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CASTRO VALLEY FORUM A COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SERVING CASTRO VALLEY SINCE 1989
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
YEAR 35
MAC Discusses Future of Central Business District
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Castro Valley residents recently celebrated their 60th anniversary
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PHOTO CREDIT: CVHS TEACHER JESSICA PORTER
Get a free ice cream cone and meet your local deputies today
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I LOVE A (CVHS HOMECOMING) PARADE! Castro Valley High School students marched down Redwood Road in the annual Homecoming Parade last Friday. This year’s theme was music genres, with the Freshmen celebrating Country music, Sophomores spotlighting Pop music, Juniors dancing back to the Disco days, and Seniors slipping into some classic Hip Hop. The parade also included music from the marching band, the Varsity Boys Football team, and Homecoming Court. See more at: mycvforum.com
Castro Valley Teen Writes Recruiting How-To Book Hearne in D.C.
RCS Superintendent visits Washington, D.C. to discuss school issues
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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
community’s long-term vision for growth downtown. CASTRO VALLEY FORUM At this week’s meeting, the MAC heard summaries of a The future of the “Central May community visioning Business District” was again up for discussion at this week’s workshop for the public and Castro Valley Municipal Advi- comments from the Chamber sory Council (MAC) meeting. of Commerce and the Rotary County staff gave the MAC Club, which were made at another series of presentations meetings over the summer. as the central business district At the Chamber of Complan takes shape over months merce meeting, an overall and years. goal was stated: “Make Castro Valley a destination rather than Beginning in the fall of a drive-through.” 2022, the county has been focusing on the Castro Valley The current CVBDSP Central Business District includes land use like “core Specific Plan (CVBDSP), part pedestrian retail” in the Village of the larger Castro Valley area and central Castro Valley General Plan. Boulevard, the “transit village” see MAC on page 4 The goal is to determine the By Amy Sylvestri
True Love Story
Cops & Cones
NO. 39
By Mike McGuire
Supervisors Issue State of Emergency On Homelessness
Lots of high school students want to grow up to be writers. Very few besides Castro Valley’s Braden Lew, however, are published authors by the time they graduate. Braden, who’s a senior at CVHS and plays center on the Trojan volleyball team, realized few current high school athletes know much about college athletic scholarships. Many talented student-athletes never get to compete in college as a result. He set out to fix that and to guide students who do get noticed through the often stressful process. Braden says he really wants see BOOK on page 2
“I introduced this resolution because the number of people CASTRO VALLEY FORUM experiencing homelessness is Last Tuesday, the Alameda surging, creating dangerous, County Board of Supervisors inhumane situations across the county,” Miley said. “Alameda unanimously approved a countywide state of emergen- County is in crisis. This is an emergency, and it’s our job to cy that will secure additional funding to assist the more than respond accordingly.” 9,700 unhoused people in the The State of Emergency East Bay. will give Alameda County additional tools to expand its Board President Nate Miley, who represents parts of $2.5 billion Home Together Oakland, Pleasanton, Ashland, 2026 Community Plan, which aims to prevent homelessness, Castro Valley, and Fairview, said there has been a 73 percent connect people with services, increase in homelessness in the increase housing options, and improve coordination between last five years, which he says the county and cities. will dramatically increase if the county fails to take urgent The county’s Health Care action. see STATE on page 5
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By Michael Singer
Author Braden Lew and father T.J. Lew.