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U.S. Marine who just returned from Afghanistan identified as victimFremont police arrested a 23-year-old man after they say he acted in a "belligerent" manner inside a Taco Bell on Tuesday morning, fled from officers, then slammed into a utility pole, killing a motorcyclist during his attempted escape. Bystanders identified that motorcyclist as a Marine who just returned home from Afghanistan. His name has not been made public. The intersection of Decoto Road and Fremont Boulevard was shut down for hours as investigators combed the scene for evidence. Debris was scattered all over the road. The intersection remained closed until just...

by Brian Hayes | Top Right News Despite being outspent 11-1 by national open-borders groups, citizens backing a city ordinance prohibiting landlords from renting to illegal aliens won easily Tuesday, 60 percent to 40 percent.The Fremont referendum was born after the city council -- dominated by business interests which benefitted from illegal alien labor and renters -- refused to pass an popular ordinance in 2008 requiring employers and landlords in the city to stop knowingly renting to, or employing illegal immigrants.

Tesla is happy to do things differently than other automakers, from the company-owned stores to the all-electric drivetrain. It also doesn't use union workers at its factory in Fremont, California (the former NUMMI plant, pictured). But now the United Auto Workers (UAW) is testing the waters for representation at the plant, according to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle. UAW President Bob King has revealed that the UAW has created an organizing committee in Fremont. How this would change things at Tesla – and whether it would be a good or bad thing – is not really known, but...

This is a tale of two cities. They have names you may not recognize but which you’ve probably read about in the last few years: Fremont and Williston. Fremont, Calif., is the southernmost city in California’s East Bay, just a few freeway exits from Silicon Valley. It’s not as upscale as Palo Alto or Cupertino, but has its own distinctions. It was the site of the NUMMI plant where General Motors and Toyota collaborated for years but which closed in April 2010. It’s the site of the California School for the Deaf. Politically, it’s Democratic territory: Fremont voted 71 to...

SOLYNDRA For Sale Property Size Total building area is approximately 411,618 square feet (excluding mezzanine) o Manufacturing area: 287,448 square feet single story o Office building: 37,210 square feet two-story o Mechanical Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) area: 86,960 square feet usable o Expandable to 739,232 square feet Building Highlights • Highly visible world class manufacturing facility • Frontage along Interstate 880 and Kato Road • Headquarters style office area constructed to LEED Gold Standards • Construction completed in October of 2010 • The total electrical service: 22 Megawatts • Facility is backed up by 2 diesel generators each with 2...

When Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., lost the GOP primary to challenger Richard Mourdock this month, Beltway types saw the voters' verdict as a victory for the Tea Party and a defeat for the kind of Republican who could work across the aisle. I think Lugar, 80, lost because he was out of touch with Indiana. He started the primary registered to vote at an Indiana home he had sold in 1977. The Lugars have resided in Virginia ever since. Lugar had been working in Washington for so long that he didn't realize he needed to keep up at least the...

July 16 – The City of Fremont is preparing to implement the local illegal immigration ordinance passed last month. New forms to obtain a renter’s license and for employer business licensing will be available starting July 27, 2010 in the City Clerk’s Office, Fremont Police Department, and on the City of Fremont website at www.fremontne.gov.The City plans to offer three orientation sessions and will have city representatives available for questions and answers July 27th and July 28th. Q&A sessions have been scheduled in City Council Chambers on the 2nd Floor of the Municipal Building, 400 E Military Ave.Tuesday, July 27...

FREMONT, Neb. – Voters in the eastern Nebraska city of Fremont on Monday approved a ban on hiring or renting property to illegal immigrants, the latest proposal in a series of immigration regulations taken up by communities around the country. About 57 percent of voters in Fremont supported the proposal, according to unofficial results that still must be certified by the election commissioner. The measure is likely to face a long and costly court battle, with the American Civil Liberties Union saying it will try to block it before it even goes into effect. The town of about 25,000 people...

Many voters in the eastern Nebraska city of Fremont supported a ban on hiring or renting property to illegal immigrants, according to preliminary results from Monday's special election. With votes from seven of 20 precincts counted, 58 percent of residents were supporting the measure — the latest proposal in a series of immigration regulations taken up by communities around the country. Full results were not expected until later Monday night. The town has watched as its Hispanic population surged in the past two decades, largely due to the jobs available at the nearby Fremont Beef and Hormel meatpacking plants. The...

The town of Fremont Nebraska is about to go stupid over AZ SB-1070. AP Story so Link only.

LINCOLN — An association representing cities and towns across Nebraska has made another contribution — for a total of $25,000 — to fight the proposed illegal immigration ordinance on the ballot Monday in Fremont.

Russian-born Tatiana Miroshnik came to Fremont 13 years ago with her then-3-year-old son to marry a California man she had met in her homeland. But the couple divorced after Miroshnik caught her husband writing to other women and it became clear he was not interested in being a father to her son, she said. As the marriage dissolved, so too did Miroshnik's chances of gaining permanent residency in the United States. On Wednesday, one week after she was arrested and released by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers for overstaying her time in America, Miroshnik and about 60 people from...

FREMONT (CBS 5 / AP) - President Barack Obama tours Solyndra, Inc. in Fremont Wednesday, a solar panel manufacturing facility, with Executive Vice President, Operations and Engineering Ben Bierman (R) and Chief Executive Officer Chris Gronet. President Barack Obama pointed to the Gulf oil spill disaster as another reason for Americans to move toward alternative energy resources during a visit to a solar energy plant in Fremont Wednesday. Speaking at the Solyndra plant, the President hailed the company advances in photovoltaic cell technology. Solyndra is building a new factory that will produce solar panels, using federal stimulus funds. ... At...

Lawmakers reach out to Toyota Jul. 23, 2009 WASHINGTON -- Members of California's congressional delegation are asking Toyota Motor Corp., officials what they could possibly do to help keep an automotive plant open in Fremont that employs 4,500 people. Toyota has decided to liquidate its stake in the California manufacturing plant, which it jointly operated with General Motors, a Japanese news agency reported Thursday. The plant was established in 1984. In their letter to Toyota President Akio Toyoda, lawmakers say the plant has been a great asset to the state's work force as well as to the company. They say...

The California Highway Patrol is on a manhunt for the person using vehicles on a stretch of Bay Area freeway for target practice. At least 10 cars on Interstate 680 near the Fremont-Sunol border have been riddled with pellets over the past week or so, leaving the people inside rattled with fear. Five of the shootings happened within a five minute span on Saturday. Tom Loker was driving on 680 north of Fremont Saturday at about 11:45 p.m. when his car was hit. "All of a sudden we heard a bang." Loker explained, "It sounded like a gun shot or...

FREMONT — A former Fremont City Council member and a man who made an unsuccessful bid to run for mayor last year say Nebraska Catholic bishops are off base in their take on illegal immigration policy. The bishops of Omaha, Lincoln and Grand Island issued a statement recently discouraging the Legislature and city governments from passing their own immigration laws. Former Fremont council member Bob Warner says he disagrees that such laws could encourage profiling. He says he sees it as no different from what CrimeStoppers does in trying to track down suspects. One-time mayoral race hopeful Carl Schaffner says...

Voters narrowly approved a sales tax increase to help fund a BART extension into the South Bay, the latest vote tally shows. With all but a handful of ballots counted, Santa Clara County's Measure B secured the necessary two-thirds approval needed to win. The count Friday was 66.78 percent in favor, enough for backers to finally claim victory after the proposal had been losing in the days after the Nov. 4 election. The plan calls for raising the Santa Clara County sales tax by one-eighth of a cent, revenue from which will help to operate and maintain the 16.1-mile extension...

Fremont mayor's campaign apparently broke law by recruiting students on campus for election work Fremont Mayor Bob Wasserman's re-election campaign has recruited more than 130 high school volunteers by approaching them on campus in apparent violation of state education law. The mayor's campaign staff recruited students in classrooms at three of Fremont's five high schools, promising college recommendation letters from the mayor himself. They asked students to commit four hours a week to phone-banking, door-to-door outreach and other work like putting up lawn signs and preparing mailers. And many students have signed up. Offering the recommendation letters was legal, but...

Muslim beliefs are barely understood in the United States, if not intentionally distorted. It can also be hard for outsiders to know who speaks for Muslims, a diverse and complex group still finding its footing in America. **snip** Leaders hope that someday they will create a statewide body, a coalition for what may be the largest Muslim population in the nation.

After three-plus hours of testimony at a crowded public hearing Tuesday night, the mayor of Fremont broke a 4-4 council vote and killed a proposal targeting illegal immigrants The issue has stirred strong opinions. Tuesday's hearing drew comment from Fremont residents and many other from Omaha, Lincoln and other nearby areas. Supporters of the proposal expressed their frustration over lax enforcement by federal officials. They pointed to medical costs, job losses and increased crime among the impact illegal immigrants have had. Opponents, meanwhile, voiced concern about discrimination and worries the proposal could cause more problems than bring solutions. Fremont resident...