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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2023
YEAR 35
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Opa! CV Greek Festival returns for its 51st year this weekend
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Retiring Single? The challenges that many single women face in retirement
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Field Dedication John C. Brosnan Field dedication at CVHS next Friday
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By Amy Sylvestri CASTRO VALLEY FORUM
A frustrated Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) and several public speakers discussed plans to expand housing in the unincorporated area for nearly three hours at Monday night’s MAC meeting. State law requires each juPHOTO COURTESY OF CATHY BRESLOW/ BRESLOW IMAGING risdiction to revise its housing Over 35,000 people are expected to attend this year’s Fall Festival Sept. 9 and 10. Presented by the Castro element every eight years. Valley and Eden Area Chamber of Commerce, this year will again provide arts, crafts, food, and fun for all. Alameda County is currently towards the end of another cycle and is currently detailing a draft of the housing element to the various MACs. Due to state Senate Bill SB35, counties and cities This year’s Fall Festival attractions will again line the the “Heart of Good Living.” throughout California have had By Michael Singer will occur on Saturday and streets and the center of the The event offered attendees housing quotas handed down CASTRO VALLEY FORUM Sunday, September 9-10, downtown district. a wine-tasting, fashion show, to them- a Regional Housing on Castro Valley Boulevard First held in the Castro and art exhibit. The success Autumn is just around the Needs Allocation (RHNA). corner, and the community is between Redwood Road and Village Shopping Center, the of that first year prompted a The RHNA is based on estiSan Miguel Avenue. Presented Chamber voted to provide a second event in 1973, which again gathering this Septemmates from the state about the by the Castro Valley and Eden showcase for Castro Valley the Chamber officially named amount of residential construcber to celebrate good food, artwork, music, and fun for all Area Chamber of Commerce, businesses and artisans while the Fall Festival. tion that will be needed to more than 125 vendors and showing off Castro Valley as see FALL on page 10 ages. see MAC on back page
Fall Festival Returns Next Month
CV Roofing Company Gets National Spotlight They’ll be filming in October and airing in the months CASTRO VALLEY FORUM after that. The show looked at Wonderlin Roofing Sysa number of roofing compatems, a Castro Valley company nies across the country before open since 1992, will be feasettling on theirs to highlight. tured in an upcoming episode “Viewpoint With Dennis of the mini-documentary TV Quaid” presents some of those series “Viewpoint With Dennis short programs viewers on Quaid.” That’s according to public television often see just Larae Wonderlin, who coafter movies and other shows owns the company, and her that don’t end neatly on the husband Grover Wonderlin. hour or half-hour. By Mike McGuire
The company focuses on issues that confront and sometimes bedevil ordinary consumers, and this segment is on “Choosing A Roofing Contractor.” The episode will be introduced with a description of the company by Dennis Quaid, famous for a number of film roles, including “Frequency” and as Jerry Lee Lewis in Larae (at left) and Grover Wonderlin in front of a see SPOTLIGHT on page 10 Wonderlin Roofing Systems truck.