FRESHWATER
July
27, 2007 - Local lakes: Plantings, this week ... Lake
Chabot in Hayward got a splash of fresh whiskerfish,
with 500 pounds of catfish having been dumped down the
hatchery-truck chute Monday.
Horseshoe Lake at Quarry Lakes Regional Park
(Union City-Fremont) received the same allotment. Shadow
Cliffs (Pleasanton), too. At Del Valle Reservoir
(Livermore), 1,000 pounds of channel cats went in.
No
supernatural secret to the catching, either: chunk of
mackerel, glob of worms, niblet of chicken liver, hunk
of moldy cheese -- just fling it out there, wait,
thoroughly enjoy your time. Other places: Just one,
actually, with the DFG having scheduled a planting of
trout at Lake Merced (North). Best of luck.
"The Fishing Report" can be heard at 6 a.m.
Sundays on KNBR (680 AM). E-mail Brian Hoffman at
bhoffman@sfchronicle.com.
Moose Lodge
Bingo
The
Castro Valley Moose Lodge invites you to Bingo
every Sunday
from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at 20835 Rutledge Rd., Castro
Valley.
Ceramics
Exhibit
The Adobe Art Gallery, 20395 San Miguel Ave. in
Castro Valley, will host a group exhibit of ceramic
totems, wall work, and sculptures through August 2.
The gallery is open Monday through Thursday from 9
a.m. to noon and 2 to 4 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays from
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call
881-6735.
Area 'distinguished' schools named
By
Shirley Dang - Contra Costa
Times
04/16/2007 12:03:11 PM
PDT
More
than a dozen East Bay middle and high schools joined the
list of California Distinguished Schools on
Monday.
The state Department of Education named
Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, Edna Hill Middle
School in Brentwood, Freedom High School in Oakley and
Joaquin Moraga Intermediate in Moraga as winners.
In
the Mt. Diablo school district, College Park High
School in Pleasant Hill, Northgate High School in Walnut
Creek, Sequoia Middle School in Pleasant Hill earned the
award.
Distinguished schools
in Alameda County include Livermore High School in
Livermore, Alameda Community Learning Center in Alameda
and Creekside Middle School in Castro
Valley. (Picture below).
http://www.creekside.cv.k12.ca.us/
Solano County winners
are Green Valley Middle School in the Fairfield-Suisun
school district and the Buckingham Charter Magnet High
School in the Vallejo school district.
The state Department
of Education gave the 2007 achievement award to 171
middle and high schools out of 2,400 statewide that
demonstrated an exemplary educational program, either
through meeting the state's achievement guidelines or
submitting a portfolio.
Shirley Dang covers education. Reach her
at 925-977-8418 or sdang@cctimes.com.
How Castro Valley Got Its
Name
Castro Valley
is named after Don Guillermo Castro, who was a soldier
in the Mexican army and a rancher. Castro Valley was
part of the original 28,000-acre land grant given to
Castro, called Rancho San Lorenzo. This land grant
included Hayward, San Lorenzo, and Castro Valley,
including Crow Canyon, Cull Canyon, and Palomares
Canyon. Castro had a gambling habit and had to sell off
portions of his land to pay gambling debts. The last of
his holding was sold in a sheriff's sale in 1864 to
Faxon Dean Atherton for $400,000.
Atherton (whom
the city of Atherton is named after) in turn began
selling off his portion in smaller parcels. Two
gentlemen named Cull (the namesake of Cull Canyon) and
Luce bought some 2,400 acres and began running a
steam-operated saw mill in Redwood Canyon. The Jensen
brothers also bought land from Atherton in
1867.
During the
1940s and 1950s, Castro Valley was known for its chicken
ranches. Later it developed into a bedroom community,
where workers live and commute to their jobs in the
surrounding communities.
Pictorial History of Castro
Valley's Early Residents
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Worth
Visiting:
My Castro
Valley
Visit the Castro Valley Forum
Famous and Sort of Famous
Residents
Castro Valley is the birthplace
of the
late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton,
Actor Daniel Selby,
Liberal radio host Rachel Maddow,
Former
major league baseball players Ed Sprague and Kevin Maas,
Actress Jennifer Roszell,
Full Clip
composer Scott Goldberg, and Jacksonville Jaguars head
coach Jack Del Rio.
It is also the hometown of
Val Diamond, of Beach Blanket Babylon fame, and visual
effects artist Randy Cook, who shared an Oscar for the
recent Lord of the Rings movies.
Another notable
resident is Nero [AKA Marshall Carnage] of Psyclon
Nine.
Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were
57,292 people, 21,606 households, and 15,016 families
residing in the CDP.
The population density was 1,533.0/km˛
(3,971.6/mi˛). There were 22,003 housing units at an
average density of 588.7/km˛ (1,525.3/mi˛).
The racial makeup of the CDP was 70.84%
White, 5.14% Black or African American, 0.59% Native
American, 13.54% Asian, 0.44% Pacific Islander, 4.11%
from other races, and 5.34% from two or more races.
12.19% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any
race.
There were 21,606 households out of which
32.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them,
54.0% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a
female householder with no husband present, and 30.5%
were non-families. 23.2% of all households were made up
of individuals and 9.3% had someone living alone who was
65 years of age or older. The average household size was
2.58 and the average family size was 3.05.
In the CDP the population was spread out
with 23.7% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24,
29.8% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.7% who
were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39
years. For every 100 females there were 94.6 males. For
every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.0
males.
The median income for a household in the
CDP was $64,874, and the median income for a family was
$73,060. Males had a median income of $51,068 versus
$38,907 for females. The per capita income for the CDP
was $30,454. About 2.7% of families and 4.5% of the
population were below the poverty line, including 4.3%
of those under age 18 and 4.5% of those age 65 or
over.
Links:
http://www.mycastrovalley.com
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Medical Center & Eden Hospital
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