Week in Review: 19-Year-Old Shot and Killed in Dice Game; Advisory Council Urges County Supervisors To Rethink Chamber Contract

Here’s a brief look at the three most-read stories on Castro Valley Patch this week:

19-Year-Old Killed in Dice Game at Elementary School

A 19-year-old San Leandro man was fatally shot at an elementary school campus Wednesday night in what authorities say may have stemmed from a dice game for money. Deputies responded to a report of shots fired at Hillside Elementary School at 15980 Marcella St. at about 8:45 p.m. Arriving officers located the victim — identified as Trevion Foster — suffering from a gunshot wound. He was transported to Eden Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. 

Foster lived in the neighborhood and was attending Laney College. He was an athlete who once played on the San Lorenzo High School football team.

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Do You Know Any of These Celebrities from Castro Valley?

While browsing around the internet for local finds we came across this list of “Most Popular People Born in Castro Valley” on IMDB.com. No. 1 on the list is an actor named Garret Dillahunt, who had roles in critically acclaimed films such as “No Country for Old Men” and “Winter’s Bone.” No. 2 is Dina Eastwood, wife of Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood, who is the subject of E! reality show Mrs. Eastwood and Company about Dirty Harry's family. Rounding out the top five are actor Christopher Titus, actor Michael Edwards — who, according to IMDB was a one-time live-in lover of Priscilla Presley — and television host, political commentator and author Rachel Maddow. Did you know any of them?

Castro Valley Advisory Council Urges County Supervisors To Rethink Chamber Contract

Two of Castro Valley's most prominent bodies are having a public spat. The Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) speaks on behalf of unincorporated Castro Valley in advising Supervisor Nate Miley. The Eden Area Chamber of Commerce represents businesses in Castro Valley, San Lorenzo, Ashland and Cherryland, and is another voice on behalf of the local community. Monday night the MAC threatened the Chamber's budget. Specifically, the MAC advised the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to think twice before it approves a contract that was worth about $55,000 last year to support the Chamber in staging events to promote local businesses.

"In order to do its due diligence in protecting the interests of its taxpayers, the County should delay the renewal of the Chamber contract for one month," MAC member Cheryl Miraglia told Patch. Miraglia thinks the Chamber has not done what it had promised in return for past county support. "It would be fiscally irresponsible to throw good money after bad; there needs to be accountability," she said.

Read the full report here.