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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
YEAR 36
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Market for Sale
Family behind Lake Chabot Public Market prepares site for sale
By Amy Sylvestri
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Candidate Forum Forum tomorrow for six candidates seeking CVSan director seats
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Tony Gemignani is again making pizza in Castro Valley—this time with his Slice House franchise—which opened its doors at the Castro Valley Marketplace this past Saturday.
Slice House Opens By Michael Singer
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Fit at Any Age
Castro Valley fitness expert shares tips for staying fit at any age
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After a 16-year absence, Tony Gemignani is again making pizza in Castro Valley—this time with his Slice House franchise—which opened its doors to the public at the Castro Valley Marketplace this past Saturday.
More than 200 people initially lined up to meet Gemignani as early as 6:30 a.m. to cheer him on, have him autograph his books, and enjoy his craftstyled pizza again. Hundreds more hungry pizza fans stopped by throughout the day. “I brought my son today because now he can enjoy Tony’s pizza like I did when I was pregnant,” see SLICE on page 7
In a unique Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) meeting this week, the board received updates from BART, the California Highway Patrol, and the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, with rare opportunities to have detailed questions and answer sessions with each. BART District 5 Director Melissa Hernandez gave an update on BART rider initiatives and safety. The California Highway Patrol gave an update on traffic enforcement by Officer Jennifer Pabst, and the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office shared their crime statistics with an update from Sergeant Marcus Cox and Sheriff Yesenia Sanchez. The public had a chance to question officials directly, but no one, either in-person or remotely, chose to do so. On the BART front, Hernandez said that safety is a top priority and acknowledged that many people do not feel safe when they are on the train, especially “ a lot of women feel that BART is unsafe.” To combat that, she says they’ve doubled the number of officers patrolling the system see MAC on back page
Celebrating 15 Years of Bocce in Castro Valley or pallino. Points are earned by rolling your balls closer to the pallino than your opponent. “My father used to play it... It was a cold winter’s morning in 2009 when a small it’s an Italian thing,” Castro Valley Bocce Group member group of seven local folks gathered at the Adobe Park on Al Bronzini told the Forum. “We gravitate toward each othSan Miguel Avenue. They gazed at the two beau- er. We have lunch together; we play bocce together. Socializtiful regulation-sized bocce ing is a big part of it. Many of courts, recently completed under the guidance of Castro us live alone. We are widowers or widows. And what would Valley resident Ken Martin. we be doing without this Bocce is an Italian game outlet? It’s been a cure-all for a with eight weighted balls aimed at a smaller target ball lot of people.” By Michael Singer
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The original plan called for horseshoe pits, but Martin convinced the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District (H.A.R.D.) that bocce would be a better alternative. Horseshoes are too heavy for many people to throw, excluding many from participating. Martin added that bocce can be played by nearly anybody who can roll a ball, and H.A.R.D. listened and named the grounds the Ken Martin Bocce Courts at Adobe Park in 2015. see BOCCE on back page Bocce can be played by anybody who can roll a ball.