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46-767: The property that Pacific Shores Center was developed on had many uses through the years from part of the Redwood City Harbor Company to cement production to being part of saltworks with Leslie Salt . In 1990 the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois bought 116 acres (47 ha) of land adjacent to the Port of Redwood City and Westpoint Slough and formed the Pacific Shores Center Partnership to develop it. After many years of planning Redwood City and

92-598: A council–manager government . Hayward's mayor is Mark Salinas , elected in November 2022. City Council and other government meetings are cablecast on cable TV channel KHRT-TV . The city received an "AA", and an "AA+" rating for its general obligations, from the Fitch Group in 2012. In July 2012, Hayward began working on an updated 25-year General Plan , which was adopted on July 1, 2014. The city last updated their General Plan in 2002. The Hayward Hall of Justice ,

138-618: A solar farm , set to generate enough electricity to power 1,200 homes. It will be one of 186 sites in the Regional Renewable Energy Procurement Project . In October 2015, construction began for the Hayward 21st Century Library and Heritage Plaza. The library opened in September 2019, and the plaza was originally expected to open sometime in 2019. Mount Eden was a former city that was incorporated into Hayward in

184-733: A branch of the California Superior Court , is the largest full-service courthouse in Alameda County. According to the California Secretary of State , as of February 10, 2019, Hayward has 70,194 registered voters. Of those, 39,327 (56%) are registered Democrats , 6,960 (9.9%) are registered Republicans , and 21,104 (30.1%) have declined to state a political party. Hayward has a large number of manufacturing companies, both corporate headquarters and plants. This includes some high-tech companies, with Hayward considered part of

230-490: A freeway or build a 238 bypass have been controversial. One proposal, to build a freeway parallel to Mission Boulevard, extending a freeway south from 580 where it turns east towards Castro Valley, and connecting to Industrial Boulevard, had land purchased, but was cancelled in 2004 after years of debate. The land is now scheduled for sale and zoning. Mission, Jackson, and Foothill all converge at one congested intersection south of downtown, known historically as "Five Flags" for

276-506: A hotel there in 1852. The U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System states the city was named after Alvinza Hayward , a millionaire from the California Gold Rush . Regardless of which Hayward the area was named for, the name was changed to "Haywood" when the post office was first established in 1860. William Hayward eventually became the road commissioner for Alameda County . He used his authority to influence

322-416: A household in the city was $ 51,177, and the median income for a family was $ 54,712. Males had a median income of $ 37,711 versus $ 31,481 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 19,695. 10.0% of the population and 7.2% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 11.7% of those under the age of 18 and 7.2% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line. Hayward has

368-536: A line of flagpoles located there. To alleviate congestion in the downtown area, the city has converted the A Street, Mission and Foothill triangle to one-way thoroughfares (counterclockwise), and is adding road improvements, landscaping, and telephone/cable undergrounding to Mission Boulevard south to Industrial Boulevard, and to Foothill Boulevard north to 580. The plan, known as the Route 238 Corridor Improvement Project, broke ground July 2010, completed rerouting in 2013, and

414-511: A northern extension of Silicon Valley . Manufacturing plants in Hayward include Annabelle Candy , Columbus Salame , the Shasta soft drink company, and a PepsiCo production and distribution center. Southland Mall is the largest shopping center in Hayward. The economy of Hayward in the first half of the twentieth century was based largely on the Hunt Brothers Cannery . The cannery

460-425: A pickling factory; and a glass manufacturing plant. From the 1890s until its closure in 1981, Hunt's employed a large percentage of the local population. The air around Hayward was permeated by the smell of tomatoes for three months of each year, during the canning season. The canneries closed in 1981, as there were no longer enough produce fields or fruit orchards near the cannery to make it economically viable. Much of

506-748: Is the sixth largest city in the Bay Area, and the third largest in Alameda County. Hayward was ranked as the 36th most populous municipality in California . It is included in the San Francisco–Oakland–San Jose Metropolitan Statistical Area by the US Census . It is located primarily between Castro Valley , San Leandro and Union City , and lies at the eastern terminus of the San Mateo–Hayward Bridge . The city

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552-697: The Nimitz Freeway), Interstate 580 with a major intersection near downtown connecting State Route 238 and Interstate 238, State Route 92 (Jackson Street) and State Route 238 (Mission Boulevard/Foothill Boulevard). State Route 92 continues west as the San Mateo–Hayward Bridge. The intersection of 880 and 92 was reconstructed over a four-year period, with completion of the project in October 2011. Mission Boulevard has been long known for chronic traffic congestion. Past proposals to convert Mission Boulevard to

598-902: The USDA rated Hayward as a zone 10A climate. The 2010 United States Census reported that Hayward had a population of 144,186. The population density was 2,261.8 inhabitants per square mile (873.3/km ). The census determined racial and ethnic makeup of Hayward was 49,309 (34.2%) White , 17,099 (11.9%) African American, 1,396 (1.0%) Native American, 31,666 (22.0%) Asian (10.4% Filipino , 3.9% Chinese , 3.0% Indian , 2.7% Vietnamese , 0.5% Japanese , 0.5% Korean , 0.2% Cambodian , 0.1% Pakistani ), 4,535 (3.1%) Pacific Islander , 30,004 (20.8%) from other races , and 10,177 (7.1%) from two or more races . Hispanic or Latino of any race were 58,730 persons (40.7%), giving Hayward an aggregate Hispanic/Latino plurality population as categorized by census determined racial and ethnic groups. 30.2% of Hayward's population

644-587: The United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 63.7 square miles (165 km ). 45.3 square miles (117 km ) of it is land and 18.4 square miles (48 km ) of it (comprising 28.9%) is water. The Hayward Fault Zone runs through much of Hayward, including the downtown area. The United States Geological Survey has stated that there is an "increasing likelihood" of a major earthquake on this fault zone, with potentially serious resulting damage. The San Lorenzo Creek runs through

690-695: The "Leslie" name continued to be used until 1991. A box of Leslie Free Running Salt, with the brand name obscured, can be seen in The Three Stooges short "An Ache in Every Stake" (1941). Hayward, California Hayward is a city located in Alameda County, California , United States, in the East Bay subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area . With a population of 162,954 as of 2020, Hayward

736-425: The 1950s, at the same time as Schafer Park . Russell City was a former unincorporated community. It existed from 1853 until 1964. It is now the location of an industrial park. The Russell City Energy Center , a 429-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant built by Calpine , is located there. Stokes Landing , Hayward Heath , and Eden Landing were communities now within Hayward city limits. According to

782-462: The 19th century, the land that is now Hayward became part of Rancho San Lorenzo , a Spanish land grant to Guillermo Castro , in 1841. The site of his home was on the former El Camino Viejo , or Castro Street (now Mission Boulevard ) between C and D Streets, but the structure was severely damaged in the 1868 Hayward earthquake , with the Hayward Fault running directly under its location. Most of

828-578: The Bay was developed into extensive salt evaporation ponds, and was one of the most productive areas in the world, with Leslie Salt being one of the largest companies. The San Mateo–Hayward Bridge opened in 1929, connecting the city to the San Francisco Peninsula . During the 1930s, the Harry Rowell Rodeo Ranch, now within the bounds of Castro Valley , drew rodeo cowboys from across

874-651: The Center argued over the county tax code. Starwood Capital ran into issues with overdue debt in 2012 and brought in Blackstone with an ownership stake. Starwood also sold off two of the buildings at the complex to Informatica for US$ 148,500,000. In 2014, Google bought the six buildings, over half the center, at 934,200 square feet (86,790 m) of office space, which Starwood and Blackstone owned, for US$ 585,000,000. Shortly after Google's purchase, Shorenstein Properties sold

920-526: The San Francisco Chronicle in 1983, Leslie Salt had "been in business since 1901 and since 1978 [had] been a subsidiary of Minneapolis-based Cargill Inc". The name of the "Leslie Salt Refining Company" was abbreviated to "Leslie Salt" in 1936 after the consolidation of California Salt Co. and the Continental Salt & Chemical Co. The company produced salt using salt evaporation ponds on

966-599: The Westpoint Slough on a section of the San Francisco Bay Trail . The annual Stanford University Treeathlon triathlon competition is hosted in part at the center along with the Westpoint Harbor. Leslie Salt The Leslie Salt Company was a salt-producing company located in the San Francisco Bay Area , at the current locations of Newark , Hayward and other parts of the bay. According to

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1012-441: The age of 18 living in them, 21,720 (47.9%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 7,495 (16.5%) had a female householder with no husband present, 3,344 (7.4%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 3,037 (6.7%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 421 (0.9%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 9,359 households (20.6%) were made up of individuals, and 3,193 (7.0%) had someone living alone who

1058-454: The buildings not even complete; Excite@Home , Phone.com , Informatica Corp , and BroadVision Inc. had all signed leases. Demand at the time caused rent prices to increase for the center as well. At this time there were plans for a ferry service to connect San Francisco and Alameda, California to an adjacent ferry terminal to mitigate traffic concerns at the time with so many of the expected workers to be projected commuting. By April 2002

1104-452: The buildings, specifically the ones PDL BioPharma was located within, were sold to Shorenstein Properties for an undisclosed sum, for the first time making Pacific Shores Center to have more than one owner. San Mateo County filed a lawsuit in August 2009 over a tax dispute with the Center. County officials claimed that the sale of property in 2006 never had the property transfer taxes paid while

1150-597: The burst of the Dot-com bubble had decreased demand for office space and the center previously estimated to fill completely was sitting with a vacancy rate of 65%. However fortunes changed and in late 2006 the campus was sold from Jay Paul to Starwood Capital Group for over US$ 800,000,000 for the center which had hit 90% capacity. Tenants at the time included Eidos Interactive , PDL BioPharma , DreamWorks Animation , Threshold Pharmaceutical, Openwave, Symantec , and engineering firm Rudolph and Sletten . The following year two of

1196-563: The city was 42.95% White, 10.98% Black or African American, 0.84% Native American, 18.98% Asian, 1.91% Pacific Islander, 16.81% from other races, and 7.52% from two or more races. 34.17% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 44,804 households, out of which 37.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.3% were married couples living together, 14.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.7% were non-families. 20.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.3% had someone living alone who

1242-497: The city's structures were destroyed in the earthquake, the last major earthquake on the fault. In 1930, that site was chosen for the construction of the City Hall , which served the city until 1969. Hayward was originally known as "Hayward's", then as "Haywood", later as "Haywards", and eventually as "Hayward". There is some disagreement as to how it was named. Most historians believe it was named for William Dutton Hayward , who opened

1288-420: The city. Hayward borders on many municipalities and communities. The cities bordering on Hayward are San Leandro , Union City , Fremont , and Pleasanton . The census-designated places bordering on Hayward are Castro Valley , San Lorenzo , Cherryland , Sunol , and Fairview . Hayward has a Mediterranean climate , and contains microclimates , both of which are features of the greater Bay Area. In 2012,

1334-446: The construction of roads in his own favor. He was also an Alameda County supervisor. In 1876, a town was chartered by the State of California under the name of "Haywards". The name of the post office was then able to change because of the loss of the apostrophe before the "s". This change occurred in 1880. It remained "Haywards" until 1910 when the "s" was officially dropped. William Hayward died in 1891. Hayward grew steadily throughout

1380-464: The continent, and Western movie actors such as Slim Pickens and others from Hollywood. Prior to World War II , Hayward had a high concentration of Japanese Americans , who were subject to the Japanese-American internment during the war. The war brought an economic and population boom to the area, as factories opened to manufacture war material. Many of the workers stayed after the end of

1426-497: The late 19th century, with an economy based on agriculture and tourism. Important crops were tomatoes, potatoes, peaches, cherries, and apricots. Hunt Brothers Cannery opened in 1895. Chicken and pigeon raising also played important roles in the economy. A rail line between Oakland and San Jose , the South Pacific Coast Railroad , was established but later destroyed in the 1868 earthquake . The Hayward shore of

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1472-444: The new city hall until 1989 when the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake damaged the building and forced the city government to move out. The building was closed to the public in 1998, with the new Hayward City Hall opening the same year. The "Bay Area Rapid Transit" system began operating in the Bay Area in 1972, with stations in downtown Hayward and south Hayward . The Hunt Brothers Cannery closed in 1981. The city's downtown area

1518-406: The partnership had a complete development agreement with plans for a land swap, that decreased the total property to 106 acres (43 ha), and public shore space to allow for public use of parts of the property. In November 1999 Jay Paul Company entered into an agreement to buy the rights for the project by outbidding several other competing developers with a US$ 90,000,000 bid. By early 2000 with

1564-463: The ponds appears on a 2012 U.S. postage stamp. The Mervyns department store chain was headquartered in Hayward until it declared bankruptcy in 2008. According to the city's 2015 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city were (in alphabetical order): † indicates employers wholly located or headquartered in Hayward Hayward is served by Interstate 880 (also known as

1610-612: The production was moved to the Sacramento Valley . The location of the former canneries is marked by a historic water tower with the Hayward logo. A housing development now occupies much of the former cannery site. Gillig , a bus manufacturer, was located in Hayward for more than 80 years before moving to Livermore in 2017. Much of the Bay coastal territory of Hayward was turned into salt ponds, with Oliver Salt and Leslie Salt operating there. Much of this land has in recent years been returned to salt marshes . A 1983 image of

1656-530: The shores of the San Francisco Bay . By the 1940s, Leslie Salt under the dominant ownership of the Schilling family had become the largest private land owner in the Bay Area. By 1959, they were producing more than one million tons of salt annually, on over 26,000 acres (11,000 ha) of bay salt ponds. They were purchased by Cargill in 1978. It continued to operate as a subsidiary of Cargill afterwards;

1702-478: The two buildings they owned to DivcoWest Properties for about US$ 260,000,000. This has left Pacific Shores Center with fragmented ownership to this day with the three owners all with different sections. Pacific Shores Center is used more than just as an area for work. The facilities present include a 38,000 square feet (3,500 m) fitness center that includes a gym, pool, and spa along with playing fields. Public shore access allows for people to park and walk along

1748-500: The war. Two suburban tract housing pioneers, Oliver Rousseau and David D. Bohannon , were prominent builders of postwar housing in the area. The Hayward Area Recreation and Park District was formed in 1944. California State University, Hayward opened in the Hayward Hills in 1957. Southland Mall was dedicated in 1964. The second San Mateo–Hayward Bridge opened in 1967. The City Center Building opened in 1969 and acted as

1794-558: Was Mexican , 2.5% Salvadoran , 1.5% Puerto Rican , 1.2% Nicaraguan , 1.0% Honduran , 0.5% Peruvian , and 0.2% Cuban . Hayward is the second most diverse city in the state by Census figures. It has been ranked nationwide as highly diverse, in combination with Oakland and Fremont. The Census reported that 141,462 people (98.1% of the population) lived in households, 1,954 (1.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 770 (0.5%) were institutionalized. There were 45,365 households, out of which 18,284 (40.3%) had children under

1840-417: Was 33.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.7 males. There were 48,296 housing units at an average density of 757.6 units per square mile (292.5 units/km ), of which 45,365 were occupied, of which 23,935 (52.8%) were owner-occupied, and 21,430 (47.2%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.3%; the rental vacancy rate

1886-450: Was 6.6%. About 75,039 people (52.0% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 66,423 people (46.1%) lived in rental housing units. The 2000 Census reported there were 140,030 people, 44,804 households, and 31,945 families in the city. The population density was 1,219.6/km (3,159/sq mi). There were 45,922 housing units at an average density of 400.0 units/km (1,036 units/sq mi). The racial and ethnic makeup of

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1932-436: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.08 and the average family size was 3.58. The population profiled by age was 26.8% under the age of 18, 10.9% from 18 to 24, 33.4% from 25 to 44, 18.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.3 males. The median income for

1978-438: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.12 persons. There were 32,559 families (71.8% of all households); the average family size was 3.60 persons. The city's age demographics were 35,379 people (24.5%) under the age of 18, 16,064 people (11.1%) aged 18 to 24, 44,005 people (30.5%) aged 25 to 44, 34,096 people (23.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 14,642 people (10.2%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

2024-495: Was devastated early in its history by the 1868 Hayward earthquake . From the early 20th century until the beginning of the 1980s, Hayward's economy was dominated by its now defunct food canning and salt production industries. Human habitation of the greater East Bay, including Hayward, dates from at least 4000 BC. The most recent pre-European inhabitants of the Hayward area were the Native American Ohlone people . In

2070-419: Was opened in Hayward in 1895 by brothers William and Joseph Hunt, who were fruit packers originally from Sebastopol , California. The Hunts initially packed local fruit, including cherries, peaches, and apricots, then added tomatoes, which became the mainstay of their business. At its height in the 1960s and 1970s, Hunt's operated three canneries in Hayward, at A, B, and C Streets; an adjacent can-making company;

2116-472: Was slated for redevelopment in 2012 and 2013, with landscaping , new businesses opening up, and older ones getting façade upgrades. Warren Hall on the California State University, East Bay campus was demolished in 2013. The Russell City Energy Center began operating in 2013 at the Hayward shoreline. In May 2015, the city's former shoreline landfill was declared a site for conversion to

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