Castro Valley Patch is under new management.  Again. Hale Global, Patch’s new parent company, laid off upwards to two-thirds of Patch editors on Wednesday, including Castro Valley Patch’s most recent editor Amanda Aguilar. According to a discussion thread on the El Cerrito Patch, which also lost its editor, Autumn Johnson will now …

Castro Valley still has a chance to have a say in the fate of the Daughtrey’s building despite coming to the redevelopment dissolution party really, really late. The first thing you can do to help in tearing down Daughtrey’s and building a town square is to learn a little about a complex phenomenon …

Castro Valley is a friendly town, a close-knit community of about 63,000 people that can still get excited about a homecoming game.  But getting around Castro Valley can be complicated, and it’s not just because Strobridge suddenly stops south of 580. We are governed by a hodgepodge of distinct and …

With about 30,000 feet of deteriorating real estate in the center of downtown, the Daughtrey’s building is a focal point of blight and home to Castro Valley’s seasonal Halloween accessories headquarters.    It’s time to tear down Daughtrey’s. Here’s a quick summary of the building’s recent history (stay with me …