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CASTRO VALLEY FORUM A COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SERVING CASTRO VALLEY SINCE 1989
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2022
YEAR 34
MAC MEETING
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Pedestrians, Bike Safety Top Priority
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Public Forum
By Amy Sylvestri
Four candidates vying for Assembly seat to sit down for public forum
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Every 15 Minutes Mock accident teaches teens consequences of drinking and driving
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CV Rallies for Ukraine More than 60 people gathered at Castro Valley Peace Corner in support of the Ukrainian people after Russian forces invaded the country more than a month ago. The crowd chanted “Peace for Ukraine” and called on government leaders to send military support.
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Unincorporated area bicycle and pedestrian safety remain a top priority for the county, the Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) heard at their virtual meeting last Monday evening. Alameda County Public Works Director Daniel Woldesenbet and Traffic Engineer Rick Yeung gave the MAC an update on the county’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan for Unincorporated Areas, which was initially adopted in 2019. There have been a handful of traffic tragedies in Castro Valley – notably the 2020 death of Lana Carlos, 12, who was struck and killed by a hit-andrun driver while walking home from Creekside Middle School. “Our kids are mostly the pedestrians,” said MAC member Tojo Thomas. “What can we do better?” Woldesenbet said that the plan itself, education at the school level, flashing beacons, and enforcement are “extremely essential” to make the street a safer place for all. see MAC on page 4
County Food Official Touts Medicinal Benefits Chen spoke at the ribbon-cutting for a new mural welcoming people to the Farm“Food really is medicine,” acy there, which proclaims Dr. Steven Chen proclaimed “We Grow Medicine.” at Dig Deep Farm’s Food Hub The mural was by local on Fairmont Drive in San Le- artist Bobby Arte and his partandro last Thursday. There are ners. Arte was a professional immediately measurable health football player who moved improvements when people are into community art after an “prescribed” a healthier diet, injury ended his athletic cahe said. reer. He has painted a number Some of those gains, such of public murals around the as lowering dangerously high Bay Area, including one he blood pressure or improved just finished at the Hayward blood sugar levels for people Adult School. with diabetes, can save their The new mural was funded lives, he said. Studies show by a $15,000 grant from Blue that simply adding one extra Shield of California and is PHOTO BY MIKE MCGUIRE serving of fruit and vegetables part of public art efforts by to each American’s diet could the Alameda County Sheriff’s Ribbon is cut on the “We Grow Medicine” mural at the Dig Deep Farms Food Hub last Thursday by, from left, Carlyn Obringer of Blue Shield of California, save about 30,000 lives a year, Office. he added. see FOOD on back page Alameda County Sheriff’s Captain Marty Neideffer and artist Bobby Arte. By Mike McGuire
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