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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2024
YEAR 36 INSIDE YOUR
GETTING IN THE HALLOWEEN SPIRITS
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New Manager Allyson Cook hired as EBRPD’s new Deputy General Manager
Castro Valley man faces life sentence for stabbing wife, child PHOTO COURTESY OF CATHY BRESLOW/ BRESLOW IMAGING
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“SHRIEK-A-RAMA”: Families, friends, and some frightening ghouls gathered for “Shrieka-Rama” at Chabot Elementary School last Friday. The annual event included a haunted hallway and “boo lights” walk with games, prizes, music, and trunk-or-treating. Tomorrow, Halloween revelers will be out in force around town. Sheriff’s deputies ask folks to take it slow when driving around Castro Valley and be on the lookout for ghosts!
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Lakeside Marred by Dumping CASTRO VALLEY FORUM
Facing Life
Gerald Henig to speak at CV Center for the Arts next Thursday
LAKE CHABOT ROAD
By Mike McGuire
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Dave Rocha is a Castro Valley jazz musician with a national following who loves walking in nature and enjoying the beauty around Lake Chabot near his home. “I’m an avid hiker,” he said. “I walk all the time in the several parks near the lake, and sometimes I’m using them for practice for mountain hiking.” However, the lakeside beauty he so loves has again been marred by that well-known bane of East Bay nature lovers… illegal dumping. Unlike the usual dumping sites along the turnouts on the west side of Lake Chabot Road, Rocha said he discovered several large piles of garbage and debris by milepost 2.05, not far from Fairmont Drive at the Castro Valley end of the road. It includes home see DUMPING on page 3
Registration Still Open for 2024 Light Parade “There are only two rules for entries,” said Mel Speed, who’s been helping organize Time is running out to the event for years for the register for this year’s Castro Chamber. “Your entry has to Valley’s Light Parade on Satur- have lights, and you can’t have day, November 9. any Santas on board.” Sponsored by the Castro That’s because Santa— Valley and Eden Area Cham- the real one—will ride on ber of Commerce, the annual his sleigh at the end of the community promenade on parade, joined by his reindeer. Castro Valley Boulevard is After the parade, people are a chance for regular folk to welcome to take pictures with celebrate the coming holidays Santa at the Castro Village and show off their personal Shopping Center. After the sparkle. parade, festivities will continue This year’s theme is “Hon- along the boulevard until 9pm. oring our Educators & MenAs in years past, the Bouletors.” This will also mark the vard will be lined with booths PHOTO COURTESY OF CATHY BRESLOW/ BRESLOW IMAGING first year ever that every Castro from Santa Maria to Redwood Valley School will participate Road, with lots of food, bands, The Tap Dancing Christmas Trees are again expected to entertain the crowds at in the parade. see PARADE on page 11 this year’s Castro Valley Light Parade. By Michael Singer
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