W. Schafer, a German immigrant who purchased land in the area in the 1860s. The family sold its land to a real estate developer...
.
Russell City
Russell City, California
Russell City was an unincorporated community in Alameda County, California, about south of Oakland in present-day Hayward. The land is at an elevation of 16 feet . The city was named after Frederick James Russell, who laid out the town in 1907...
was a former unincorporated community. It existed from 1853 until 1964. The location is now the proposed site of a natural gas fired power plant.
Stokes Landing
Stokes Landing, California
Latitude: 37.5943787Longitude: -122.1469091Stokes Landing is a ghost town in Alameda County, California, United States. It was located along Alameda Creek east of Eden Landing. The name is in honor of James Johnstone Stokes, who founded the place in 1858. Today the area lies within the city of...
, Hayward Heath
Hayward Heath, California
Hayward Heath is an historic name for a place now within the city of Hayward, California. It was the subject of a real estate promotion. A post office, separate from Hayward's post office, operated at Hayward Heath from 1916 to 1918.-References:...
and Eden Landing
Eden Landing, California
Eden Landing is a former settlement in Alameda County, California. It was located west-southwest of Mount Eden. Its site is now located within the corporate limits of Hayward...
were communities now within Hayward city limits.
Geography
According to the United States Census BureauUnited States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the city has a total area of 63.7 square miles (165 km²). 45.3 square miles (117.3 km²) of it is land and 18.4 square miles (47.7 km²) of it (28.90%) is water. The Hayward Fault Zone
Hayward Fault Zone
The Hayward Fault Zone is a geologic fault zone capable of generating significantly destructive earthquakes. This strike-slip fault is about long, situated mainly along the western base of the hills on the east side of San Francisco Bay...
runs through much of Hayward, including the downtown area. The United States Geologic Survey has stated that there is an "increasing likelihood" of a major earthquake on this fault zone, with potentially serious resulting damage. Hayward has a Mediterranean climate
Mediterranean climate
A Mediterranean climate is the climate typical of most of the lands in the Mediterranean Basin, and is a particular variety of subtropical climate...
, and contains microclimates, both of which are features of the greater Bay Area. San Lorenzo Creek
San Lorenzo Creek
San Lorenzo Creek is a year-round natural stream flowing through Hayward, California, into San Francisco Bay at the Hayward Regional Shoreline.-Watershed:...
runs through the city. Hayward borders on a large number of municipalities and communities. The cities bordering on Hayward are San Leandro, Union City
Union City, California
Union City is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It was incorporated in 1959, combining the communities of Alvarado and Decoto. Alvarado was the original county seat of Alameda County, and the site of the first county courthouse is a California Historical Landmark . The city...
, Fremont
Fremont, California
Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California. It was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: Centerville, Niles, Irvington, Mission San Jose, and Warm Springs...
and Pleasanton
Pleasanton, California
Pleasanton is a city in Alameda County, California, incorporated in 1894. It is a suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area located about east of Oakland, and west of Livermore. The population was 70,285 at the 2010 census. In 2005 and 2007, Pleasanton was ranked the wealthiest middle-sized city in...
. The census designated places bordering on Hayward are Castro Valley
Castro Valley, California
Castro Valley is a census-designated place in Alameda County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, it is the fifth most populous unincorporated area in California, and the twenty-third in the United States...
, San Lorenzo
San Lorenzo, California
San Lorenzo , also known as San Lorenzo Village is a census-designated place in Alameda County, California, United States. The population was 23,452 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...
, Cherryland
Cherryland, California
Cherryland is a census-designated place in Alameda County, California, United States.The unincorporated community is located between the cities of San Leandro to the north and Hayward to the south...
, Sunol
Sunol, California
Sunol is an unincorporated census-designated place in Alameda County, California, United States. The population was 913 at the 2010 census....
and Fairview
Fairview, California
Fairview is a census-designated place in Alameda County, California, United States. It borders on the city of Hayward. The population was 10,003 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...
.
2010
The 2010 United States Census reported that Hayward had a population of 144,186. The population density was 2,261.8 people per square mile (873.3/km²). The census determined racial and ethnic makeup of Hayward was 49,309 (34.2%) WhiteWhite American
White Americans are people of the United States who are considered or consider themselves White. The United States Census Bureau defines White people as those "having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa...
, 17,099 (11.9%) African American, 1,396 (1.0%) Native American, 31,666 (22.0%) Asian
Asian American
Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...
(10.4% Filipino
Filipino American
Filipino Americans are Americans of Filipino ancestry. Filipino Americans, often shortened to "Fil-Ams", or "Pinoy",Filipinos in what is now the United States were first documented in the 16th century, with small settlements beginning in the 18th century...
, 3.9% Chinese
Chinese American
Chinese Americans represent Americans of Chinese descent. Chinese Americans constitute one group of overseas Chinese and also a subgroup of East Asian Americans, which is further a subgroup of Asian Americans...
, 3.0% Indian
Indian American
Indian Americans are Americans whose ancestral roots lie in India. The U.S. Census Bureau popularized the term Asian Indian to avoid confusion with Indigenous peoples of the Americas who are commonly referred to as American Indians.-The term: Indian:...
, 2.7% Vietnamese
Vietnamese American
A Vietnamese American is an American of Vietnamese descent. They make up about half of all overseas Vietnamese and are the fourth-largest Asian American group....
, 0.5% Japanese
Japanese American
are American people of Japanese heritage. Japanese Americans have historically been among the three largest Asian American communities, but in recent decades have become the sixth largest group at roughly 1,204,205, including those of mixed-race or mixed-ethnicity...
, 0.5% Korean
Korean American
Korean Americans are Americans of Korean descent, mostly from South Korea, with a small minority from North Korea...
, 0.2% Cambodian
Cambodian American
A Cambodian American is an American who is born, raised, or from Cambodia usually of Khmer descent but also including Chinese Cambodians, Vietnamese Cambodians, Cham people and other ethnicities of Cambodia...
, 0.1% Pakistani
Pakistani American
A Pakistani American is any citizen or resident of the United States who has Pakistani heritage.- History in the United States :Muslim immigrants from areas that are now part of Pakistan have been migrating to America and first entered the United States as early as the eighteenth century, working...
), 4,535 (3.1%) Pacific Islander
Pacific Islander American
Pacific Islander Americans, also known as Oceanian Americans, are residents of the United States with original ancestry from Oceania. They represent the smallest racial group counted in the United States census of 2000. They numbered 874,000 people or 0.3 percent of the United States population...
, 30,004 (20.8%) from other races, and 10,177 (7.1%) from two or more races
Multiracial American
Multiracial Americans, US residents who identify themselves as of "two or more races", were numbered at around 9 million, or 2.9% of the population, in the census of 2010. However there is considerable evidence that the real number is far higher. Prior to the mid-20th century many people hid their...
. Hispanic or Latino
Hispanic and Latino Americans
Hispanic or Latino Americans are Americans with origins in the Hispanic countries of Latin America or in Spain, and in general all persons in the United States who self-identify as Hispanic or Latino.1990 Census of Population and Housing: A self-designated classification for people whose origins...
of any race were 58,730 persons (40.7%), giving Hayward an aggregate Hispanic/Latino plurality population as categorized by census determined racial and ethnic groups. 30.2% of Hayward's population is Mexican
Mexican American
Mexican Americans are Americans of Mexican descent. As of July 2009, Mexican Americans make up 10.3% of the United States' population with over 31,689,000 Americans listed as of Mexican ancestry. Mexican Americans comprise 66% of all Hispanics and Latinos in the United States...
, 2.5% Salvadoran
Salvadoran American
Salvadorian Americans are citizens or residents of the United States of Salvadoran descent. As of 2010 there are 1.6 million Salvadoran Americans in the United States, the fourth-largest Hispanic community by nation of ancestry.They are also known as the nicknamed Salvi people in the USA,...
, 1.5% Puerto Rican
Puerto Ricans in the United States
Stateside Puerto Ricans are American citizens of Puerto Rican origin, including those who migrated from Puerto Rico to the United States and those who were born outside of Puerto Rico in the United States...
, 1.2% Nicaraguan
Nicaraguan American
Nicaraguan American are Americans of Nicaraguan ancestry who were born in or have immigrated to the United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there were 177,684 Americans of full or partial Nicaraguan ancestry living in the U.S...
, 1.0% Honduran
Honduran American
A Honduran American is an American of Honduran descent. The number of Hondurans in the U.S. in 2005 was estimated at 459,653.- US communities with high percentages of people of Honduran ancestry :...
, 0.5% Peruvian
Peruvian American
A Peruvian American , mestizo, Amerindian, and Afro-Peruvian descent, as well as others, including Italian, French, and German or a mix of any of these. A significant number are of pure or mixed Chinese or/and Japanese heritage....
, and 0.2% Cuban
Cuban American
A Cuban American is a United States citizen who traces his or her "national origin" to Cuba. Cuban Americans are also considered native born Americans with Cuban parents or Cuban-born persons who were raised and educated in US...
, as well as a significant population of Fijian and Fiji-Indian people..
The Census reported that 141,462 people (98.1% of the population) lived in households, 1,954 (1.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 770 (0.5%) were institutionalized.
There were 45,365 households, out of which 18,284 (40.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 21,720 (47.9%) were opposite-sex married couples
Marriage in the United States
Marriage is the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law. However, marriage can also be the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of a traditional marriage...
living together, 7,495 (16.5%) had a female householder with no husband present, 3,344 (7.4%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 3,037 (6.7%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships
Cohabitation in the United States
Cohabitation in the United States is illegal in five states but a total of 4.85 million couples live together.-Statistics:In most parts of the United States, there is no legal registration or definition of cohabitation, so demographers have developed various methods of identifying cohabitation and...
, and 421 (0.9%) same-sex married couples or partnerships
Same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage is marriage between two persons of the same biological sex or social gender. Supporters of legal recognition for same-sex marriage typically refer to such recognition as marriage equality....
. 9,359 households (20.6%) were made up of individuals and 3,193 (7.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.12 persons. There were 32,559 families
Family (U.S. Census)
A family or family household is defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes as "a householder and one or more other people related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption. They do not include same-sex married couples even if the marriage was performed in a state...
(71.8% of all households); the average family size was 3.60 persons.
The city's age demographics were 35,379 people (24.5%) under the age of 18, 16,064 people (11.1%) aged 18 to 24, 44,005 people (30.5%) aged 25 to 44, 34,096 people (23.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 14,642 people (10.2%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33.5 years. For every 100 females there were 97.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.7 males.
There were 48,296 housing units at an average density of 757.6 per square mile (292.5/km²), of which 23,935 (52.8%) were owner-occupied, and 21,430 (47.2%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 6.6%. 75,039 people (52.0% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 66,423 people (46.1%) lived in rental housing units.
2000
As of the 2000 Census, there were 140,030 people, 44,804 households, and 31,945 families in the city. The population density was 1,219.6/km² (3,158.6/mi²). There were 45,922 housing units at an average density of 400.0/km² (1,035.8/mi²). The racial and ethnic makeup of the city was 42.95% White, 10.98% Black or African American, 0.84% Native American, 18.98% Asian, 1.91% Pacific Islander, 16.81% from other races, and 7.52% from two or more races. 34.17% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.There were 44,804 households out of which 37.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.3% were married couples living together, 14.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.7% were non-families. 20.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.3% had someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.08 and the average family size was 3.58.
The population profiled by age was 26.8% under the age of 18, 10.9% from 18 to 24, 33.4% from 25 to 44, 18.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 98.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $51,177, and the median income for a family was $54,712. Males had a median income of $37,711 versus $31,481 for females. The per capita income for the city was $19,695. 10.0% of the population and 7.2% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 11.7% of those under the age of 18 and 7.2% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.
Government
Hayward's current mayor is Michael Sweeney, reelected to the office in 2010. His term expires in 2014. He served on the City Council starting in 1982, was reelected in 1986, and elected mayor for the first time in 1990. His current period holding the office dates from his 2006 election. He has an MA in political science from California State University, HaywardCalifornia State University, East Bay
California State University, East Bay is a public university located in the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The university, as part of the 23-campus California State University system, offers over 100 areas of study...
and is the executive director of Spectrum Community Services, a nonprofit social service organization in Hayward.
Retail
Southland MallSouthland Mall (Hayward, California)
Southland Mall is a major shopping mall in Hayward, California. The mall is primarily a single-level structure, with a small lower level beneath anchor retailer JC Penney, and free standing restaurants in the outlying parking areas. The center is located off I-880 at Winton Avenue, at the western...
is the largest shopping center in Hayward. It houses the department stores Sears
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Sears, officially named Sears, Roebuck and Co., is an American chain of department stores which was founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in the late 19th century...
and Macy's
Macy's
Macy's is a U.S. chain of mid-to-high range department stores. In addition to its flagship Herald Square location in New York City, the company operates over 800 stores in the United States...
, and other retailers. In addition to a Target
Target Corporation
Target Corporation, doing business as Target, is an American retailing company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the second-largest discount retailer in the United States, behind Walmart. The company is ranked at number 33 on the Fortune 500 and is a component of the Standard & Poor's...
store at the Skywest Commons
Skywest Commons
The Skywest Commons is an , outdoor shopping mall in Hayward, California, built by Bowman Development Company in 2005 and anchored by a Target store and a Fresh & Easy grocery store. Approved in 2005, the project involved demolishing a motel, a multiplex theatre, and a gas station. It is adjacent...
mall, the city's major retailers
Anchor store
In retail, an anchor store, draw tenant, anchor tenant, or key tenant is one of the larger stores in a shopping mall, usually a department store or a major retail chain....
include Home Depot and Office Depot
Office Depot
Office Depot is a supplier of office products and provides many services. The company's selection of brand name office supplies includes business machines, computers, computer software and office furniture, while its business services encompass copying, printing, document reproduction, shipping,...
. A Costco Business Center is located there.
Manufacturing
Hayward has a large number of manufacturing businesses and corporate headquarters, including companies connected with neighboring Silicon ValleySilicon Valley
Silicon Valley is a term which refers to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home to many of the world's largest technology corporations...
. Kobe Steel
Kobe Steel
, operating worldwide under the brand Kobelco, is a major Japanese steel manufacturer headquartered in Chuo-ku, Kobe. Kobe Steel also has a stake in Osaka Titanium Technologies.It was formed on September 1, 1905...
operates Kobe Precision. PepsiCo
PepsiCo
PepsiCo Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Purchase, New York, United States, with interests in the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of grain-based snack foods, beverages, and other products. PepsiCo was formed in 1965 with the merger of the Pepsi-Cola Company...
operates its San Francisco Bay Production/Distribution Center there. The headquarters of the Shasta
Shasta (soft drink)
Shasta Beverages is a U.S. soft drink manufacturer, which markets a value-priced soft drink line with a wide variety of soda flavors, under the brand name Shasta Soda. The company name is derived from Mount Shasta and an associated spring.- History :...
soft drink company is located in Hayward, as is the headquarters of school bus manufacturer the Gillig Corporation. The US branch of Bianchi Bicycles
Bianchi Bicycles
F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A is the world's oldest bicycle-making company still in existence, having pioneered the use of equal-sized wheels with pneumatic rubber tires in 1885. It was founded in Italy in 1885. It produced cars and commercial vehicles from 1900 to 1939; and motorcycles from 1897 to...
, Bianchi USA, operates out of Hayward. Nakagawa Manufacturing USA, a division of Nakagawa Manufacturing, Saitama
Saitama, Saitama
' is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture in Japan, situated in the south-east of the prefecture. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Ōmiya, Yono and Iwatsuki. It is a city designated by government ordinance...
, Japan, operates a thermal paper
Thermal paper
Thermal paper is a special fine paper that is coated with a chemical that changes color when exposed to heat. It is used in thermal printers and particularly in inexpensive or lightweight devices such as adding machines, cash registers, and credit card terminals.The surface of the paper is coated...
facility in Hayward. Manheim San Francisco Bay, a division of Manheim Auctions
Manheim Auctions
Manheim, Inc. is an automobile auction company. It is the largest one in the world by volume of trade. As a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, Inc., Manheim provides services including financing, title work, transportation, recovery, auto body repair, dealership management systems, dent repair and...
, operates in Hayward. Role-playing game
Role-playing game
A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
publisher Chaosium
Chaosium
Chaosium is one of the longer lived publishers of role-playing games still in existence. Founded by Greg Stafford, its first game was actually a wargame, White Bear and Red Moon, which later mutated into Dragon Pass and its sequel, Nomad Gods...
is based there. Azuma Foods International, a division of Azuma Foods, Mie
Mie Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan which is part of the Kansai regions on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Tsu.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, Mie prefecture was known as Ise Province and Iga Province....
, Japan, has its factory in Hayward. Simms' Custom Cycles, founded by legendary custom motorcycle builder Ron Simms
Ron Simms
Ron Simms is a custom motorcycle builder, operating his business, Simms Custom Cycles, in Hayward, California. Simms has been building custom motorcycles for over 30 years...
, is located in Hayward. High-tech wireless sensor network
Wireless sensor network
A wireless sensor network consists of spatially distributed autonomous sensors to monitor physical or environmental conditions, such as temperature, sound, vibration, pressure, motion or pollutants and to cooperatively pass their data through the network to a main location. The more modern...
manufacturer Dust Networks
Dust Networks
Dust Networks, Inc. is a company specializing in the design and manufacture of wireless sensor networks for industrial applications including process monitoring, condition monitoring, asset management, Environment, Health and Safety monitoring and power management...
is headquartered in Hayward. The US headquarters for Japan based Andersen Bakery
Takaki Bakery
is a Japanese Bakery based in Hiroshima, Japan. It was the first company of the Andersen Institute of Bread and Life group of companies.-History:The original bakery was founded in Hijiyama-Hon-machi, Hiroshima by Mr. and Mrs. Takaki in August 1948...
is located in Hayward. Columbus Salame opened a new $31 million processing facility in Hayward in 2011, replacing their former facility in South San Francisco. Mountain Mike's Pizza
Mountain Mike's Pizza
Mountain Mike's Pizza is a chain of pizzerias mainly along the West Coast of the United States, more so in Northern California. With additional locations in Nevada and Utah. The restaurants offer other items, such as pasta and chicken wings....
chain of restaurants is headquartered in Hayward. Annabelle Candy
Annabelle Candy Company
The Annabelle Candy Company is a Hayward, California based candy manufacturer. The company was founded in San Francisco, California in 1950 by Russian immigrant Sam Altshuler, who named the company after his daughter...
, makers of Abba-Zaba
Abba-Zaba
Abba-Zaba are taffy candy bars with peanut butter centers, made by Annabelle Candy Company in Hayward, California.According to the Candy Wrapper Museum, the first Abba Zabba bars were manufactured beginning in 1922 by Colby and McDermott. Before Annabelle Candy Co. started manufacturing Abba...
bars, moved to Hayward in 1965. Mendel Biotechnology
Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.
Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. is a biotechnology company, founded in 1997, and based in Hayward, California. The company has undertaken research into transcription factors, and have patented their use of transcription factor-based technologies in manipulating crop plant traits.Since its inception,...
was founded in Hayward in 1997. Kosan Biosciences
Kosan Biosciences
Kosan Biosciences, Inc. , is a pharmaceutical company which deals with cancer therapeutics medications. The company is currently working on advancing two new classes of anticancer agents through clinical development: heat shock protein 90 inhibitors and epothilones.Their technology platform is...
was founded in Hayward in 1995 Ultra Clean Technology has operated its headquarters, and a manufacturing plant, out of Hayward since 2008, having moved there from Palo Alto
Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto is a California charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States. The city shares its borders with East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Stanford, Portola Valley, and Menlo Park. It is...
. Berkeley Farms opened a state-of-the-art processing plant in Hayward in 1998.
Hunt Brothers Cannery
The economy of Hayward in the first half of the twentieth century was based largely on the Hunt Brothers CanneryHunt's
Hunt's is the name of a brand of preserved tomato products owned by ConAgra Foods, Inc. The company was founded in 1888, in Sebastopol, California, as the Hunt Bros. Fruit Packing Co. by Joseph and William Hunt. The brothers relocated to nearby Santa Rosa in 1890, and then to Hayward in 1895...
. The cannery was opened in Hayward in 1895 by brothers William and Joseph Hunt, who were fruit packers originally from Sebastopol, California
Sebastopol, California
Sebastopol is a city in Sonoma County, California, United States, approximately north of San Francisco. The population was 7,379 at the 2010 census, but its businesses also serve surrounding rural portions of Sonoma County, totaling about 50,000 people...
. The Hunts initially packed local fruit, including cherries, peaches, and apricots, then added tomatoes, which became the mainstay of their business. At its height in the 1960s and 1970s, Hunt's operated three canneries in Hayward, at A, B, and C Streets; an adjacent can-making company; a pickling factory; and a glass manufacturing plant. From the 1890s until its closure in 1981, Hunt's employed a large percentage of the local population. The air around Hayward was permeated by the smell of tomatoes for three months of each year, during the canning season. The canneries closed in 1981, as there were no longer enough produce fields or fruit orchards near the cannery to make it economically viable. Much of the production was moved to the Sacramento Valley
Sacramento Valley
The Sacramento Valley is the portion of the California Central Valley that lies to the north of the San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta in the U.S. state of California. It encompasses all or parts of ten counties.-Geography:...
.
Other former businesses
Much of the Bay coastal territory of Hayward was turned into salt ponds, with Leslie Salt operating there. Much of this land has been returned to salt marshes. The MervynsMervyns
Mervyns was an American middle scale department store chain based in Hayward, California. It carried national brands of clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, electronics, and housewares. Many of the company's stores were in shopping malls...
department store chain was headquartered in Hayward, until declaring bankruptcy in 2008. Etec Systems, Inc.
Etec Systems, Inc.
Etec Systems was an American producer of scanning electron microscopes, electron beam lithography tools, and laser beam lithography tools from 1970 until 2005...
operated in Hayward from 1970 until 2005, when it was closed by its parent company. AirLink Communications, a wireless service provider, operated in Hayward until its 2007 acquisition by Sierra Wireless
Sierra Wireless
Sierra Wireless is a wireless communications equipment designer and manufacturer, founded in 1993 and currently headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada....
. Osborne Computer Corporation
Osborne Computer Corporation
The Osborne Computer Corporation was a pioneering maker of portable computers.-The Osborne 1:After Adam Osborne sold his computer book-publishing company to McGraw-Hill in 1979, he decided to sell an inexpensive portable computer with bundled software and hired Lee Felsenstein to design it...
operated a manufacturing facility in the 1980s. Former franchise computer retailer ComputerLand
ComputerLand
ComputerLand was a widespread chain of retail computer stores during the early years of the personal computer "revolution", and was one of the outlets chosen to introduce the IBM PC in 1981. The first ComputerLand opened in 1976, and the chain eventually included about 800 stores by 1985...
, and daisy wheel printer
Daisy wheel printer
Daisy wheel printers use an impact printing technology invented in 1969 by David S. Lee at Diablo Data Systems. It uses interchangeable pre-formed type elements, each with typically 96 glyphs, to generate high-quality output comparable to premium typewriters such as the IBM Selectric, but two to...
manufacturer Qume
Qume
Qume was a manufacturer of daisy-wheel printers originally located in Hayward, California, later moving to San Jose. Around 1980, it also opened a manufacturing facility in Puerto Rico. It once dominated the daisy-wheel market. As the market for its printers declined in the 1980s, the company...
were headquartered there. The Holiday Bowl bowling alley operated in south Hayward for 47 years, closing in 2005. The Valle Vista roller skating rink operated for 44 years in south Hayward, closing in 2003. TML Studios, a recording studio owned by Tesla
Tesla (band)
Tesla is an American hard rock band formed in Sacramento, California in 1984. They have sold 14 million albums in the United States.-Formation and Mechanical Resonance :...
band member Troy Luccketta
Troy Luccketta
Troy Luccketta , born October 5, 1959. in Lodi, California, is the drummer of hard rock/heavy metal band Tesla, who achieved popularity in the mid- to late-1980s.- Biography :...
, where albums by Loudness
Dragon (Loudness album)
Dragon is the thirteenth studio album by Japanese band Loudness. It was released in 1998 only in Japan.-Track listing:#"9 Miles High" - 3:45#"Dogshit" - 4:45#"Wicked Witches" - 4:25#"Crazy Go Go" - 4:17#"Voodoo Voices" - 4:24#"回想" - 1:56...
, among others, were recorded, operated in Hayward. Franklin Ophthalmic Instruments
Franklin Ophthalmic Instruments
Franklin Ophthalmic Instruments was once the largest distributor of ophthalmic instruments in the world.Franklin Instruments was founded by Milt Murdock and later expanded by Ron Jenell. Their main facility was on Industrial Blvd in Hayward, California...
was based in Hayward.
Top employers
According to the city's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city, representing 7% of total city employment, are:| # | Employer | # of Employees |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hayward Unified School District Hayward Unified School District The Hayward Unified School District ', is a public school district serving the city of Hayward, California. Supervised by the superintendent, and the HUSD board of trustees, the district serves more than 21,000 students in 36 schools, and employing more than 1,000 teachers. The current... † |
2,500 |
| 2 | California State University, East Bay California State University, East Bay California State University, East Bay is a public university located in the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The university, as part of the 23-campus California State University system, offers over 100 areas of study... † |
1,447 |
| 3 | Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care consortium, based in Oakland, California, United States, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney Garfield... |
1,200 |
| 4 | City of Hayward† | 845 |
| 5 | St. Rose Hospital St. Rose Hospital St. Rose Hospital is an independent, not-for-profit hospital located in Hayward, California. It is a designated cardiac arrest receiving center in the Alameda County emergency medical services system, and provides basic emergency medical services.... † |
842 |
| 6 | Gillig† | 700 |
| 7 | Chabot College Chabot College Chabot College is a community college located in Hayward, California.-Campus:The campus has a 200-seat theatre, a 1,432-seat performing arts center, a full-size planetarium, four major athletic fields, an HD television studio, and an Olympic-class swimming pool.-History:Chabot College was the first... † |
600 |
| 8 | Marelich Mechanical | 500 |
| 9 | Bay Cities Auto Auction Manheim Auctions Manheim, Inc. is an automobile auction company. It is the largest one in the world by volume of trade. As a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, Inc., Manheim provides services including financing, title work, transportation, recovery, auto body repair, dealership management systems, dent repair and... |
500 |
| 10 | Kobe Precision Kobe Steel , operating worldwide under the brand Kobelco, is a major Japanese steel manufacturer headquartered in Chuo-ku, Kobe. Kobe Steel also has a stake in Osaka Titanium Technologies.It was formed on September 1, 1905... |
450 |
| 11 | Injex Industries† | 425 |
| 12 | Pepsi Beverages Company/Bottling Group PepsiCo PepsiCo Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Purchase, New York, United States, with interests in the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of grain-based snack foods, beverages, and other products. PepsiCo was formed in 1965 with the merger of the Pepsi-Cola Company... |
400 |
| 13 | Alameda Newspaper Group ANG Newspapers Bay Area News Group is the largest newspaper publisher in the San Francisco Bay Area and has corporate headquarters based in San Ramon, California with publications offices in San Jose and Walnut Creek, although the Walnut Creek location is scheduled to be closed under a 2011 restructuring.BANG... |
300 |
† indicates employers wholly located or headquartered in Hayward
Two businesses which had significant employment in fiscal year 2000–2001, Mervyns
Mervyns
Mervyns was an American middle scale department store chain based in Hayward, California. It carried national brands of clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, electronics, and housewares. Many of the company's stores were in shopping malls...
(2,000), and Pacific Bell
Pacific Bell
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company was the name of the Bell System's telephone operations in California. It gained in size by acquiring smaller telephone companies along the Pacific coast, such as Sunset Telephone & Telegraph in 1917...
(940), no longer operate in Hayward.
Downtown Hayward
downtown Hayward features include:- Hayward City HallHayward City HallHayward City Hall is the third and current Hayward city hall building, located in downtown Hayward, California, USA. next to the Hayward BART Station. The city hall opened in January 1998, replacing the abandoned Hayward City Center Building, which served as Hayward's city hall for 29 years from...
, which includes an art gallery - Alex Giualini PlazaAlex Giualini PlazaAlex Giualini Plaza is a park surrounding a vacant building in downtown Hayward, California. The building was Hayward's first city hall. It is located on Mission Boulevard and D Street.- History :...
, former city hall building, now a park - The Tower at Hayward City Center, an abandoned 11 story building and the second former city hall
- Cinema Place, Hayward's only movie theatre, with associated murals and an art gallery
- Green Shutter HotelGreen Shutter HotelThe Green Shutter Hotel is a historic hotel building located in downtown Hayward in Alameda County, California. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. It is also a California Historical Landmark.-History:...
, an historic building, residential hotel, and multiple retail store location - The former Mervyns headquarters building
Freeways
Hayward is served by Interstate 880 (also known as the NimitzChester Nimitz
Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz, GCB, USN was a five-star admiral in the United States Navy. He held the dual command of Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet , for U.S. naval forces and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas , for U.S...
Freeway) and Interstate 238. Interstate 580
Interstate 580 (California)
Interstate 580 is an 80-mile east–west Interstate Highway in Northern California. The heavily traveled spur route of Interstate 80 runs from San Rafael in the San Francisco Bay Area to Interstate 5 near Tracy in the Central Valley...
runs just north of the city. It is also served by State Route 92
California State Route 92
State Route 92 is an east-west highway in the San Francisco Bay area between Half Moon Bay near the coast in the west and downtown Hayward at its junction with State Route 238 and State Route 185. It is most notable for being the route that traverses the San Mateo Bridge. It has interchanges with...
(Jackson Street) and State Route 238
California State Route 238
State Route 238 is a north–south highway in the U.S. state of California. The route is a divided multilane surface highway in the southeastern part of the San Francisco Bay Area. SR 238 connects Interstate 580 in Castro Valley and Interstate 680 in Fremont.-Route description:SR 238 goes...
(Mission Boulevard/Foothill Boulevard). State Route 92 continues west as the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge. The intersection of 880 and 92 was reconstructed over a four year period, with completion of the project in October 2011. Mission Boulevard has been long known for chronic traffic congestion. Past proposals to convert Mission Boulevard to a freeway or build a 238 bypass have been controversial. One proposal, to build a freeway parallel to Mission Boulevard, effectively continuing 580 south where it turns east towards Castro Valley, and connecting to Industrial Boulevard, had land purchased, but was cancelled after years of debate. The land is now scheduled for sale and zoning. Mission, Jackson and Foothill all converge at one congested intersection south of downtown, known as "Five Flags" for a line of flagpoles. In part to alleviate congestion in the immediate downtown area, the city plans to convert the A Street, Mission and Foothill road triangle to one-way thoroughfares (counterclockwise), and add road improvements to Mission Boulevard south to Industrial Boulevard, and to Foothill Boulevard north to 580. The plan, the Route 238 Corridor Improvement Project, broke ground July 2010, with an expected completion date of 2012.
Public transit
BARTBay Area Rapid Transit
Bay Area Rapid Transit is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area. The heavy-rail public transit and subway system connects San Francisco with cities in the East Bay and suburbs in northern San Mateo County. BART operates five lines on of track with 44 stations in four counties...
, the regional rapid transit system, has two stations in Hayward: the Hayward station, in the downtown district; and the South Hayward station, near the Hayward-Union City border. The AC Transit
AC Transit
AC Transit is an Oakland-based regional public transit agency serving the western half of Alameda County and parts of western Contra Costa County in the western, Bay-side area of the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area...
bus system, which provides bus service for Alameda County and Contra Costa County, operates in Hayward, and has a repair/training center located there. Amtrak
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...
, the national rail passenger system, provides daily service at its Hayward
Hayward (Amtrak station)
The Hayward Amtrak station is a train station in Hayward, California, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. Currently the only route that stops at this station is Amtrak California's Capitol Corridor; the Coast Starlight passes this station but does not...
station for the Capitol Corridor
Capitol Corridor
The Capitol Corridor is a 168-mile passenger train route operated by Amtrak in California. Because it is fully supported by the state, the Capitol Corridor operates under Amtrak California. It runs from the San Francisco Bay Area to Sacramento, roughly parallel to Interstate 80...
train, which runs between San Jose and Auburn.
Hayward has a general aviation
General aviation
General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...
airport, the Hayward Executive Airport
Hayward Executive Airport
Hayward Executive Airport is a general aviation towered airport located in Hayward, California, USA, near the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay.- History :...
. The Hayward Air National Guard
Air National Guard
The Air National Guard , often referred to as the Air Guard, is the air force militia organized by each of the fifty U.S. states, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia of the United States. Established under Title 10 and...
station was located at the airport in 1942, until being reassigned to Moffett Field in 1980
Services
Hayward maintains the Hayward Fire Department and Hayward Police Department. Hayward has two hospitals with emergency departmentEmergency department
An emergency department , also known as accident & emergency , emergency room , emergency ward , or casualty department is a medical treatment facility specialising in acute care of patients who present without prior appointment, either by their own means or by ambulance...
s: St. Rose Hospital
St. Rose Hospital
St. Rose Hospital is an independent, not-for-profit hospital located in Hayward, California. It is a designated cardiac arrest receiving center in the Alameda County emergency medical services system, and provides basic emergency medical services....
and a Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care consortium, based in Oakland, California, United States, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney Garfield...
medical center. Four cemeteries are located in Hayward: Chapel of the Chimes
Chapel of the Chimes (Hayward, California)
Chapel of the Chimes Memorial Park and Funeral Home is a cemetery, mausoleum, crematorium, columbarium and funeral home complex in Hayward, California. The site was first established as a seven acre cemetery in 1872. Interment records are at 5,289.One of the memorial park's three mausoleums is...
, Mount Eden
Mount Eden Cemetery
Mount Eden Cemetery is a cemetery in Hayward, California, in the former city of Mount Eden. The site was first established in 1860 as a pioneer cemetery. It is still in use. As of 2005, there were 2,821 records .-External links:*...
Mount Saint Joseph Cemetery
Mount Saint Joseph Cemetery (Hayward, California)
Mount Saint Joseph Cemetery is a cemetery in Hayward, California. The site was first established in 1875. It is operated by the All Saints Catholic Church in Hayward. Many of the historic gravestone inscriptions are in Portuguese.- References :...
, and Holy Sepulchre
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Hayward, California)
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery is a cemetery in Hayward, California. It is a Catholic cemetery run by the Oakland Diocese, which also operates the Holy Angels Funeral and Cremation Center at the same location....
, the last two being Catholic cemeteries. The Hayward Hall of Justice
Hayward Hall of Justice
The Hayward Hall of Justice is an Alameda County Superior Court building, located in Hayward, California. It is located in a complex of buildings which includes the Hayward Police Department, Hayward Unified School District offices, and the Hayward jail. Across Amador Street is a building which...
, a branch of the California Superior Court
Superior Courts of California
The Superior Courts of California are the superior courts in the U.S. state of California with general jurisdiction to hear and decide any civil or criminal action which is not specially designated to be heard in some other court or before a government agency...
, is the largest full-service courthouse in Alameda County. Horizon Services
Horizon Services
Horizon Services, Inc. is a nonprofit social service organization providing alcohol and drug treatment and recovery, mental health recovery, and substance abuse prevention services in Alameda, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. The executive director is...
, which administers substance abuse recovery programs in Hayward and other locations in the Bay Area, operates out of Hayward. Hayward has its own water and wastewater system, but a small northern portion of the city's water is managed by the East Bay Municipal Utility District
East Bay Municipal Utility District
East Bay Municipal Utility District , colloquially referred to as "East Bay Mud", provides water and sewage treatment for customers in portions of Alameda County and Contra Costa County in California, on the eastern side of San Francisco Bay, including the cities of Richmond, El Cerrito, Hercules,...
.
California State University, East Bay
California State University, East Bay
California State University, East Bay is a public university located in the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The university, as part of the 23-campus California State University system, offers over 100 areas of study...
(CSUEB), formerly known as California State University, Hayward. It is a public university within the California State University
California State University
The California State University is a public university system in the state of California. It is one of three public higher education systems in the state, the other two being the University of California system and the California Community College system. It is incorporated as The Trustees of the...
system.
Chabot College
Hayward is the home of Chabot CollegeChabot College
Chabot College is a community college located in Hayward, California.-Campus:The campus has a 200-seat theatre, a 1,432-seat performing arts center, a full-size planetarium, four major athletic fields, an HD television studio, and an Olympic-class swimming pool.-History:Chabot College was the first...
, a community college
Community college
A community college is a type of educational institution. The term can have different meanings in different countries.-Australia:Community colleges carry on the tradition of adult education, which was established in Australia around mid 19th century when evening classes were held to help adults...
in the Peralta Community College District
Peralta Community College District
The Peralta Community College District is the community college district serving northern Alameda County, California. The district operates four community colleges: Berkeley City College, Laney College and Merritt College in Oakland, and College of Alameda. From 1968 to 1988, non-contiguous Plumas...
.
Other schools
Hayward is served by the Hayward Unified School DistrictHayward Unified School District
The Hayward Unified School District ', is a public school district serving the city of Hayward, California. Supervised by the superintendent, and the HUSD board of trustees, the district serves more than 21,000 students in 36 schools, and employing more than 1,000 teachers. The current...
(HUSD), which operates three high schools, Mount Eden, Tennyson
Tennyson High School
Tennyson High School is a high school in Hayward, California formed in 1957.-Location:Tennyson is within one mile of the South Hayward BART station. The school is bordered to the west by the Amtrak Capital Corridor route, with a train signal and gates installed there...
, and Hayward High
Hayward High School
Hayward High School is a public high school in Hayward, California, one of four high schools in the city. It is one of the oldest high schools in Northern California. The official mascot for Hayward High is the "Farmer" which dates back to Hayward's period as an agricultural center...
. Additional high schools include the Eden Area Regional Occupational Program, the Leadership Public Schools-Hayward charter school, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation charter public high school, Impact Academy of Arts and Technology. The New Haven Unified School District
New Haven Unified School District
New Haven Unified School District is a public school district serving approximately 13,000 kindergarten through 12th-grade students at 11 schools in Union City and south Hayward, The District also serves approximately 2,500 students at the New Haven Adult School.New Haven Unified was created in...
operates in Union City
Union City, California
Union City is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It was incorporated in 1959, combining the communities of Alvarado and Decoto. Alvarado was the original county seat of Alameda County, and the site of the first county courthouse is a California Historical Landmark . The city...
and South Hayward , with one high school, Conley-Caraballo
Conley-Caraballo High School
Conley-Caraballo High School is a public 9-12 Continuation high school in Hayward, California, part of the New Haven Unified School District ....
, located in Hayward. The San Lorenzo Unified School District
San Lorenzo Unified School District
San Lorenzo Unified School District is a school district serving the San Lorenzo, San Leandro areas and part of Hayward in Alameda County, California. It was established in 1865. Several "small learning communities," each with a distinctive program, have been created at the district's three high...
operates Royal Sunset High School within Hayward. A large private high school, Moreau Catholic High School
Moreau Catholic High School
Moreau Catholic High School is a college preparatory Roman Catholic secondary school founded by the Southwest Province of the Congregation of the Holy Cross. It is located in Hayward, California, within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland under the care of Salvatore J. Cordileone, the Bishop of...
, is located in Hayward. Hayward is the recipient of a 2010 Promise Neighborhood
Promise Neighborhoods
Promise Neighborhoods is a United States Department of Education program established under the legislative authority of the Fund for the Improvement of Education Program to improve educational outcomes for students in distressed urban and rural neighborhoods...
grant from the United States Department of Education
United States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...
, through CSUEB.
The city has Everest
Everest College
Everest College is a system of for-profit colleges in the United States and the Canadian province of Ontario. The schools are owned and operated by Corinthian Colleges, Inc. which also owns Everest University, Everest Institute, Heald College, and WyoTech...
and Heald College
Heald College
Heald College is a for-profit, business-career college with multiple campuses in the Western United States. Prior to its acquisition by Corinthian Colleges Heald was a non-profit private College....
campuses.
Parks and protected areas
Hayward has four parks administered by the East Bay Regional Park DistrictEast Bay Regional Park District
The East Bay Regional Park District is a special district operating in Alameda County and Contra Costa County, California, within the East Bay area of the San Francisco Bay Area...
: the Don Castro Regional Recreation Area
Don Castro Regional Recreation Area
Don Castro Regional Recreation Area is a regional park located in Hayward, California. It is part of the East Bay Regional Parks system.-External links:*...
, Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park
Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park
Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park is a regional park located in Hayward, California, sharing a contiguous border with sister park Garin Regional Park. It is part of the East Bay Regional Parks system.-External links:*...
, the Hayward Regional Shoreline
Hayward Regional Shoreline
Hayward Regional Shoreline is a regional park located on the shores of the San Francisco Bay in Hayward, California. It is part of the East Bay Regional Parks system. The park extends to the shores of San Lorenzo. Part of the park is former commercial salt flats purchased in 1996. A former...
, and Garin Regional Park
Garin Regional Park
Garin Regional Park is a regional park located in Hayward, California, that is part of the East Bay Regional Parks system. It shares a contiguous border with sister park Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park...
. The Eden Landing Ecological Reserve
Eden Landing Ecological Reserve
Eden Landing Ecological Reserve is a nature reserve in Hayward and Union City, California, on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay. The reserve is managed by the California Department of Fish and Game, and comprises 5,040 acres of former industrial salt ponds now used as a low salinity waterbird...
is located at the Hayward shoreline, and includes 600 acres of salt ponds set to be converted to tidal wetlands. Hayward is also home to the oldest Japanese garden
Japanese garden
, that is, gardens in traditional Japanese style, can be found at private homes, in neighborhood or city parks, and at historical landmarks such as Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and old castles....
in California designed along traditional lines. The 3.5 acre Japanese Gardens
Japanese Gardens (Hayward, California)
The Hayward Japanese Gardens are the oldest Japanese gardens in California designed along traditional lines. They are maintained by the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District .-History:...
was dedicated in 1980. The garden is administered by the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District
Hayward Area Recreation and Park District
The Hayward Area Recreation and Park District is the park management agency for most of the parks in the city of Hayward, California and environs. It was created in 1944 and is an independent special district under California law. H.A.R.D. is the largest recreation district in California...
(HARD), which operates a number of parks and facilities, primarily in Hayward, including the Skywest and Mission Hills Golf Courses, Kennedy Park, the Sulphur Creek Nature Center, the Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center
Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center
The Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center is a natural history and ecology interpretive nature center located in Hayward, California. It is directly adjacent to the north side of Highway 92 as it approaches the San Mateo – Hayward Bridge, and is accessed from the highway by the last offramp in the...
, and the Hayward Plunge swim center, at the entrance to the Green Belt Trails and Memorial Park. HARD is the largest recreation district in California. In addition to the two public golf courses, TPC Stonebrae, a private golf club, operates in Hayward.
Historic landmarks
Hayward has two sites in the National Register of Historic PlacesNational Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
: the Green Shutter Hotel
Green Shutter Hotel
The Green Shutter Hotel is a historic hotel building located in downtown Hayward in Alameda County, California. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. It is also a California Historical Landmark.-History:...
and Eden Congregational Church
Eden Congregational Church
Eden Congregational Church, also known as Pioneer Chapel, is a historic church building located just north of downtown Hayward in Alameda County, California. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007...
. A third site, Meek Mansion
Meek Mansion
The Meek Mansion is a historic mansion in unincorporated Cherryland, just north of Hayward, California. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a California Historical Landmark. Located on nearly 10 acres, the Victorian was built in 1869 by William Meek.-History:William Meek...
, while not within city limits, is managed by the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District. The three sites are also California Historical Landmark
California Historical Landmark
California Historical Landmarks are buildings, structures, sites, or places in the state of California that have been determined to have statewide historical significance by meeting at least one of the criteria listed below:...
s. Ukraina Honcharenko
Agapius Honcharenko
Reverend Agapius Honcharenko , aka Ahapii or Ahapius) was a Ukrainian patriot and exiled Greek Orthodox priest. He was a prominent scholar, humanitarian, and early champion for human rights....
is the fourth Historical Landmark in the city.
Media
Hayward has had for a number of years a daily newspaper, the Daily ReviewDaily Review
The Daily Review is a daily newspaper published in Hayward, California. Floyd L. Sparks was owner of the Review from 1944 to 1985, along with The Argus of Fremont and the Tri-Valley Herald. It is now owned by Bay Area News Group-East Bay , a subsidiary of MediaNews Group, which bought the paper in...
, published most recently by Bay Area News Group. Local television stations, and AM and FM radio from Oakland
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
and San Francisco reach Hayward, as do some stations from San Jose
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
, Sacramento
Sacramento, California
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...
and Salinas
Salinas, California
Salinas is the county seat and the largest municipality of Monterey County, California. Salinas is located east-southeast of the mouth of the Salinas River, at an elevation of about 52 feet above sea level. The population was 150,441 at the 2010 census...
. The city's cable TV carrier is Comcast
Comcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
. Chabot College's student radio station, KCRH
KCRH
KCRH is a radio station in Hayward, California, serving the Bay Area, primarily the East Bay. The station is owned by Chabot College and operated by students in its Mass Communications department.- Station overview :...
, operates mostly within city limits.
Sports
The Bay Area AmbassadorsBay Area Ambassadors
Bay Area Ambassadors is an American soccer team based in Hayward, California, United States. Founded in 2009, the team plays in National Premier Soccer League , a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Northwest Division.The team plays its home games at...
amateur soccer team is based in Hayward. The All Pro Wrestling
All Pro Wrestling
All Pro Wrestling Gym Wars is a professional wrestling television program produced by APW which originally aired weekly on Saturday mornings on KFTY Channel 50 in the San Francisco Bay Area, beginning December 5, 2009. The series features the professional wrestlers of All Pro Wrestling competing in...
professional wrestling promotion
Professional wrestling promotion
A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. Promotion also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event...
and training school is based in Hayward, and performs shows there.
People from Hayward
People from Hayward who are strongly associated with the city include; founder William Dutton Hayward; and the UkrainianUkraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
patriot and Greek Orthodox
Eastern Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church, officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the second largest Christian denomination in the world, with an estimated 300 million adherents mainly in the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece,...
priest Agapius Honcharenko
Agapius Honcharenko
Reverend Agapius Honcharenko , aka Ahapii or Ahapius) was a Ukrainian patriot and exiled Greek Orthodox priest. He was a prominent scholar, humanitarian, and early champion for human rights....
, who created a farm whose location is now an historic landmark. High profile people from Hayward include football coach Bill Walsh, figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi
Kristi Yamaguchi
Kristine Tsuya "Kristi" Yamaguchi-Hedican is an American figure skater. She is the 1992 Olympic Champion in ladies' singles. Yamaguchi also won two World Figure Skating Championships in 1991 and 1992 and a U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1992. She won one junior world title in 1988 and two...
, and Treasurer of the United States
Treasurer of the United States
The Treasurer of the United States is an official in the United States Department of the Treasury that was originally charged with the receipt and custody of government funds, though many of these functions have been taken over by different bureaus of the Department of the Treasury...
Rosa Gumataotao Rios
Rosa Gumataotao Rios
Rosa "Rosie" Gumataotao Rios is the 43rd and current Treasurer of the United States. She is the sixth Latina to occupy the office as well as the third consecutive Californian.As U.S...
. Charles Plummer
Charles Plummer (sheriff)
Charles C. Plummer served as the sheriff of Alameda County, California from 1987 to 2007. He is believed to have been the longest serving police officer in California with more than 50 years of continuous service. He is considered a "legend" by many in the law enforcement community.The Alameda...
, prior to becoming Alameda County Sheriff
Alameda County Sheriff's Office
The Alameda County Sheriff's Office is a law enforcement agency serving Alameda County, California. The ACSO is accredited through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies , the American Correctional Association , National Commission on Correctional Health Care and the...
, was the Police Chief of Hayward.
People born (b), raised (r), or who have lived as adults (a) in Hayward:
- Glen AlvelaisGlen AlvelaisGlen Alvelais is a heavy metal lead guitarist from the San Francisco Bay Area. Alvelais was the lead guitarist for Forbidden and has also played in Testament....
(1968–) (b), heavy metalHeavy metal musicHeavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
lead guitarist for ForbiddenForbidden (band)Forbidden is a thrash metal band from the San Francisco Bay Area. Formed in 1985 as Forbidden Evil, the group was founded by Russ Anderson and Craig Locicero, who are both permanent members. Since their formation, Forbidden have broken up and reformed twice with numerous line-up changes... - Max Baer (1909–1959) (a), boxer from the 1930s, Heavyweight Champion of the World, actor
- Brian BeacockBrian BeacockBrian Keith Beacock is an American television and film actor and a voice actor in anime and video games...
(1966–) (b), animeAnimeis the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
voice performer and actor - Jeff BealJeff BealJeff Beal is an American composer of music for film, television, recordings, and the concert hall. Highly regarded as a jazz instrumentalist and versatile composer, Beal's music often incorporates a synthesis of improvisatory and composed elements.- Early life :Beal began trumpet studies in the...
(1963–) (b), jazz instrumentalist, Emmy awardEmmy AwardAn Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
winning film and television music composer - John Beck (1981) (b), National Football LeagueNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
quarterback with the Washington RedskinsWashington RedskinsThe Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,... - Deric BattisteDeric BattisteDeric Warren Battiste better known by his stage name DJ D-Wrek, is an American DJ, producer, actor and TV personality.-Early life:...
(1969–) (b), also known as "DJ D-Wrek", disc jockey - Davone BessDavone BessDavone Atrayo Bess is an American football wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was originally signed by the Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2008...
(1985–) (b), National Football LeagueNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
Miami DolphinsMiami DolphinsThe Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
wide receiver - Kimberlin BrownKimberlin BrownKimberlin Ann Brown is an American actress, best known for her iconic role as Sheila Carter on The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful Kimberlin Ann Brown (born June 29, 1961 in Hayward, California) is an American actress, best known for her iconic role as Sheila Carter on The...
(1961–) (b), actress who played Sheila CarterSheila CarterSheila Carter is a fictional character who appeared on both The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful...
on The Young and the RestlessThe Young and the RestlessThe Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
and The Bold and the BeautifulThe Bold and the BeautifulThe Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS Daytime. It premiered on March 23, 1987.... - Cory R. Carey (1979–) (a), professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Tommy DrakeTommy DrakeCory R. Carey is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Tommy Drake. He is best known for his appearances with Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan and various independent promotions in the United States...
- Eddie ChaconEddie ChaconEddie Chacon is an American singer/songwriter and a former member of the musical group Charles & Eddie. They had four Top 40 hits in the UK in the 1990s. Their biggest was the worldwide hit single, "Would I Lie to You?," taken from their debut album, Duophonic...
(r), of the band Charles and EddieCharles and EddieCharles & Eddie were an American soul music duo, that had four Top 40 hits in the UK Singles Chart in the 1990s. Their biggest was the worldwide hit single, "Would I Lie to You", taken from their 1992 debut album, Duophonic...
, performers of the single "Would I Lie to You?Would I Lie to You? (Charles and Eddie song)"Would I Lie to You?" is an R&B song by Charles & Eddie. Written by Mike Leeson and Peter Vale and produced by Josh Deutsch, "Would I Lie to You?" was the debut single by the pop-soul duo, and it proved to be their biggest hit...
" - Julie Clark (1948–) (b), aerobatic air showAir showAn air show is an event at which aviators display their flying skills and the capabilities of their aircraft to spectators in aerobatics. Air shows without aerobatic displays, having only aircraft displayed parked on the ground, are called "static air shows"....
pilot, daughter of the murdered pilot of Pacific Air Lines Flight 773Pacific Air Lines Flight 773Pacific Air Lines Flight 773 was a Pacific Air Lines Fairchild F-27A airliner that crashed at 6:49 a.m. on May 7, 1964 near San Ramon, California, USA... - James Graham CooperJames Graham CooperJames Graham Cooper was an American surgeon and naturalist.Cooper was born in New York. He worked for the California Geological Survey with Josiah Dwight Whitney, William Henry Brewer and Henry Nicholas Bolander...
(1830–1902) (a), surgeon, naturalist with the California Geological SurveyCalifornia Geological SurveyAlthough it was not until 1880 that the California State Mining Bureau, predecessor to the California Geological Survey, was established, the "roots" of California's state geological survey date to an earlier time...
, director of the California Academy of SciencesCalifornia Academy of SciencesThe California Academy of Sciences is among the largest museums of natural history in the world. The academy began in 1853 as a learned society and still carries out a large amount of original research, with exhibits and education becoming significant endeavors of the museum during the twentieth... - Jason Dahlstedt (r), producer of, and performer on, the FM radio show Fernando and Greg in the MorningFernando and Greg in the MorningFernando and Greg in the Morning is a San Francisco-based morning radio program on KMVQ-FM / Movin 99.7 featuring the first openly gay duo to host a morning broadcast on American commercial radio...
, the first openly gay duo to host a morning US commercial radio broadcast - Marco DapperMarco DapperMarco Dapper is an American model and actor, best known for his role in the 2006 film Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds.-Biography:...
(1983–) (b), actor and model - Jack Del RioJack Del RioJack Del Rio is an American football coach and former player. Del Rio played both football and baseball for the University of Southern California Trojans, and then spent eleven years playing linebacker in the National Football League . He retired from playing in 1996 and went into coaching,...
(1963–) (r), former head coach of the National Football LeagueNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
Jacksonville JaguarsJacksonville JaguarsThe Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... - Glenn DishmanGlenn DishmanGlenelg Edward Dishman is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He is currently the pitching coach for the Albuquerque Isotopes....
(1970–) (r), Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
pitcher - Tom EplinTom EplinTom Eplin is an American actor known for his long run as the character of Jake McKinnon on two soap operas for a combined total of nearly two decades: on Another World and on As the World Turns .Eplin was married to his Another World costar Ellen Wheeler from 1985 to 1988...
(1960–) (b), actor who played Jake McKinnonJake McKinnonJake Thomas McKinnon was a fictional character on NBC's now-cancelled daytime drama Another World, and on the CBS daytime drama As the World Turns. He was portrayed by Tom Eplin.-Tom Eplin's History as Jake McKinnon:...
on the TV series' Another WorldAnother World (TV series)Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. It ran for a total of 35 years. It was created by Irna Phillips along with William J...
and As the World TurnsAs the World TurnsAs the World Turns is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1956 to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created As the World Turns as a sister show to her other soap opera Guiding Light... - Andy ErnstAndy ErnstAndy Ernst aka Andro Ernst, is a music producer, engineer, musician, songwriter, from San Francisco. Artist’s he's worked with include: Green Day, AFI, Sway & King Tech, Rancid, Tiger Army, The Nerve Agents, Malo, Link 80, Screeching Weasel, Swingin' Utters, Screw 32, Good Riddance, Fury 66,...
(a), music producer, operator of the Art of Ears Studio in Hayward - Johnny EstradaJohnny EstradaJohnny Pulado Estrada III is a former American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves, Arizona Diamondbacks, Milwaukee Brewers and the Washington Nationals.Estrada was selected in the 17th round of the 1997 Major...
(1976–) (b), Major League Baseball catcher - Josh Ryan EvansJosh Ryan EvansJoshua Ryan "Josh" Evans was an American actor who became known for his role of Timmy in the soap opera Passions. Though he was 17 years old when Passions debuted, Evans had the appearance and voice of a small child due to achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism...
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on the TV series PassionsPassionsPassions is an American television soap opera which aired on NBC from July 5, 1999 to September 7, 2007 and on The 101 Network from September 17, 2007 to August 7, 2008.... - Forrest FezlerForrest FezlerForrest Oliver Fezler is an American golf course design consultant and former PGA Tour professional golfer.-Early years:...
(1949–) (b), professional golfer - Ed GaligherEd GaligherEdward Albert Galigher is a former professional American football defensive lineman who played for seven seasons for the San Francisco 49ers and the New York Jets....
(1950–) (b), National Football League defensive lineman with the San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco 49ersThe San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and... - Michaela GarechtMichaela GarechtMichaela Joy Garecht was abducted on November 19, 1988 in Hayward, California, San Francisco Bay Area. Garecht was nine years old and was abducted outside a grocery store which was known as Rainbow Market at the time but is now called Mexico Super. The location of the market is at the corner of...
(1979) (b), missing abduction victim - Oscar GrantBART Police shooting of Oscar GrantOscar Grant was fatally shot by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California, United States, in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009. Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded Bay Area Rapid Transit train returning from San Francisco, BART Police officers detained...
, victim of BART police officer shooting ruled controversially as involuntary manslaughter - Jack GrishamJack GrishamJack Grisham is an American rock musician, raconteur and political activist. He is the vocalist for the punk band T.S.O.L. , which emerged from the 1980s Los Angeles punk rock scene, along with Black Flag, Circle Jerks and Social Distortion. Grisham has also fronted the bands The Joykiller, Tender...
(1962–) (b), singer for the punk band TSOLTSOLTSOL is an American punk rock band which formed in 1978 in Long Beach, California. TSOL is short for True Sounds of Liberty although they are rarely referred to by their full name.... - Bud HarrelsonBud HarrelsonDerrel McKinley "Bud" Harrelson is a former Major League Baseball shortstop who played for the New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies and Texas Rangers from to . After retiring, he served as a coach for the World Champion Mets, and as manager of the Mets in 1990 and 1991...
, (1944–) (r), Major League Baseball shortstop - William Dutton Hayward (1815–1891), city founder and namesake
- Agapius HoncharenkoAgapius HoncharenkoReverend Agapius Honcharenko , aka Ahapii or Ahapius) was a Ukrainian patriot and exiled Greek Orthodox priest. He was a prominent scholar, humanitarian, and early champion for human rights....
(1832–1916) (a), UkrainianUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
patriot and Greek OrthodoxEastern Orthodox ChurchThe Orthodox Church, officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the second largest Christian denomination in the world, with an estimated 300 million adherents mainly in the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece,...
priest - Eddie HouseEddie HouseEdward L. House II , commonly referred to as Eddie House, is an American professional basketball player in the NBA for the Miami Heat.-Early life:...
(1978–) (r), National Basketball AssociationNational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
player for the Miami HeatMiami HeatThe Miami Heat is a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. The team is a member of the Southeast Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . They play their home games at American Airlines Arena in Downtown Miami... - Charlton JimersonCharlton JimersonCharlton Maxwell Jimerson is a guest co-host for Life Beyond The League. He played college baseball at the University of Miami.-Early life:...
(1979–) (r), Major League Baseball player - Archie Johnson IngerArchie Johnson IngerArchie Johnson Inger was an artist, author and Christian lecturer whose experiences and claims call to mind those of Maurice L. Glendenning...
(1883–1954) (a), spiritualistSpiritualismSpiritualism is a belief system or religion, postulating the belief that spirits of the dead residing in the spirit world have both the ability and the inclination to communicate with the living...
- Dwayne Johnson (1972–) (b), a.k.a "The Rock", professional wrestler and actor
- Tsuyako KitashimaTsuyako KitashimaTsuyako "Sox" Kitashima was a Japanese-American activist noted for her role in seeking reparations for Japanese American internment by the United States government during World War II, particularly as investigated by the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians in the...
(1918–2006) (b), activist for reparations to victims of the Japanese-American internment during World War II - Claudia KolbClaudia KolbClaudia Ann Kolb is a retired breaststroke and medley swimmer from the United States, who won her first Olympic medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics when she was fourteen years of age...
(1949–) (b), swimmer, Olympic Gold Medalist in the 1968 Summer Olympics1968 Summer OlympicsThe 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country... - Art LarsenArt LarsenArthur David Larsen was an American male tennis player best remembered for his victory at the U.S. Championships in 1950 and for his eccentricities...
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(now the U.S. Open (Tennis)|U.S. Open) - Wes LittletonWes LittletonWes Avi Littleton is a right-handed Major League Baseball relief pitcher who is presently a free agent...
(1982–) (b), Major League Baseball pitcher with the Seattle MarinersSeattle MarinersThe Seattle Mariners are a professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. Enfranchised in , the Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Safeco Field has been the Mariners' home ballpark since July... - Bill LockyerBill LockyerWilliam Westwood "Bill" Lockyer is an American politician. He is the current 32nd State Treasurer of California, elected in 2006 and re-elected in 2010. He has also served as California Attorney General and President Pro Tempore of the California State Senate...
(1941–) (a), California politician, former Attorney GeneralCalifornia Attorney GeneralThe California Attorney General is the State Attorney General of California. The officer's duty is to ensure that "the laws of the state are uniformly and adequately enforced" The Attorney General carries out the responsibilities of the office through the California Department of Justice.The...
and President Pro Tempore of the State SenateCalifornia State SenateThe California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. There are 40 state senators. The state legislature meets in the California State Capitol in Sacramento. The Lieutenant Governor is the ex officio President of the Senate and may break a tied vote...
, current State TreasurerCalifornia State TreasurerThe California State Treasurer is responsible for the state's investment and finance. The post has more narrow responsibilities and authority than the California State Controller... - Jon MillerJon MillerJon Wallace Miller is an American sportscaster, known primarily for his broadcasts of Major League Baseball. He is currently employed as a play-by-play announcer for the San Francisco Giants. He was also a baseball announcer on ESPN until the network chose not to renew his contract following the...
(1951–) (r), ESPNESPNEntertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
and Major League Baseball announcer - Thia MegiaThia MegiaThia Megia is an American singer from Mountain House, San Joaquin County, California. Megia finished in the top 11 of the tenth season of American Idol...
(1995–) (b), Filipino-American singer/guitarist, American IdolAmerican IdolAmerican Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
finalistAmerican Idol (season 10)The tenth season of American Idol premiered on January 19, 2011 and concluded on May 25, 2011, on Fox. The show underwent a number of changes from season nine, including the reduction of the judging panel to its original number of just three judges , a returning executive producer, a new music... - Amobi OkugoAmobi OkugoAmobi Okugo is an American soccer player who currently plays for Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer.-College:...
(1991–) (b), soccer player with Philadelphia Union in Major League SoccerMajor League SoccerMajor League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada... - Bill OwensBill Owens (photographer)Bill Owens is an American photographer, photojournalist, brewer and editor living in Hayward, California. The recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship in 1976 and two NEA Grants, he is best known for his photographs of suburban domestic scenes taken in the East Bay and published in the book Suburbia...
(19381938 in art-Events:* Albert Namatjira exhibition in Melbourne includes over 2,000 works.* American art collector Louis J. Caldor 'discovers' Grandma Moses.-Paintings:*Rita Angus - Head of a Maori Boy*William Coldstream - Bolton*Arthur Dove - Swing Music...
–) (a), photographer, author of SuburbiaSuburbia (book)Suburbia is a book by Bill Owens, a photojournalism monograph on suburbia, published in 1973 by Straight Arrow Press, the former book publishing imprint of Rolling Stone. A revised edition was published in 1999, by Fotofolio ....
, 1976 Guggenheim fellowGuggenheim FellowshipGuggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
, founder of Buffalo Bill's Brewery - Brian PattersonBrian PattersonBrian Patterson is a former American "Old School" bicycle motocross racer.Brian Patterson is the younger of the most potent sibling combinations BMX has ever seen. With Brent the Brothers Patterson are the only brothers to both hold the National No.1 Pro title in any major BMX sanctioning body...
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racer - Veronica PerezVeronica PerezVeronica Raquel Perez-Murillo is a Mexican-American soccer player from San Mateo, California. She is a forward for the Mexico women's national football team....
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(1944–) (b), Democratic Sonoma CountySonoma County, CaliforniaSonoma County, located on the northern coast of the U.S. state of California, is the largest and northernmost of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. Its population at the 2010 census was 483,878. Its largest city and county seat is Santa Rosa....
supervisor - Rosa Gumataotao RiosRosa Gumataotao RiosRosa "Rosie" Gumataotao Rios is the 43rd and current Treasurer of the United States. She is the sixth Latina to occupy the office as well as the third consecutive Californian.As U.S...
(1965–) (r), current Treasurer of the United StatesTreasurer of the United StatesThe Treasurer of the United States is an official in the United States Department of the Treasury that was originally charged with the receipt and custody of government funds, though many of these functions have been taken over by different bureaus of the Department of the Treasury... - France SilvaFrance SilvaPrivate France Silva born in Hayward, California, was the first Marine of Mexican-American and Hispanic heritage to receive the Medal of Honor...
(1876–1951) (b), the first MarineUnited States Marine CorpsThe United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...
of Mexican-American and Hispanic heritage to receive the Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
, received for conduct in China during the Boxer RebellionBoxer RebellionThe Boxer Rebellion, also called the Boxer Uprising by some historians or the Righteous Harmony Society Movement in northern China, was a proto-nationalist movement by the "Righteous Harmony Society" , or "Righteous Fists of Harmony" or "Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists" , in China between... - Sokei-anSokei-anSokei-an Shigetsu Sasaki , born Yeita Sasaki, was a Japanese Rinzai roshi who founded the Buddhist Society of America in New York City in 1930. Influential in the growth of Zen Buddhism in the United States, Sokei-an was one of the first Japanese masters to live and teach in America...
(1882–1945) (a), Japanese national, founder of the Rinzai Buddhist Society of America - Spice 1Spice 1Robert L. Green, Jr., better known by his stage name Spice 1, is an American rapper from Hayward, California. He has consistently been releasing solo and group albums since 1992. Spice 1 was ranked number 56 in The Source magazine's Top 115 Hip-Hop Artists from 1988–2003...
(1970–) (r), rap musician, active 1991 to present - Shawn StasiakShawn StasiakDr. Shawn Emile Stipich, DC, is an American chiropractor and former professional wrestler. He is best known under the ring name Shawn Stasiak and for his stints with World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment, where he is a fifteen time Hardcore Champion, and World Championship Wrestling, where he...
(1970–) (b), professional wrestler, World Wrestling Federation / EntertainmentWorld Wrestling EntertainmentWorld Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
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(1981–) (r), Major League Baseball pitcher - Troy WalkerTroy WalkerTroy Walker is an American cartoonist, toy inventor, creative producer, and founder of TWP Cartoon Studios. Walker is best known for creating off beat cartoon characters. He got his first commercial break with the wacky children's novelty fad, Hairy Pops finger puppets, used for promotion by the...
(1967–) (b), cartoonist and novelty toy inventor - Bill Walsh (1931–2007) (r), legendary NFL coach
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(1984–) (r), boxer, light heavyweightLight heavyweightIn boxing, the light heavyweight is a weight division above 168 pounds [12 Stone or 76.204 kilograms] and up to 175 pounds [12.5 stone or 79.38 kilograms]), falling between super middleweight and cruiserweight...
gold medalist in the 2004 Olympics2004 Summer OlympicsThe 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
, and current WBAWorld Boxing AssociationThe World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...
World Super Middleweight champion - Joan WestonJoan WestonJoan Weston or Joanie Weston , known as the "Blonde Bomber", "Blonde Amazon", "Golden Girl", and "Roller Derby Queen", was a U.S...
(1935–1997) (a), A.K.A. the "Blonde Bomber", famous personality in the original roller derbyRoller derbyRoller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating in the same direction around a track. Game play consists of a series of short matchups in which both teams designate a scoring player who scores points by lapping members of the opposing team... - Don WakamatsuDon WakamatsuWilbur Donald "Don" Wakamatsu is a former Major League Baseball catcher and manager. He was the manager of the Seattle Mariners for the season, as well as the majority of the season...
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voice performer, and actor - Kristi YamaguchiKristi YamaguchiKristine Tsuya "Kristi" Yamaguchi-Hedican is an American figure skater. She is the 1992 Olympic Champion in ladies' singles. Yamaguchi also won two World Figure Skating Championships in 1991 and 1992 and a U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1992. She won one junior world title in 1988 and two...
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(a), American convert to Islam, Islamic scholar, co-founder of Zaytuna College in BerkeleyBerkeley, CaliforniaBerkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington... - Goto ZuiganGoto Zuiganwas a Rinzai master and former chief abbot of Myōshin-ji and of Daitoku-ji, at that time the most important position in Rinzai. One of his students, of fifteen years, was author Huston Smith...
(1879–1965) (a), Japanese Rinzai Buddhist, operated a strawberry farm in Hayward in the early 20th century
Sister cities
Hayward is the sister city of: FunabashiFunabashi, Chiba
is a city located in northwestern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of February 2011, the city had an estimated population of 609,157 and a population density of 7110 persons per km². The total area was 85.64 km². It is the 7th most populous city in Greater Tokyo....
, Japan Ghazni
Ghazni
For the Province of Ghazni see Ghazni ProvinceGhazni is a city in central-east Afghanistan with a population of about 141,000 people...
, Afghanistan
Faro, Portugal
Faro, Portugal
Faro is the southernmost city in Portugal. It is located in the Faro Municipality in southern Portugal. The city proper has 41,934 inhabitants and the entire municipality has 58,305. It is the seat of the Faro District and capital of the Algarve region...
was formerly a sister city, ca. 1979
External links
- City of Hayward website
- Hayward history at City website
- City of Hayward Geographic Information System website, with a high quality city map
- http://www.acgov.org/board/map.pdf map of Alameda County, showing Hayward's borders (Alameda County website)
- Hayward Area Historical Society (HAHS) website