Man Convicted of Killing High School Football Star

oanna Rehart and Deandre Brown, both 30-year-old Oakland residents, were arrested in connection to the armed robbery of a man police say was trying to solicit a prostitute. The robbery occurred at around 12:45 a.m. Monday near the Stevenson Boulevard and Besco Drive intersection after the victim met up with a woman who posted an online escort ad, police said. As the victim was talking to the woman on the street, a man pushed him to the ground, pointed a .45 caliber handgun and robbed him of $100. Though the victim vehemently denied calling the escort, phone records indicated that he placed repeated calls to her prior to the robbery. The pair were arrested the next day on suspicion of robbery.More than 350 business, civic and political leaders heard Fremont Mayor Bill Harrison deliver a state of the city address that focused on economic development. "We as a city no longer want to be the Bay Area's best-kept secret," Harrison said at a luncheon Thursday organized by the Fremont Chamber of Commerce. Harrison got the biggest applause when he refererred to plans by Seagate, a manufacturer of computer disk drives, to put a research and development center on the site of the bankrupt solar company whose campus is visible from Interstate 880. "The Solyndra chapter of Fremont's history is officially closed," Harrison said.

His 24-minute speech covered a lot of ground, from the city's improving budget picture to the less encouraging state of the city's paved arteries.Opposition groups held a series of rallies earlier this week in protest of a proposal to rename Alvarado Middle School. Many of those participating in the protests are descendants of Alvarado’s original families who claim the Alvarado name is sacred to the community and "should under no circumstance be changed," organizers said. "[We] recognize what the Filipino community is doing and respect that, but feel the history of the area should not be taken away in such a manner," said Joseph Garcia, 17, a member of "(Old) Alvarado United," the neighborhood group organizing the protests.