CASTRO VALLEY FORUM A COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SERVING CASTRO VALLEY SINCE 1989
WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2024
YEAR 36 INSIDE YOUR
FORUM
NO. 19
ROWELL RODEO
CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
Making A Grand Entrance
Car Crashes, Fatality Being Investigated
Pot Bust $1 Million in marijuana seized at illegal Castro Valley grow house
Page 3
On a Good Note CVHS choir teams wins big at state choral competition
Page 5
By Michael Singer
By Michael Singer
CASTRO VALLEY FORUM
CASTRO VALLEY FORUM
A lone rider perches atop Harry’s Hill. A massive American flag is saddled next to her right leg as she grips the flagpole in her hand, the other tightly wrapped around the horse’s reigns. The crowd below cheers and claps in anticipation when suddenly… the rider thunders down the hill at full speed and bursts through the gates and into the arena. Since the 1950s, the Rowell Ranch Rodeo has included a procession into the rodeo grounds to signify the beginning of each day’s events. Once the rider arrives and the crowd settles down, the announcer leads the group into the National Anthem for a PHOTO COURTESY OF DARRELL LAVIN/ LAVINPHOTOS.COM very Americana-type experience. And while the tradition has Brooke Fagundes races down the hills behind the Rowell Ranch Rodeo grounds as part of the annual Grand Entry. evolved from a slow parade see RODEO on page 10 This year’s opening ceremony will be on Saturday, May 18.
The CHP is investigating two separate car crashes in Castro Valley last Monday (April 29), one of which resulted in the death of a 15-year-old boy from San Leandro. The fatality happened on Palomares Road near mile marker 4.3 at approximately 4:20 p.m., according to California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer Jennifer Pabst. The CHP and Alameda County Fire Department (ACFD) responded to a call about a black Honda Accord traveling in the northbound direction that veered off the roadway and crashed into a power pole. Investigators say the car overturned and landed upside-down at the base of a tree. First responders quickly used special tools to rip open the car and remove two people inside. The passenger, 15-year-old Jayden Herr of San Leandro, was pronounced deceased at the scene. Jayden’s brother, 18-year-old William Herr, was identified as the driver and transported to a local hospital with major injuries. Officer Pabst said alcohol or drugs are not considered to be a factor in the collision, but the incident is under felony investigation. see CHP on page 3
Relentless CV’s Relentless Drive wins San Ramon Basketball Classic
Page 12
INDEX Calendar ................ 4 Classified Ads ........ 8 Crosswords ............ 9 Homes ..................... 6 Obituaries ............. 11 Opinions ............... 11 Our Town ................. 3 Sheriff’s Report ...... 3 Sports .................. 12 Weather ................ 2 WWW.MYCVFORUM.COM
‘Just My TYPE’: Chanticleers Theatre’s Current Production when we performed ‘I Do! I Talk: The 16 Personality Types Do’ at Chanticleers under the that Determine How We Live, direction of Al Fink,” she says. Love, and Work’.” Chanticleers Theatre’s cur- “Down in the dressing room, Jacobs and Sally found that rent play, “Just My TYPE” has after I had on my makeup and they liked working together a surprising origin story — be- costume, I would read the day’s and thought that the topic of ginning in the theater’s dress- horoscope and report it to Mi- personality types and relationing room in 2005. It sprang chael… as a family therapist, ships would make for a great from a discussion between Michael didn’t think much of musical comedy. They wrote two actors, Charlotte Jacobs the horoscope and teased me a script over several weeks at and Michael Sally, about the about reading it. He informed Le Boulangerie cafe, at a booth PHOTO COURTESY OF DARRELL LAVIN/ LAVINPHOTOS.COM usefulness of horoscopes. me about the importance of in the back “so we wouldn’t Jacobs recalls how her col- personality types as predictors get evicted for our constant Martie Muldoon and Geoffrey Colton star in this laboration with Sally began. of successful relationships and laughter,” Jacobs said. month’s production of “Just My TYPE” at Chanti“Michael Sally and I met gave me his copy of ‘Type see TYPE on page 4 cleers Theatre. By Linda Sandsmark
CASTRO VALLEY FORUM