Week in Review: New Comic Shop, Logan Grads' College-Going Rate

Here's a look at the top stories from our coverage in the past week:

Monday, Oct. 3

Patch contributor and recent Logan grad Farah Habad returned to his alma mater to see .

Patch also reported on an epic tomato battle held at the Alameda County Fairgrounds where more than 3,000 people converged to hurl 120,000 rotten tomatoes at one another. Read the story and see photos .

Tuesday, Oct. 4

Keyla Santizo, a local undocumented student, and her efforts in getting the California Dream Act passed by the state.

Children from New Haven and Hayward school districts gathered at the Alden Oliver Sports Park on Saturday, Oct. 1 to become Einstein for a day at Science in the Park, a daylong festival of physics, astronomy and all things science. If you weren't there, find out what you missed .

Wednesday, Oct. 5

Attention comic fans: there's a new hero on Smith Street -- . With no book stores in town, the new shop will allow locals to buy, sell and trade comics and toys when it opens up later this month. Find out more about the store and owner Juan Lecaros' massive collection . 

Office Max honored Cesar Chavez Middle School teacher Pete Quesinberry during their "A Day Made Better" campaign Tuesday morning. Office Max workers , including a new chair, digital camera, color printer and dozens of other items.

The parent company of Wednesday, though there was no word if its chain of restaurants would shut down. Union City is one of several locations in the East Bay with a Chevys restaurant.

The Bay Area mourned the loss of icon Steve Jobs, the former CEO of Apple. We set up for locals to share their thoughts on the passing of the innovative technology leader.

Thursday, Oct. 6

During this week's school board meeting, the New Haven Unified School District gave a presentation on a new program aimed at targeting its most vulnerable students -- the . Through partnerships with local community groups, the school district hopes to provide "cradle-to-career" resources and services to disadvantaged students, beginning with youth in Decoto. Read the full story .

This week's police log contains reports of a break-in at a local cemetery and a woman ramming a police vehicle with a stolen car, among other incidents. See the full log .

Friday, Oct. 7

New data released this week shows that . According to the latest California Department of Education report, Logan has an 83.2 percent college-going rate, compared to 70.9 percent in Alameda County and 74.4 percent in the state as a whole.

Also in New Haven news, the . Watch out for the annual Mutt Strut this weekend and the foundation's first fashion show next month.

While trying to figure out Friday night dinner plans, we decided to ask readers for their favorite restaurants. Since there's such a broad range of different foods in Union City, we had to narrow it down to one specific type of cuisine. This week, we picked Mexican food and asked what restaurant readers preferred. So far, more than 60 people have taken our poll, with Mexico Tipico the most favored by readers. What's your favorite? Answer our poll .

Saturday, Oct. 8

In his latest blog, historian Timothy Swenson dug into his newspaper archives to find .

With news of Raiders owner Al Davis' passing, a former reporter for the Fremont News-Register, .