COMING EVENTS
SECRET SCREEN EVENT TONIGHT
ARTISTS’RECEPTION EVENT TOMORROW
HOLIDAY BAZAAR THIS SATURDAY
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CV MARCHES INTO HOLIDAYS WITH LIGHT PARADE
Veterans Day
Locals remember, celebrate and honor our US Veterans
Health should not be taken for granted... even during holidays
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Hope 100 Results 10th annual event raises $120K for hospice support
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ELECTION RESULTS
Leaders Emerge In State Senate, Assembly Races By Michael Singer
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More than 15,000 people lined Castro Valley Boulevard to watch the annual Light Parade on Saturday, November 9. This year’s theme was “Honoring our Educators & Mentors.” Every public school in Castro Valley participated in the parade, and each school sent in massive numbers of students, teachers, and parents. They were joined by Castro Valley’s two parochial schools: Redwood Christian Schools and Our Lady of Grace Elementary. Entries from first responders with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, Alameda Fire Department, and California Highway
Patrol were also on hand. Group entries included Patti’s Swim School, Palomares 4-H, Golden Tee, Sikh Community, Rowell’s Saddlery, and Ford F-100’s Club. “What a great event!” said Janella Anguiano, board chair-elect of the Castro Valley and Eden Area Chamber of Commerce. “So many families were there. The vendors were so pleased with the turnout one even gave us an 11 out of 10! It was the perfect start to the holiday season.” More information about the Chamber and videos of the Light Parade can be found at www.edenareachamber.com. –by Michael Singer
Projections in Early Voting Kenneth Owen, Joseph Grcar, and Darshan Saini by two-toone margins or more. In an unusually hotly contested race Based on early returns, Castro Valley voters returned for the district, the challengers incumbents to office in the san- campaigned as a ticket and itary district and school board shared campaign signs around town. in last Tuesday’s election. CVSAN Incumbents had promised With less than half the continued good service with relatively low rates, while chalvotes counted countywide as of the weekend, Castro Valley lengers attacked what they saw Sanitary District (CVSan) in- as wasteful spending. As an cumbents Timothy McGowan, example, they singled out the cost of the district’s new OperaDave Sadoff, and Daniel Akagi were leading challengers tions building on Castro Valley By Mike McGuire
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Assemblymember Tim Grayson is now well ahead of San Ramon City Councilmember Marisol Rubio for the State Senate District 9 seat. Both candidates are Democrats. As of Friday, November 8 at noon, with all precincts reporting into Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, Grayson led Rubio with 156,871 total ballots in his favor compared to Rubio’s 119,421. In Alameda County, Rubio garnered 16,730 ballots or 50.63 percent of the vote, whereas Grayson received 16,314 or 49.37 percent of the vote, making it a tight race. However, in Contra Costa County, Grayson received 140,557 ballots, or 54.49 percent of the vote, while Rubio received 102,691, or 45.51 percent of the vote. Grayson is a former mayor and city councilperson in Concord. Rubio is a neurobiologist who was first elected to
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the San Ramon City Council in 2022. In the March 5 Primary, Grayson led with 59 percent of the vote to Rubio’s 40 percent. Castro Valley was part of the 7th Senate District, represented by Steve Glazer. However, following the 2020 Census, Castro Valley and San Leandro were reassigned to the 9th Senate District. The new 9th District heads east from San Leandro and San Lorenzo through Castro Valley before heading north to include most Contra Costa County communities in the east. see RACES on page 10
Voters Sound Off On Propositions
Boulevard and Center Street. McGowan has served on the board since 2004, Sadoff since 2011, and Akagi since 1995. Voters cast ballots for three By Mike McGuire candidates in the CVSan race. CASTRO VALLEY FORUM Vote totals for the CVSan board as of last Friday’s update Californians voted to toughwere 8,219 (or 30 percent) for en penalties on retail and drug McGowan, 6,559 (24 percent) crime, put marriage equality for Sadoff, 6,096 (22 percent) in the state constitution, build for Akagi, 3,077 (11 percent) more schools and parks, and for Owen, 2,182 (8 percent) for fight climate change, accordGrcar and 1,391 (5 percent) for ing to early results in the Saini. election held last Tuesday, see EARLY on page 10 November 5.
With a bit less than half the state’s ballots counted, voters also sounded off against making it easier to pass bonds for affordable housing and infrastructure, against ending forced work for prison inmates, against raising the minimum wage and against letting cities enact more rent control if they chose. see PROPS on page 3