Fremont Patch Readers: Thank You For Helping Us Grow

FREMONT, CA — Thank you, Fremont Patch readers, for taking time in your busy days to spend a few moments with Patch. We appreciate your visits and contributions, and we want you to know we take nothing for granted here. Thank you for helping us to grow and thrive this year.

In August, Fremont Patch recorded 50,208 visitors. That's a lot of readers! Our visitors hail from Fremont, for sure, but many residents of neighboring towns also land on Fremont Patch from time to time, too. That figure — compiled and verified through Google Analytics — includes readers on desktop, laptop, tablet, mobile and our app, and our visitors often access Patch on several devices over the month.

Here are 8 of the most-read articles on Fremont Patch in August.

• Man Dies In Police Custody In Fremont
• Fire Outside Tesla Plant In Fremont Contained
• Fremont Man Accused Of Killing 11 Cows, Burying Them On His Land
• 'Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives' Restaurants In Northern California
• Salad Recall: Feces-Borne Parasite Linked To Packaged Salads
• California's Best Hospitals: New Rankings Released By U.S. News
• Get Ice Cream Sandwich For A Penny Today In Fremont
• Town Fair Plaza Open Tuesday - Sunday

Got a news tip? I'm Bea Karnes, your local editor. I moved to Bay Area at the tender age of 6 months, so I consider myself a native. I received a bachelor's degree in journalism from San Jose State. After starting my career behind-the-scenes in TV news, including a long stint at KNTV, I transitioned to online journalism. I moved to Colorado where I raised my family, and then returned to my childhood home to care for my widowed mother who has Alzheimer's disease. Count me in the ranks of family caregivers! Send your tips, ideas and questions my way at bea.karnes@patch.com.

Our readers also love Fremont Patch's calendar of events — more than 6,700 visits were made to our calendar in August. Coming up soon on the calendar are Fremont Street Eats, Irvington Vikings Boys Basketball Charity Golf Tournament, Kids Tennis Classes in Fremont (Ages 2.5 - 4), Dunk-A-Cop For Special Olympics & Police Safety Fair: Fremont, International Peace Day - Fremont, and Sunday Movies at the Fremont Main Library- Bless Me Ultima.

If you would like to post on Fremont Patch, too, you may easily to sign up for a free user profile. As a Patch user, you can post articles, events, jobs, and announcements. And the "rules of Patch" are easy to follow: "no abusive content, no commercial spam, keep it local, and be awesome."

What else is new? Fremont Patch has 2,855 daily email subscribers. (Wait? You don't get our email? Click here and we'll hook you up.) And more than 4,300 Fremont lovers are fans of our Facebook page. If you haven't liked our page yet, please give it a try. If you're already on the page, please share with a friend.

If you own a local business and are interested in getting your message on Fremont Patch or our nearby Patches, please visit the page and tell us what you need. One of our sales reps will be in touch.

Here's another fun fact about Patch: Did you know that Patch is among the 100 most trafficked websites in the United States? Patch ranks 91st on the most viewed websites in the country, according to Alexa. Fremont Patch is part of a broad network, with 150 Patch sites in California and more than 1,200 across the United States. That's a lot of local news!

Many news websites are limiting access to free articles, but Patch articles and events by our journalists and our users are always free to view.

We're thrilled you've made Fremont Patch a part of your life. Thank you so much for your support and readership.

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