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CASTRO VALLEY FORUM A COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SERVING CASTRO VALLEY SINCE 1989
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2022
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EBMUD: Water Wasters Beware, It Will Cost You By Michael Singer
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New Principal
Fortenberry named Principal at Castro Valley High School
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What’s Healthy?
Castro Valley Fitness expert explains what it takes to get healthy
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Roe Rally
CVHS students hold Rally for Abortion Rights and Community Safety
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PHOTO COURTESY OF ERIC SWALWELL’S OFFICE
US Representative Eric Swalwell met with dozens of people outside the Planned Parenthood building in Hayward this past Saturday to hear their concerns, and reaffirm his commitment to reproductive freedom following the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. “It’s an honor to stand beside so many people across the East Bay who are committed to protecting a woman’s right to make her own decisions about her body,” Swalwell said. “Thank you for making your voices heard.”
Officials Honor Late Publisher: Fred Zehnder Day Proclaimed By Michael Singer
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One year following the tragic death of our publisher, Fred Zehnder, government officials are honoring him with proclamations, and potentially the renaming of a street in his honor. On June 21, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors and the San Leandro City Council both issued statements proclaiming June 27 as Fred Zehnder Day and commending his family, friends, business partners, and the newspaper staff for providing an invaluable service that keeps the community connected.
“The San Leandro Times is what keeps this community together,” said San Leandro Mayor Pauline Cutter. “I always look forward to Thursdays when the Times comes out because I could tell if I
was going to have a good day or a bad day. But Fred’s work and the work at the Times was always something we paid attention to because it has that community cohesiveness.” Following the Alameda County Supervisor’s presentation, District 4 Supervisor Nate Miley commented that he would instruct his staff and the Castro Valley MAC (Municipal Advisory Committee) to seek potential sites in town where the county could rename a street in Fred’s honor. “I will be working with the MAC and Public Works to see where we could make this happen,” Miley said. see ZEHNDER on page 3
Running your water all day could end up costing you hundreds of dollars on your water bill or even force the installation of a water meter at your home, following a vote by the EBMUD Board of Directors earlier this month. And while water officials are not going to send officers to your home any time soon, they are asking the public to continue to take seriously the mandatory 10 percent water use reduction issued back in April.
“We’re not water cops, but we are asking customers to be responsible and to conserve and protect water supplies,” said East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) spokesperson Nelsy Rodriguez. All of California is under extreme drought conditions—the second time in WATER WOES 10 years—and all 58 counties in the state are under a drought emergency proclamation. To date, EBMUD reservoir see WATER on back page
Health Officials: Get Screened for Prostate Cancer By Mike McGuire
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Men of a certain age should get screened against prostate cancer during June, National Men’s Health Month, says Dr. William Tu of the Kaiser Permanente San Leandro Medical Center., But any month is fine as long as it’s soon, he added. Tu, Assistant Chief of Urology at the center, said men between 50 and 69, and Black men beginning at age 45, need to guard against cancer. It doesn’t have any symptoms in its early stages and is highly curable if caught early while hard to beat once it spreads. It’s also one of the few cancers to become more common in recent years, while most have declined in prevalence, said Tu.
Women, who don’t have a prostate, should encourage men in their lives to get screened. “Men don’t always go to the doctor when they should,” said Dr. Tu. The prostate is a small organ just below the bladder that produces seminal fluid. In many men, it gets enlarged with age, causing urination problems, but that problem, and those symptoms, are unrelated to cancer, Tu said. Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of death in men, behind only lung cancer. Dr. Tu said that about one in eight men will get it in their lifetime, and about one in forty will die of it. A blood test looks for levels of PSA, or prostate-specific antigen. A relatively normal PSA see CANCER on page 10
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