SAN LEANDRO — This small town between Oakland and Hayward is coming out of the downturn like few places around, attracting tech startups, artists and brewers to a onetime traditional industrial hub. “San Leandro is embracing change for the first time in decades,” said Deborah Acosta, the city’s first innovation officer. The boom is the […]

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San Leandro could be on the verge of a dramatic redevelopment. The city was long a sleepy, blue-collar manufacturing center. It’s now buzzing with a fresh technology focus. Word is spreading about a sturdy fiber-optic backbone running through the town and backers are making a marketing push that’s savvy about tech startups, especially in a […]

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