Tesla violations reach breaking point for air quality management district, remedy sought

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has accused Tesla's Fremont plant of potentially emitting thousands of tons of illegal air pollutants in recent years and is seeking an order to force the company to take measures to stop.   

Man, 26, drowns in Niles District creek in Fremont

Multiple agencies in Alameda County on Tuesday evening attempted to at first save and then recover the body of a man who appeared to drown in a creek in Fremont, the Sheriff's Office said.  

Fire at storage facility in Fremont

Fremont firefighters on Monday responded to a fire involving multiple storage units at Extra Space Storage.

Tempers flare over Silicon Valley school district map

A recent Silicon Valley school board meeting erupted into yelling, chanting and an arrest over changes to trustee elections.

Tesla to lay off thousands of employees in Fremont and Palo Alto

Electric vehicle company Tesla will lay off thousands of employees across its Bay Area locations this June, according to documents filed with the California Employment Development Department on Tuesday.

Police deploy pepper balls on Pro-Palestinian protesters outside Tesla Fremont factory

Police have deployed pepper balls on Pro-Palestinian demonstrators participating in a ‘Blockade the Bay’ Day of Action outside the Fremont Tesla plant, on Monday evening. 

Fremont fire engine struck twice at scene of freeway collision

Drivers in two cars struck a Fremont Fire Department engine that had been sent to the site of a freeway collision on Saturday morning.

Longshoreman with schizophrenia sues Santa Rita Jail after attempted suicide

A man who suffers from schizophrenia is suing Santa Rita Jail saying that he wouldn't have tried to die by suicide if he had received the proper medication.

'They took everything': Fremont breakfast cafe burglarized

A homestyle breakfast restaurant in Fremont's Niles district was business as usual on Friday after thieves burglarized the eatery the previous day.

Former Tesla worker settles discrimination case, ending appeals over lowered $3.2 million verdict

Tesla and a Black man who worked at the company’s California factory have settled a long-running discrimination case that drew attention to the electric vehicle maker’s treatment of minorities.

Former Fremont city attorney pleads guilty to fraud

Former Fremont City Manager Mark Danaj has pleaded guilty to felony fraud charges for misusing his city-issued credit card for personal expenses, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced Thursday.

Police: 16-year-old Fremont girl missing for over a week

Fremont police asked on Wednesday for the public's help in finding a 16-year-old girl who has been missing for over a week.

Exchange of gunfire between two cars in Fremont

Fremont police on Tuesday asked the public to stay away from an intersection because of a shootout between two cars.

California School for the Deaf students push for highway signs

Students at the California School for the Deaf in Fremont are one step closer to their goal of getting new highway signs near their campus.

Fremont sex assault suspect pinned down by witnesses

Community members in Fremont held a 27-year-old kidnapping and sex assault suspect down until police could arrive and take him to Santa Rita Jail.

Cal OES mobilizing emergency crews for storm response

California’s Office of Emergency Services is mobilizing crews around the state in response to the atmospheric river and storms slamming into the area. The idea is to pre-position fire trucks and strike teams, so they’re ready to respond.

Fremont explosion possibly result of drug lab operation

An explosion in a Fremont apartment Tuesday morning was possibly the result of a drug lab operation gone bad, according to police.