Editors’ Note: This article uses records provided at the courtesy of the Washington Township Museum of Local History in Fremont, California. “It has bothered me for some time why people gripe and...

As the lunch bell rings, Irvington students rush towards the lunch line, crowding into the cafeteria. They pile their paper trays with fresh grapes and orange slices from the salad bar, pizza slices and...

In the middle of Fremont’s Mission District, a vacant parcel covered in dried grass and placed tangent to newly built houses is expected to transform into Fremont’s newest park: the Palm Avenue Community...