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Castro Valley's Moon Shot, Chicken Eggs & Road Warriors

Don't miss these blog posts by David Ashton, Rachel Bradley-Gomez, Steve Ontiveros, Justin McLean and Thomas Coates.

Here's a quick rundown of Castro Valley blogs you may have missed this week:

David Ashton of CV Legends has found his white whale and thinks it should be yours, too. Hint: It has something to do with a campaign to put Castro Valley on the map ... via Huell Howser of California's Gold. Click here to find out what he thinks the next steps are.

Steve Ontiveros, on his Harley, shared Castro Valley Boulevard with a mysterious black SUV in automotive harmony until they got to . Click here to find out what happened next.

Find out what's happening in Castro Valleywith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Rachel Bradley-Gomez, a professional research chef, has a thing for chickens. Oh wait, Castro Valley, so do you! Click here to find out how she took her love of CV-grown chickens a step further.

Justin McLean offers surprising anecdotes, including one about a goat's testicles, to show how humaneness can be in the eye of the beholder. Click here to widen your own perspective on ways that we inhabitants of this "big, blue marble" can transcend gossip and prejudice.

Find out what's happening in Castro Valleywith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Thomas Coates looks to Yoda and Mick Jagger for wisdom and comes up with his own ideas instead for how to deal with customer service reps at TiVo, Netflix and DirectTV. Click here to take a page from his book of lessons learned.

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