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The Other Side: Lake Chabot Road Recent Repairs Inconvenient for Neighbors Coyote Sighting By Mike McGuire
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The San Leandro side of By Michael Singer storm-damaged Lake Chabot CASTRO VALLEY VALLEY FORUM FORUM CASTRO Road will remain closed until at least the fall as repairs are A recent sighting of two underway, officials said late coyotes near the Castro Valley Community Center is getting last month. The county’s part of Lake the attention of residents and Chabot Road from Castro calling attention to neighborValley to Astor Drive has reohood safety. pened. But the part of the road On June 26, around 6 a.m., in the City of San Leandro a Castro Valley man reported still hasn’t been repaired from seeing two medium-sized a cave-in during storms last coyotes sneaking around winter. homes and side yards near the The San Leandro part of intersection of Lake Chabot Lake Chabot Road goes from Road and Seven Hills Road. the road’s start near Interstate The Castro Valley News post580 to Astor Drive. Cars can ed a picture of the two animals. Closure on on Lake Lake Chabot Chabot Road Road eastbound eastbound toward CV, CV, just just past past Chabot Chabot Terrace. Terrace. One coyote was reportedly get to the first several right Closure turns past 580 that lead to Baycarrying a hind quarter of O-Vista’s neighborhood streets, Vista Swim and Tennis Club, back. Now some people are another animal. The animals side of the road before the talking about never reopening rainy season hits in late 2023. were then spotted running up with the road closed to vehicles which has been in business from just past Chabot Terrace for 75 years, built even before the road to cars. That would Restoring one-lane car travel Carlwyn Drive. to near Astor Drive. Pedestri- there were houses in the neigh- make it hard for our senior Coyotes have been spotted requires San Leandro City ans and bicyclists, however, can borhood. in Castro Valley before. The members, especially, to reach Council approval. The city’s still use that portion of Lake last confirmed sighting near Facilities and Transportation “We managed to survive the us.” Chabot Road. According to city officials, Committee recommended the the middle of town was back in pandemic while keeping our Bay-O-Vista residents staff and most of our custom- the best drivers can hope for is repairs with limited lane con- July 2022 on Malabar Avenue and businesses are the most near Redwood Road. Before trols at its May 3 meeting. ers,” said club President Mark an opening of one lane, with impacted, including the Bay-O- Mohr. “Our programs are all traffic controls, on the south see REPAIRS on page 4 that, homeowners reported that a mangy-furred coyote prowled around Seven Hills and Almond Avenue neighborhoods in January 2015. In April 2015, hikers spotted a coyote on the Cameron Loop trail in Lake Chabot Park. Homeowners along Ridgewood Drive near Palomares Hills even reported a den of coyotes living in their neighborhood in the spring of 2014. John Krause, a spokesman By Michael Singer for the California Department CASTRO VALLEY VALLEY FORUM FORUM CASTRO of Fish and Wildlife, said that though he wasn’t aware of a Where you live in Castro spike in coyote activity near Valley will impact whether Castro Valley, it’s possible the you will vote for the Castro previous years’ droughts comValley Unified School District bined with a lack of food in (CVUSD) Board of Trustees in their native spaces are to blame 2024 or 2026. “BY-TRUSTEE AREA” AREA” VOTING: VOTING: Starting Starting next next year, year, your vote for School Board “BY-TRUSTEE candidates will be based on where you live. This map breaks down five different for the latest sighting. The Board voted last candidates districts created to reflect demographic diversity. see MAP on page 10 districts see COYOTE on back page
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