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CASTRO VALLEY FORUM A COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SERVING CASTRO VALLEY SINCE 1989
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2022
YEAR 34 INSIDE YOUR
FORUM OUR TOWN
NO. 42
Business Recovery Grants
CV MAC
The Next Meeting... January?
By Mike McGuire
It’s Your Choice League of Women Voters hold open forum on state propositions
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Prevent Falls How strength training can prevent falls and likelihood of fall injuries
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Showing Support Local residents show up to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine
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Grants of up to $10,000 are available from Alameda County to help a small business recover from pandemic losses, with an application deadline of October 31. Businesses must be brick-andmortar, employ no more than 25 people, and not have received any previous reimbursement from the county government or insurance for the same costs. Home-based businesses are eligible for up to $5,000 in grants. Not eligible are mobile businesses, chain stores owned by corporations, or corporate-owned franchises. Independently owned franchises are eligible, however. There is a total of $3.1 million available for each of Alameda County’s five supervisorial districts. The county got the money from the federal American Rescue Plan Act, passed during the pandemic by Congress to distribute federal recovery aid to local communities. see GRANTS on page 5
By Michael Singer CASTRO VALLEY FORUM
PHOTO BY MICHAEL SINGER
Peggy Sue’s Last Call Popular Castro Valley bartender Peggy Duncan, known by her regulars as Peggy Sue, is hanging up her apron after 21 years to travel more and spend time with her granddaughter. Her friends and co-workers at the Doucet Saloon on Rutledge Road are holding a send-off party this Saturday, Oct. 21 starting at 4 p.m.
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Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) might not have a full agenda meeting until January 2023, unless it passes an authorization next Monday. At issue is the format of teleconference or Zoom meetings, which have been used since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Several Castro Valley MAC members argue that virtual meetings exclude those who have bad or no internet connections. The members also balk that the county would not allow in-person meetings even though COVID restrictions have eased up. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors has a plan to convert all its unincorporated MAC meetings to hybrid—some people in person; others online— starting in January. Since COVID, Alameda County turned to Zoom meetings or similar video software to see MAC on page 3
Homeowner Shot in Catalytic Converter Theft By Michael Singer CASTRO VALLEY FORUM
A Castro Valley man is recovering from two gunshot wounds to his leg following the attempted theft of the catalytic converter from his Toyota Prius last Wednesday. Alameda County Sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of gunfire at about 3:50 a.m. in front of a home on Sargent Avenue near Center Street. That’s where they found the man bleeding. Deputies applied a tourniquet to his leg, and he was transported to the hospital.
The man told deputies that four people were attempting to elevate his car so they could steal the catalytic converter when he shouted at and confronted them. The man was shot twice in the leg and the suspects fled the scene in a silver car with four doors. “What’s concerning about this particular case is how the suspects are willing to go from committing a theft to gun violence,” Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Ray Kelly said. As the suspects fled the area, a deputy spotted a vehicle
matching the description traveling on Interstate 580 at 150th Avenue toward Oakland. The deputy followed the car onto eastbound Highway 24 where he was eventually joined by the CHP. Officers attempted to pull the car over, but the driver sped up near the Interstate 680 interchange and evaded capture. The CHP later reported a vehicle matching the description of the getaway car had crashed into a sidewalk in PHOTO CREDIT: ALAMEDA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Walnut Creek at the intersection of Treat and Buskirk. The Deputies took possession of the suspect’s vehicle suspects were not in or near and found the trunk to be filled with catalytic consee THEFT on page 3 verters that look like they were cut from other cars.