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Keep Eye Out For More Public Art Around CV
CV Cityhood?
Local residents launch a campaign to make Castro Valley a city
By Amy Sylvestri
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Keep your eyes peeled for more local art around town in 2024, as the artists for the latest phase of the utility box and streetlight banner program have been selected. Rachel Osajima, the director of the Alameda County Arts Commission, presented the Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) with a colorful portfolio of art from local artists, which will eventually find their way to utility boxes all over Castro Valley. The 11 artists recommended
Night of Honor Redwood Chapel hosted 24th Annual CV Night of Honor
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Desmond Heintz juggles and clowns with Circus Smirkus this summer.
Clowning Around: CV Brothers Join the Circus By Linda Sandsmark
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Brothers Milo (16) and Desmond Heintz (11) have run off with the circus this summer — and their mother is just fine with that. “It was quite a process with the tryouts and everything, but they’re just blossoming there,” says their mom, TJ Heintz. The Castro Valley brothers are traveling around New England with Circus Smirkus, a nonprofit arts and education program which
recruits kids from all over the country to perform with its youth circus. It is based in Greensboro, Vermont, so the initial tryouts were done by video. Last October, the boys submitted audition videos and were invited to in-person auditions in Vermont in January. Over 40 kids auditioned, and both boys were chosen. Milo performs aerial ropes and clowning, and Desmond (the youngest in the troupe) is a juggler. see CIRCUS on page 5
by the by the county Artist Selection Committee are Karen Berry of Fremont, Ekaterina Bazlakova of Castro Valley, Alice Beasley of Oakland, Rhonda Chase of Pleasanton, Yan Inlow of Alameda, Rekha Joshi of Pleasanton, Moonji Pickering of Albany, Hilda Robinson of Oakland, Sarah Sammis of Hayward, Azar Vaghefi of Castro Valley, and Kim Vanderheiden of Castro Valley. Several traffic signal utility boxes are already festooned with art in town since the program first launched in 2017, see MAC on page 3
CV Deserves to Become a City Says Supervisor By Michael Singer
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Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley is putting his energy behind an initiative that would make Castro Valley an official city and potentially combine several unincorporated towns in the area. “I think it would be in the best interest for the residents of Castro Valley to incorporate,” Miley said. “Castro Valley does deserve to be a city, but it’s up to the voters.” Miley made his comments during a presentation last Thursday to the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAF-
CO) of Alameda County. The state-mandated agency was reviewing an 84-page Initial Feasibility Analysis (IFA) for the potential incorporation of the unincorporated communities of Castro Valley, Ashland, Cherryland, San Lorenzo, Fairview, and Hayward Acres. Consultant Richard Berkson of Berkson Associates presented three options based on the following boundary options: 1. Castro Valley by itself 2. Castro Valley plus Eden Area (Ashland, Cherryland, San Lorenzo, Hayward Acres) and Fairview 3. Eden Area and Fairview see CITY on back page