In this episode of the Local News: Discussion with Sheriff Greg Ahern with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office about crime, homelessness and other Castro Valley related topics with questions and interactive chat from listeners.
Tonight’s topics include: Let’s talk fireworks
– Introduction to our host, Robert Souza
– Little note about what this radio show is about
– Community chat roll call and introductions
– New Castro Valley News magazine hitting the streets in two week!
– Special links to our past magazines shared here: https://www.castrovalley.news/categor…
– Support hyper-local, independent and of-the-moment news! https://castrovalley.news/pledge/
– Fireworks … the third rail … of local conversations within our new site
– Robert comes down on the side of not liking fireworks because of his dogs difficulty with it all
– There was a side show in Oakland that night with 300+ cars. OPD was tied up working that space and did very little fireworks oversight as they were tied up
– Robert talks about years past in the area and how fireworks used to be shared.
– Local numbers were tied up with messages or busy because law enforcement was overwhelmed
– Local reporting on their experiences of the night and how they perceived the night
– Sharing of statistics of the night from local offices, medical crews, and fires
– Discussion of the ‘middle finger’ attitude that seems to be vibing from people who support fireworks
– Recollections about what a ride along is like and how every person is encouraged to try it out and learn about that world
– Mid-way Giveaway from Valley Java is blowing up in beautiful fireworks
– Chipotle is hiring at $16/hour to begin with
– A little talk about COVID-19 and how Robert recently had a scare. Even having been vaccinated. Came up clean. But, scary.
– Are you still masking?
– We have now turned on captioning for all new radio shows! Beginning with this first new episode
– A reflection of a friend who just passed away. Sharing our condolences and memories of love for/with her
– Show wrap up. Thanks for joining us!
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