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Rev Up Your Engines... it's time for the Castro Valley Classic Car Show

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2012 - ONE DAY ONLY

2012 CASTRO VALLEY CLASSIC CAR SHOW

FREE T-SHIRT AND FREE LUNCH FOR ALL REGISTERED PARTICPANTS

ON LINE REGISTRATION BEGINS JUNE 1, 2012

Returning for it’s Seventh year, the Castro Valley Classic Car Show will be held in the BART station parking lot located at Norbridge and Redwood Road.  Participating will be Classics, Customs, Hot Rods and Trucks 1972 and older shown by many car enthusiasts.  A selection of newer model customized cars will be on hand by Invitation Only.

As a part of the Castro Valley/Eden Area Chamber of Commerce Fall Festival, this show has been known to be a major crowd pleaser.  Come be a part of the whole experience; cars, food and entertainment.  Returning this year will be a vendor area showcasing our sponsors and local businesses. 10 Sponsor Choice Awards will be given and 2 Best in Show cars will be chosen to be featured on the 2013 Classic Car Show T-Shirt.   Hourly raffles will be held with contributions made from local businesses.

Eden Area Regional Occupational Program (ROP) played a major role in making our car show a success last year.      The Automotive Technology Program, Culinary Arts Program and Criminal Justice will again be contributing to the planning and will provide support the day of the event.  Highlighted as the primary recipient of our fundraising efforts, the Automotive Technology Program provided a wish list consisting of automotive equipment and tools.   The  proceeds from the 2011 Car Show allowed us  to purchase $2500.00 of that wish list  that is now being used to train high school students enrolled in the program.  In addition we were able to support the Culinary and Criminal Justice Programs with a $500.00 gift for each program. Again this year, the Automotive Program as well as the Culinary and Criminal Justice Program will be the primiary recipents of our fundraising efforts.  We are counting on your participation for another successful fundraising event that will support Eden Area ROP Programs.


    *     Over 200 Classics thru ’72
    *     Special Invitation Only Custom Cars
    *     Sponsorship/Participant Awards
    *     Vendors & Exhibitors
    *     Music from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s & 80’s
    *     Food & Drink
    *     Raffles Hourly
    *     Spark Plug and Fan Belt Toss Contests

Register either online or by mail.
Don’t miss this much anticipated event!  Early interest indicates this event may sell out soon!

Guillermo Castro (b. 1810 d. ?) was the son of Carlos Castro of Rancho San Francisco de las Llagas, near Coyote, California in Santa Clara County. He was a soldier, rancher, surveyor, and magistrate in his lifetime.

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Castro was a career solidier and lieutenant of the militia in the Mexican army, posted to the Pueblo of San José. He also worked as a surveyor for the government (listed as such in 1838). Three years later, in 1841, Governor Juan Alvarado granted Castro 26,722 acres (108 km2) as a reward for service. The grant, called Rancho San Lorenzo, included much of what is today Castro Valley, Hayward, and San Lorenzo.

Soon after receiving his land grant, Castro married Luisa Peralta of the Rancho San Antonio (owned by Luís María Peralta, possibly Luisa's father). The young couple received 300 cattle as a wedding gift. As a rancher, Castro added 4000 sheep and 500 horses, and in the next 7 years, 7 children. The adobe home of the couple was discovered years later beneath the foundation of the old Hayward city hall.

Over the next 26 years, Castro set himself on the path to self-destruction, due to his compulsive gambling. He began selling off portions of his rancho to cover his gambling debts, finally mortgaging his property. To add to his financial problems he had to pay for lawsuits to force squatters off his land, brought by the influx of settlers from the California Gold Rush. One squatter he tried to evict, and later hired, was William Hayward for whom the city of Hayward was later named. In 1864, sheriff I. A. Mayhew presided over the sale of the last of the rancho for 400,000 dollars to Faxon Atherton. Destitute, Castro left California for Chile with his wife and younger children.

A contemporary, Jacob Harlan said of Castro, "Of the Spanish Californians that I have known, Guillermo Castro was the best. He was a sparse, wiry man with brown eyes and hair and was physically active and tough. He was a splendid horseman and he was very extravagant and spent his money freely."