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CASTRO VALLEY FORUM A COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SERVING CASTRO VALLEY SINCE 1989
WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2022
YEAR 34
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NO. 28
Fleetwood Mask: Local Musicians Combat Headline Castro Valley Fundraiser AAPI Crimes ‘STOP THE HATE’
By Michael Singer
CASTRO VALLEY FORUM
Youth Concert
Jenny Lin Foundation to hold its Summer Youth Concert this Saturday
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Big Ideas
Big community ideas coming out of CV’s Smalltown Society
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Find Balance
Proprioceptors: How balance works and how to improve it
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The loving didn’t stop when the lights went down at Castro Valley Center for the Arts this past Saturday as a band of local musicians transformed themselves into the members of Fleetwood Mac and thrilled the crowd with a rock and roll experience for a great cause. Fleetwood Mask is a tribute band founded by East Bay natives (San Leandro, Hayward, Dublin) that embodies the sights and sounds of the 1970s phenomenon of Fleetwood Mac. The group performed as the first act of a two-week fundraiser by the Castro Valley Arts Foundation to upgrade the theater’s sound system. Audiences were served up hit after hit from the magnum opus of albums “Rumors,” the self-titled “Fleetwood Mac,” and “Mirage” as well as solo contributions such as “Edge of see MASK on page 5
By Mike McGuire
CASTRO VALLEY FORUM
PHOTOS BY MICHAEL SINGER
Fleetwood Mac tribute band, Fleetwood Mask performed at the CV Center for the Arts last Saturday to help the CV Arts Foundation raise money for a new sound system at the theater. Pictured L to R: Claudette Rodrigues (Stevie Nicks), Barbara Martin (Christine McVie), Paul Jones (John McVie), Don Oberempt (Mick Fleetwood), and Christopher Zerbee (Lindsey Buckingham).
USA Softball President Charged with Felony Sexual Offenses with a Minor By Michael Singer
investigating his multiple lewd lascivious acts with a minor. CASTRO VALLEY FORUM Gouveia was initially arrested on April 11 and booked into A Castro Valley man is Alameda County Jail. He was expected to make a court appearance next month to face arraigned on April 18 in Sacra8 felony counts of sexual acts mento Superior Court. His next with a child under 14, officials court date is on August 11. The case has gained wider announced last Tuesday. interest because Gouveia Sacramento County Sherworked for the national governiff’s Office released a photo ing council for girls’ softball in of 61-year-old John Gouveia along with arrest information the United States between 1991 and 2019, which included him because it said it was in the public’s best interest to release traveling both nationally and the information at this time. A internationally as CommissionSheriff’s Office spokesperson er of USA Softball of Northern California and the President of declined to comment further because they are still actively USA Softball.
John Gouveia
Gouveia also worked with the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District for 25 years until he retired as the General Manager in 2016.
“The victim stemming from this arrest was not associated with USA Softball or the Park District and investigators are not implicating the organizations,” a Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson said. After learning of these allegations, USA Softball said it reported the information to the U.S. Center for SafeSport and to Sacramento County Child Protective Services. In a statement, the group said it has no independent knowledge of the allegations. “The alleged conduct is see OFFENSES on page 3
Two local Asian community groups are among dozens in California tapping into the $14 million set aside for “Stop The Hate” programs to combat recent surges in crimes against Asian and Pacific Islander individuals and businesses. A variety of new and expanded services will be provided by the Mental Health Association for Chinese Communities, based in Castro Valley, and the Korean Community Center of the East Bay, based in San Leandro. Yeri Shon, associate director of the Korean Community Center, said that the group’s Project Uplift is already underway to provide help and let members of the community talk to each other. A community-wide survey of seniors is being done to gather personal experiences, with the aim of people hearing each other’s stories and setting up healing groups, Shon said. Those could be online, or more likely at senior centers run by several community groups. “They haven’t been able to meet in person for two years now during the pandemic, so it’s also a way for the community to meet,” said Amy Lam, the center’s chief program strategist. The Community Thrive online app has also been developed to give small businesses a way to talk to each other, including about crimes, and find out about resources, Shon said. “The app gives a voice to small business owners, mostly with limited English proficiensee AAPI on page 4
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