BART engineer cites system's no crash pad during inquiry
Westinghouse built the BART train control system. an engineer testified the controls have never reliably detected maintenance trucks on tracks. A collision near Fruitvale Station killed a driver and injured two workers, with damage estimated at $500,000 as BART sues Westinghouse and others for $237 million.
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Oakland
Westinghouse Electric Co
Bay Area
Westinghouse
Vincent Mahon
Robert Kraeche
The
Argus
Fruitvale
Fremont school fund report due
Trustees plan to receive a financial statement from interim Finance Director Donald Brooks amid a probe into district finances. The report reportedly shows a $775,000 general fund deficit as of December 21 with most budget spending already occurred, while reserve funds remain uncertain. The board also faces calls for a closed session on Superintendent selection consultant Dr. Don Leu amid concerns over his involvement in the screening process.
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Donald Brooks
Harold Alameda
Brooks
Fremont Unified School District
Don J. Leu
Senlacertt
William Leu
Wage dispute may cancel drivers ed in Fremont
Fremont drivers education teachers threaten a boycott and work stoppage over an $48.50 hourly rate, the lowest in Alameda County. About 250 sophomore students face canceled classes as the Fremont Unified District Teachers Association presses for meaningful negotiations and raises for substitutes.
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Fremont
Board of Education
Fremont Unified District Teachers Association
Association
California Teachers Association
Fremont Unified
Alameda County
Warren Lennerts
Lennerts
Kennedy High School
Water unsafe but drinkable, study says Citizens Utilities
A state health department report finds Citizens Utilities water polluted by banganese and dissolved solids yet still drinkable. The October 1974 study covers seven wells and 24 distribution points, notes excess coliforms in some samples, and highlights manganese iron levels especially in Niles and Decoto. It urges removal equipment or ceasing use of D Street Tank Lane wells, while a hearing is set at Niles Elementary.
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Fremont
Citizens Utilities Co
State Health Department
Niles
Decoto
Tank Lane
D Street
Health Department
Citizens Utilities
Fremont debate over Blacow extension to Osgood
Irvington Businessmen and Women Association backs a $2 million Blacow Road extension to Osgood to link shopping centers and ease traffic while opposing immediate Durham Road expansion to Gsgood. Association president Rollin Cunningham notes Fremont retail strengths and warns suburbs may draw shoppers away once Durham opens.
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Sroup
Durham Road
Fremont Boulevard
Gsgood Head
F. Anderson
Association
Anderson
Blacow
Osgood
Warm Springs
Southern Pacific
Western Pacific
Rollin Cunningham
Hayward
Cunningham
Newark
Union City approves child care center in Alvarado area
The Union City Council approves a new children day care center for the Alvarado area after considering terms of the decision. The vote and conditions were discussed with no input from the applicant or a local homeowners association. A related note questions breakfast cereals and consumer choices.
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Union City Council
Alvarado
State offers bargain rates to polo club at historic park
Auditor General Harvey Rose discloses a bargain rate arrangement for exclusive use of part of Will Rogers State Historic Park. A separate report notes a man stabbed by three muggers is in stable condition after emergency heart surgery without general anesthesia.
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Will Rogers State Historic Park
Harvey Rose
Union City man wounded in late night pursuit
A man with a shotgun wound, identified as Michael Soto, 34, of Union City, was chased by police for about a mile then stopped near Santa Maria Drive. He was taken to St. Rose Hospital in Hayward in good condition. An unidentified caller said the gunshot came from Dalton Court after a reported lovers' quarrel.
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St. Rose Hospital
Hayward
Michael Soto
Dalton Court
Oficer
Richard Alves
Dalton
Santa Maria Drive
Alvarado-Nites Road
Alves
Santa Maria
Potica
Clear weather to continue with foggy mornings this week
The forecast calls for continued clear conditions into the week with late night and morning fog. Temperatures should reach the 60s with a high in the 60s and a Fremont high of 65 yesterday, low 44, noting persistent fog in the mornings and late night hours.
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