FREMONT — AS U.S. auto industry giants Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. slash jobs and close plants, the last major auto plant in California keeps rolling out low-cost, fuel-efficient cars. And ...

A 33-page report was released on Wednesday in Sacramento by State Treasurer Bill Lockyer and UC Berkeley Professor Harley Shaiken, who served as commission chairman. Entitled "Commitment Is a Two-Way ...

As the projected closure of the New United Motor Manufacturing (NUMMI) on March 31 draws ever closer, all those involved are getting ready for what is considered an impact of great proportions for the ...

Fremont's bid to lure the Oakland Athletics got a boost Friday when the city won a federal grant to study new uses for the former Nummi auto-manufacturing site, including the possibility of building a ...

FREMONT — Some time over the next 48 hours, the last of 7.7 million vehicles will roll off the NUMMI assembly line, idling the last of 4,700 workers. But, far from being an industrial flop, NUMMI over ...

One of the most undesirable news at the beginning of the year was the recent closure of the New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) plant in Fremont, California. The result of last year's GM ...

FREMONT — The NUMMI plant ceased production after more than 25 years Thursday when a red Toyota Corolla glided off the factory’s assembly line, putting 4,700 people out of work and closing a landmark ...

The first time William Usery visited the giant auto plant near Interstate 880 in Fremont, its cavernous halls were silent and its assembly lines stood still. "There were birds flying around inside the ...

FREMONT, Calif. -- U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said Monday that the federal government will provide $19 million in emergency grants to help thousands of workers who lost their jobs when ...

After nearly a year of abuse and manipulation at the hands of General Motors, Toyota and the United Auto Workers union, workers at the New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) plant in Fremont, ...

There are three assembly lines running inside the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. plant, but by this time next year, it could be down to only two. /*NUMMI*/ has been making the /*Pontiac Vibe*/ ...

FREMONT — At 9:21 a.m. Thursday a landmark chapter in America’s auto industry closed when the last of 7.7 million cars, a bright red Toyota Corolla, rolled off the assembly line at the NUMMI plant ...