Guess who's from Castro Valley?

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Gonna steer away from politics for this posting over something rather interesting that I discovered yesterday. As it so happens I was at the Unites States Men's National Team match against Costa Rica at Avaya Stadium this past weekend. I also typically go to at least a couple of San Jose Earthquakes games a year so I was pleased when I noticed that Earthquake's defender Nick Lima was on the field for the US men's team against Costa Rica. It turns out he's also from the town I grew up, way cool.

February 15th Update: Meanwhile, BDS keeps failing while ZIM keeps on trucking. In other words, business as usual around here.

The Castro Valley Forum newspaper and Congressman Eric Swalwell

Castro Valley Forum December 5 issue 49

Castro Valley Forum December 12 issue 50

In a totally unrelated matter I happened to come across this awesome Back to The Future themed chalk board art on this sandwich sign in front of the 80s video game arcade High Scores in downtown Hayward (just a few minutes from Castro Valley). $6 to go back in time for an hour, that's a lot cheaper then trying to turn a DeLorean into a time machine.

December 22 Update: Happy Holidays for commerce between Israel and California. I've seen ZIM cargo containers several times this week in The East Bay. This one was on highway 238 going through Castro Valley just yesterday.