The street formerly curved southward near today's Hansen Drive to follow present-day Dublin Canyon Road toward Hayward.

In 1960, the first housing tracts were built in West Dublin, transforming the formerly rural community into a suburb.

[12] On December 6, 2011, during shooting for an episode of MythBusters at Camp Parks, a cannonball went skyward and zoomed through a nearby residence, coming to rest in a car.

MythBusters cast members Adam Savage and Kari Byron hosted a student engineering event at Dublin High School, a move to express gratitude to the community of Dublin for the access to Camp Parks as a shooting location.

[13] In 2000, following a conflict with Mayor Guy Houston and developers of the West Dublin Hills, Morgan King and David Bewley began a ballot initiative known as Measure M. The objective of the measure was to prevent the Dublin Hills from becoming overwhelmed with housing that had been promised to voters and that the housing would not be built on preserved open space.

[16] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 14.9 square miles (40 km2) of which 0.03% is water.

Wallis Ranch is a subdivision developed by Trumark Communities with approximately 816 units which opened its first phase in September 2016.

Trumark divided the project into eight neighborhoods, selling seven of them to other homebuilders including Warmington Residential, PulteGroup, Taylor Morrison, KB Home and D.R.

[17] Tassajara Hills is another subdivision built by Toll Brothers, approximately 370 detached homes.

Valor Crossing is an affordable housing project specifically designed for veterans and their families.

Avalon Dublin Station is another recently completed luxury rental development by AvalonBay Communities.

[25] Dublin Place and Dublin Retail Center were followed by Hacienda Crossings,[26] The Shops at Waterford, The Shops at Tralee Village, Grafton Station, Fallon Gateway, and Persimmon Place.

The third largest jail in California and the fifth largest in the United States, Santa Rita Jail is considered a "mega-jail", specified to hold 4,000 prisoners at any one time, making it as large as, or larger than, many of California's state prisons.

A sub-installation of Fort Hunter Liggett, Camp Parks is the only training facility within a short drive for the 11,000-plus reservists in the San Francisco Bay Area.

[30] Dublin was formerly home to the headquarters of Sybase, Inc (now part of SAP SE) and is currently home to the headquarters for CallidusCloud, Patelco Credit Union, Ross Stores, TriNet, Medley Health,[31] Challenge Dairy and Arlen Ness.

According to the city's 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[32] the top employers in the city are: The annual Saint Patrick's Day celebration includes a 5K Fun Run and Walk, a pancake breakfast, a two-day festival, and a parade.

It is sponsored by the Dublin Host Lions Club and features bands and colorful floats.

[34] The Dublin firefighters sponsor the pancake breakfast,[34] and tours of the firehouse are popular with children.

The festival continues all weekend and features food, games, kiddie rides, arts & crafts, and information about local organizations.

The festival had been held near the end of the parade route in Shamrock Village on Amador Valley Blvd but was relocated to the Civic Center on Dublin Blvd in 2007, moving it closer to the growing population in the eastern part of Dublin.

The extension added two fully lit turf soccer fields, a 90-foot baseball diamond, tanbark playground, additional restrooms, family picnic tables, and four bocce ball courts.

On Memorial Day weekend 2017, the City opened The Wave at Emerald Glen Park, a 31,000-square foot facility which is anchored by an indoor pool for year-round swimming lessons, exercise programs, and recreational use.

The Council appoints the City Manager, who is responsible for the day-to-day administrative operation of the city, including: As of March 2024,[update] the Council consisted of Mayor Melissa Hernandez, Vice Mayor Sherry Hu, Jean Josey, Michael McCorriston, and Kashef Qaadri.

[51] The California Highway Patrol (CHP) Dublin Office is located off of Gleason Drive.

The CHP provides safety, service, and security to the public on freeways/unincorporated highways and on state property.