Had some business at the Hayward Court on Friday after Christmas. After driving around looking for…read moreparking we finally found the entrance to the parking garage. What a round about strange entrance. After grabbing our ticket at the gate the parking garage is off in the distance across an expanse of concrete and asphalt. No lines. No arrows. Nothing except I guess we go straight and hopefully anyone leaving doesn't run into us. Easy parking since it was friday after Christmas and few people were working in the area. Rates were posted but we must have been inside the time for paying because it was free. Not a comfortable place to be. Felt unsafe.

This parking lot serves for county offices and court offices across the street. In the first floor…read moreof the county offices is social services AKA welfare. They used to take cash payments, the prices are right at $0.75 per hour.. which you can dig down into your change in your cup holder and find that to pay your parking. 3 months ago they changed this policy to credit card only. It is in order to create a safe environment for the collectors at the booth. I've been calling and talking to people because people who go to the welfare office a r at a higher risk of not having a credit card. When I asked the toll taker what happens if I don't have credit card? They said they will send me the bill for $0.75 along with a $10 service fee. So if you don't have a credit card, you will have to pay $10 service fee. This is absolutely unreasonable! I have so far called two council members of Hayward, spoke with two supervisors at the welfare office which they were unaware of the situation, three Booth members that all verified $10 fee if the bill is mailed, and the manager overseeing laz parking company. The person at laz stated that there were going to be accommodations for the people from welfare with no credit cards but it just has not rolled out yet. I explained to him that it's been at least 3 months and something should be rolled out by now, validation at the county office of some sort. I will continue to challenge my local government to fix this problem for our poorest citizens.

Decent Mall, it's good to still have one in the East Bay!!…read more I usually get some good deals in JC Pennys, that might be the largest store in this mall along with Macys! There's a food court and movie theater downstairs. This mall isn't huge, decent sized to me. Sears used to be major in this mall, it even had auto center there. I remember getting tires put on there back in the day. Now it's gone, along with a lot of other stores. But there are still plenty of stores here, enough to keep this like a real Mall. And I always liked the location, right off of the 880 freeway in Hayward, very easy to get to!!!

Southland Mall used to be the place to hangout, shop with its wide variety of stores, big…read moredepartment stores, local arts and craft vendors, aviaries, water features, World's Fare Dining (food court), ice skating rink and arcade along with bumper cars downstairs! Oh and let's not forget Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour! Uh yeah, I'm dating myself... BIT of HISTORY: Claimed as the West's Largest Climate-Conditioned retail development in 1957. The progressive Mid-Century shopping center was designed by the acclaimed architecture firm John Graham & Associates, known for projects as Seattle's Space Needle A shopping mall you wanted to hang out and stay awhile but with changing demographic, online commerce and sadly, crime it has evolved into what it is now. Just a shell of what it once was with a couple of stores I'd go for a quick visit. When in the area, I'll get a 15-min Chinese acupressure chair massage (Round One entrance). Extra star for the great memories of working at the mall (making friends) and learning what good customer service is compared to now. Sadly, most the anchor stores are gone like Sears with JcPenneys and Macy's hanging by a thread with minimal inventory.

Finish Bakery, Sacred Pig bbq, East Bay Eats, Buffalo Bills, BMO Bank…read more East Bay Eats must be a cloud kitchen probably take out only. Many different restaurants. Cars left for many hours have junk mail advertisements stuffed in their window. I don't like that. Entrances off A st and B st. Italian cypress trees among many other varieties Lot is clean. Homeless in neighboring old closed CVs Lot not here.

The park and ride is a convenient location for the dumbarton express. I usually get here around…read more7:05 am and the lot is usually pretty full by then.

Its okay and works if you are early enough to get a parking lot. So far I have been able to find a…read morespot daily around 7am. The bus/shuttles that come through seem to be mostly on time. One bus did attempt to leave early and people were running to catch their ride. However, park here with caution! Do not leave ANY valuables in your car. On my second day of parking here, I witnessed a homeless person breaking into cars in broad daylight. Called PD but not sure if they ever did anything about it. There is a large encampment nearby and this parking lot is an easy target for break ins. There needs to be a stronger security rounding. Also do not park in the 2hr business parking!!! I can confirm that the property manager will without fail tow your car!! My friend had to drive to Union City and pay $500 to get their car back. Not worth it!!

Hayward BART Station was better than the Oakland Coliseum BART Station, IMHO. It's cleaner and…read moreeasier to access from the parking garage. However, the ticket kiosk needed a little TLC. It's not tourist friendly. It took me awhile to figure out how to use it. So did the gentleman before me. After inserting the credit card, the dispenser won't spit out the boarding card. It required other buttons pressed first. Getting here was a challenge because Google map doesn't have clear descriptions. It kept pointing me to the handicapped lot. I thought I had to park outside of this station, I almost parked at the city garage and feared it would close at certain time. The website to catch the train is essential. I went to https://www.bart.gov/schedules/eta/HAYW to get precise details about the boarding times. Me and my friend took BART to Embarcadero to see the ships at the piers. Being a frugal traveler, using public transportation is a must. So glad that BART can help me to achieve my goals.

Convenient downtown location - gets the job done but no frills. Currently there are 6 foot tall…read moreweeds growing there. Bart is cheap and fairly reliable - I use it now and then - depending on where you are going and if parking is difficult or expensive it can be a bad idea. I don't like the hours. That's lousy. Right as people get out of bars it shuts down. What a racket. All the 5 and 6 foot tall weeds are hard to believe. Its in a median between hayward city hall and the bus stop. Hmmm...

acacia masonic lodge n0.243 is NOT a temple or religious sect. It is a gathering and meeting place…read morefor masonic activities and fraternal fellowship. The ground floor is available for any social activity and can accommodate up to 160 people, maybe more. They have catering available but one can bring one's preference. The management is courteous and very accommodating, but advanced reservations are a must as their calendar gets full pretty fast. We had our golf club's party there last December and it was a success. It is accessible to everything and plenty of parking.

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Got the car broken into on the 2nd time parking here, ever…read more I understand it's a "Bay Area" thing. But there seemed to be a complete nonchalant way about these types of situations with security. Nothing of value was in the car. It was a busy day and there were many cars. Bad luck, I guess. With that said, security does nothing here to prevent or deter loitering. Of course, the question becomes: "how can they?" San Leandro/ Bay Fair seems to do a good job. There's security roving all throughout open hours. The only reason why there are 2 stars is because the lady in the box expressed some concern. Her male counterparts? None. If you're going to use the BART, go up to Bay Fair

Safe area with police presence ! Plenty of parking g and public rides. Buses frequently comes and…read morenearby residential area just across the parking lot makes this a safer Bart station than B street.