The shakeup comes as Hayward faces a $12 million budget deficit and as Dustin Claussen, the assistant city manager, left for a job at the city of San Leandro. Other open positions include a permanent ...

HAYWARD — The City Council will get its first look Tuesday at a plan to replace the old, crowded main library with a three-story building with more meeting space, a teen center, a digital media ...

Hayward's library was built in the 1950s, when Hayward was a farm and cannery town of about 14,000. At 25,000 square feet, it's one of the smallest libraries per capita in California.

HAYWARD — The City Council will get its first look Tuesday at a plan to replace the old, crowded main library with a three-story building with more meeting space, a teen center, a digital media ...

HAYWARD — After weighing three designs for a grandiose new downtown library, officials gave the nod to a “Heart of the City” concept, a glass-and-steel structure encased within an art deco ...

A 58-year-old employee of the Hayward Public Library was arrested Friday on suspicion of sexual abuse against a juvenile during a period of approximately five years on library grounds.

Out with the old. In Hayward, people said goodbye to one library as the city prepares to open another new state-of-the art library right across the street.

HAYWARD — The city’s current main library will be razed and the site turned into a plaza, despite a last-minute appeal to keep the building, possibly as an arts and cultural center.

The city of Hayward has fallen victim to a ransomware attack and shut down its city website as IT crews investigated the extent of the problem.

HAMMOND -- An oversight in scheduling the renovation of Hammond's three libraries will result in the unexpected closing of the Hayward branch for the entire summer.

Salinas, volunteers and Hayward library workers are reading to kids this summer in Words for Lunch to whet the children’s appetites for books. Afterward, the young people can pick out free books ...