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By Louis LaVentureSports Editor
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Brent Walsh, lead singer and guitarist of I the Mighty – a post hardcore band, studies
the outside of a brown box he re-ceived in the mail.
“Ah, nice,” he says as he pulls the contents from its package. A bit of satisfaction fills his voice. He holds the guitar pedal in the air and shows it off to his friends. It is a Polyphonic Octave Generator 2, otherwise known as a POG2.
The guitar pedal alters the sound of the instrument, dispens-ing a deep symphonic harmony or big bass tone through the amp. The plug from the amp to the gui-tar click together, and Walsh’s fo-cus immediately turns to the gui-tar in his hands.
“I was singing all the time, ac-cording to my mom. Since I was like two, I was always singing,” he said.
On Nov. 10, Walsh is releasing his first solo record, “7.” The 27-year old found his love for music in the grassy hills of his hometown Niles, a little known part of Fre-mont. The new album represents the relationships and experiences Walsh has collected throughout years of playing music.
The new record—released by Photo | Marina Swanson
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Brent Walsh looks over his work earlier this month.
Tennyson quarterback Christian Silva warms up during practice in Hayward on Tuesday.
S outh Hayward is known for a lot of things but pro-ducing elite athletes is
not one of them.The neighborhood only has
one public high school, Tennyson, which has never been a hotbed for college recruitment of athletes. It is rare that a Tennyson athlete will go straight to Division 1; most go the junior college route.
However, South Hayward na-tive and Tennyson High School varsity football quarterback Christian Silva is starting to change the culture at Tennyson, proving that the area can produce top-level talent.
“I have lived here my whole life and anybody from here knows it can be tough,” Silva said.
In recent years, Tennyson has been taken over by the state due to poor academic standards.
Silva, a junior, is having an in-credible season for the Lancers passing for 1,713 yards, rushing for 1,092 yards and amassing a whop-ping 30 touchdowns with one regu-lar season game remaining.
That last game for Tennyson (5-3-1) is for the West Alameda County Conference Foothill Divi-sion championship against San
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Aaron Swartz Day to be held
Nov. 8-9By Yousuf Fahimuddin
Editor-in-Chief
Internet activists will converge on the Inter-net Archive in San Francisco with laptops in hand this weekend to host a hackathon in
honor of late hacktivist Aaron Swartz.In his memory, his supporters will host
events around the world on his birthday, Nov. 8 to continue his work in fighting for an open Internet.
This year there will be events in Austin, Boston, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco, as well as in Berlin, Mag-deburg, Germany, Buenos Aires, Oxford and Kathmandu, Nepal, according to the aaron-swatzday.org website.
Swartz was involved with the creation of several Internet projects including the develop-ment of RSS when he was 14, Creative Com-mons, Reddit and Demand Progress.
For violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, in 2011 Schwartz was facing up to four fel-ony counts by the U.S. District Court of Mas-sachusetts, according to the initial federal in-dictment.
For mass downloading of academic papers from the database JSTOR while working as a fellow at Harvard University’s Safra Centre for Ethics, the indictment indicated Schwartz was about to be charged with wire fraud, computer fraud, unlawfully obtaining information from a protected computer, and recklessly damaging a protected computer before he committed sui-cide last year as the likelihood of facing a pris-on sentence seemed inevitable.
The hackathon will start Saturday and Sun-day at 11 a.m. and continue to 6 p.m. in the Great Room of the Internet Archive. All proj-ects created will be considered open source.
After the hackathon on Saturday there will be a series of speakers and mixers afterwards, and a screening of the documentary film “The Internet’s Own Boy” about Swartz’s life will be shown at 8 p.m.
Organizers on the Aaron Swartz Day web-site say their goal this year is to “set the record straight” regarding who Swartz was and what his goals were in his activism.
At the Internet Archive there will be several speakers, including Dan Purcell from Aaron’s legal team, Garrett Robinson and James Dolan from SecureDrop, Cindy Cohn from Electronic Frontier Foundation, Yan Zhu from Yahoo and Kevin Poulsen, a journalist who has been in-vestigating what kind of information the gov-ernment had on Swartz during his trial.
“It’s like a dozen sculptors all working on the same block of material simultaneously,” said Robinson in an interview on their website. “It might not look exciting to a casual observ-er – just a lot of people typing on their laptops, drawing on whiteboards, and talking. But to a participant, there is a kind of collaborative dance going on, and it takes refined process-es and care to avoid stepping on other people’s toes as you go.”
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Face it—America loves conflict. We declare war on everything: we’ve waged war on terror, drugs,
poverty, Iraq. There’s hardly anything we haven’t tried through glorious struggle to overcome. In the 238 years of America’s existence, we’ve spent 217 of those years engaged in some kind of conflict or another, according to blog Loonwatch.com. We’re all about that.
But what about Mexico? That coun-try south of our border? The land of tequila and sombreros, of tropical cli-mates and wonderful vacations? Is it a war or is it just that in-between state of constant violence we too often label developing countries and then ignore?
The Palestinian-Israeli issue we re-fer to as a “conflict.” What’s happening in the Ukraine is called a “civil war.” But what do we call what’s going on in Mexico?
It’s interesting to me that in Oakland, known for its incredible activism and counter-culture movements, we block shipping freighters for Palestine, we rally for the people of Tibet and we talk about what Ferguson really means, but we don’t march for Mexico.
At times it seems like our view of Mexico is too blurred by our habits of getting hammered on our two Mexican holidays of Cinco de Mayo and Day of the Dead and busting out the salsa and chips rather than remembering that cartel violence is the real deal. It’s a full-scale war.
“Is it really that bad?” you might ask. From 2006 to the present, an estimated 120,000 people have died there accord-ing to Trans-Border Institute. This is comparable to some of the estimates of the number of civilians killed in Iraq during the Iraq War.
And it’s not some conflict that’s deep in Mexico, defined by hard sectarian lines of ancient tribal hatreds. Rather it’s mostly just drugs and power relations, things most Americans are already aware of, and it’s happening close to our border.
Located right on the border of New Mexico and the city of El Paso is in Ciu-dad Juarez, which until the last two years was labeled the most violent city in the world by think tank Security, Justice and Peace. The group has also listed 207 cit-ies in the country this year that reached the status of “failed state” because they’ve been overcome with criminal groups.
Clearly the situation down there is real-ly bad. We here in the East Bay march for victims of police brutality; we march for Ferguson because Ferguson is every day for Black Americans. Naturally we feel more compassion for our fellow Ameri-cans because they’re us.
But what about Mexico? Just last month there were 40 students abducted in Mex-ico after they had the bravery to march against hiring discrimination. The local police picked them up and weeks later mass graves were found outside the city.
The students’ bodies, as reported by the New Yorker, were found with their faces skinned and their eyes gouged out, a signature of cartel violence. The last time I read about victims having their eyes removed was during the genocide of Serbs in Croatia during World War II. Knowing this happened, how could we continue to turn a blind eye to what is go-ing on down there? It’s not at all like Mexi-co is a self-contained country distant from our day to day lives, in Hayward alone the city’s population is 40.7 percent Latino according to the latest U.S. Census data from 2010, many of whom are Mexican, a population our local government often ignores in favor of the rich donors in the hills.
We have to take action for Mexico, like we do for our own citizens and like we did
for the South Africans in the 90s and the Burmese before them. Our government doesn’t care, but we ought to.
It’s sad to me when I speak to students on campus about opportunities to do small deeds that could save people’s lives, and they lose interest because they’re worried about low turnout. Such vanities shouldn’t stop us from doing what is nec-essary to fight against the most terrible crime, which is the theft of human life.
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Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Ty-son have become household names as interest in shows
like “Cosmos” and “Bill Nye the Science Guy” have increased.
But Eric Niderost, Cal State East Bay alumnus and history professor at Chabot College, said the template for these shows was created long ago in a series of nine films created for AT&T.
In the late 50s a show known as “The Bell Laboratory Science Series,” covereral topics from the five senses and the circula-tory system to time and the sun.
Niderost captured the history of the Bell Science Films and particularly Frank Baxter, the charismatic host that brought educational television programs to life, in his recently published book “Sonnets and Sunspots.”
“His knack was to take com-plex subjects and, in a very friendly non-threatening way, get the average person to under-stand them,” Niderost said.
According to Niderost science shows today contain the same basic elements as the Bell Sci-ence Films, except perhaps with better special effects such as a charismatic host, a great sto-ryline, superb animation, easy to understand facts, and humor.
Frank Capra, the Hollywood di-rector best known for “It’s a Won-derful Life,” who wrote, directed and produced the first four episodes of the series, carefully put the ele-ments together. Warner Brothers produced the last four.
By the early 80s, much of the information had become dated, but some of the information was still ahead of its time.
In Meteora: The Unchained God-dess, Baxter warned viewers of
global warming as early as 1958. The series was initially shown on
television, but “enjoyed a new life in 16 millimeter film,” said Niderost.
“Anywhere from grade school to middle school to high school to even some colleges courses showed these films for over 30
years,” Niderost said.When he was in middle school,
Niderost said he remembered seeing Baxter on 16-millimeter film in science class.
Niderost said he writes articles for popular history magazines routinely; so writing the book on the Bell Science Films seemed natural since Baxter had left such a large impression on him.
“I remembered him so well. Even though it’s close to 50 years [ago] now, it’s a wonderful mem-ory for me,” Niderost said. “No words can express the impact this guy had on a whole generation.”
Niderost studied history at CSUEB, receiving his Bachelor of Arts in 1971 and his Master of Arts in 1981.
He has been teaching Amer-ican History at Chabot College since 1987.
“Sonnets and Sunspots” can be purchased online at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or BearManor Media for $19.95.
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Cal State East Bay Alum Eric Niderost posed with his book “Sonnets and Sunsports” last month at Chabot College.
“No words can express the im-pact this guy had on a whole generation.”
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Equal Vision Records features the eclectic sounds of acappella sing-ing, R&B styles, acoustic and elec-tric guitars, alongside percussion and string instruments, illuminat-ing the influences behind Walsh’s free flow style.
“It really is all over the place, because it’s so many years’ worth of material, and I just grabbed the ones I liked,” he said.
“Default World” is Walsh’s fa-vorite song. It tells his tales of Burning Man, a weeklong annual event that showcases artwork and self-expression in the desert of Black Rock City, Nev.
Walsh’s free spirit and humble beginnings are reflected in his lyr-ics. And while he sings about his home in the desert, there are bits and pieces of Niles throughout the album.
“It’s been something I’ve want-ed to do for a long time. Hence, the name ‘7,’ it’s seven years worth of material,” said the singer.
This history starts with Ian Pedi-go, the band’s guitarist, a band that has shared the stages with the likes of Hawthorne Heights, There For Tomorrow, and Deftones.
Pedigo and Walsh attended Niles Elementary, Centerville Ju-nior High, and Washington High School together. They are now roommates.
“Even in high school, actual-ly, Ian and I would come home at midnight on a Monday night be-cause we went to an open mic,” said
Walsh. They performed open mics at
Blake’s on Telegraph– a staple in Berkeley that closed in 2011.
The two are like brothers who share the same closet—both sport-ing tight jeans and print shirts. Walsh’s sleeves are rolled at the edges, giving him a greaser look to his tie-dye wolf shirt.
Pedigo is slightly shorter than Walsh, and has longer darker hair pushed off to the left.
His freshman year Walsh, Pedigo, and drummer David Kochley formed a band. “It was really, really, bad,” Walsh said laughing at the thought.
Walsh says the group split up because they wanted to attend col-lege. Walsh and Pedigo stayed lo-cal to pursue their music careers. While enrolled in California State University, East Bay, the band was signed to FM Records.
The open mics at Blake’s on Telegraph had paid off and attract-ed the record label’s attention.
The duo dropped out of college to do music full time.
The two hit a roadblock right before the release of their self titled EP, when they were dropped from the record label.
Walsh and Pedigo–then 19 years old, had a difficult time recovering from what seemed like a promising deal. It would not be the first time they would experience the strug-gles of the music industry.
“So nine months of recording, $2,500 of lawyer fees and about over a year of my life, basically was nothing,” Walsh said about being dropped from the label. He explains bands have no control over contracts.
“If the label wants to drop you than they can. They hold power of the contract,” said Walsh. “It was a
little disheartening,” he said, with a trembling voice.
Walsh wrote a majority of his solo album as he and Pedigo were trying to define themselves as serious musicians. Later they picked up bassist Chris Hinkley
and drummer Blake Dahlinger and formed I the Mighty.
They signed with Talking House Records located in San Francisco and released their first record, “We Speak,” in 2010, which helped build their listener base. The company
Photo | Marina SwansonBrent Walsh signs copies of his first solo album.
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went bankrupt and Equal Vision Records, a New York-based com-pany known for their punk and metal bands, soon signed the band.
I The Mighty will play a sold-out show at Slim’s in San Francisco to-morrow, Nov. 7.
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Sur Hayward es conocido por muchos cosas, pero no de pro-duciendo mejor atletas.
El área solo tiene una escuela secundaria, Tennyson High School, donde nunca han salido atletas que colegíos buscan.
Pero el mariscal de campo de fútbol del Sur Hayward nativo y del equipo universitario Cristiano Silva está empezando a cambiar la cultura en Tennyson, demostrando que el bar-rio puede producir bueno talentos de nivel.
“[Yo] he vivido aquí toda mi vida y nadie de aquí sabe que difícil puede ser “, dijo Silva. “El fútbol realmente me hace sentir
como una gran parte de la comunidad y es sorprendente para mí lo que he hecho hasta ahora.”
Silva, tercer año, está teniendo una temporada increíble para los Lancers, pasando 1713 yardas, corriendo para 1,092 yardas y acumular un gran nu-mero de 30 touchdowns con un juego de temporada faltando.
El último juego de Tennyson (5-3-1) va ser en Alameda Foothill División contra San Leandro High School (5-5) a las 7 de la noche para la campeonato.
“Estoy muy emocionante y me hace un poco nervioso al mismo tiempo”, dijo Silva. “Gane o pierda aún debe-mos llegar a los playoffs, pero una vic-toria sería llevarnos ese campeonato.”
Silva será confiando en la fuerza y el conocimiento que recibió creciendo en el sur de Hayward para ayudarle través de un partido difícil contra un oponente fuerte.
“Al crecer en el sur de Hayward me enseñó a ser independiente y no de-pender de otras personas para todo”, dijo Silva. “Me dieron ganas para ges-tionar mi propio negocio.”
Silva empezó su carrera futbolísti-ca en el sexto grado cuando jugaba para el Hayward Juvenil de Fútbol y Cheer Liga. Silva pasó tres tempora-das con la liga antes de comenzar su carrera como jugador en Tennyson en su primer año.
“Empecé a jugar al fútbol porque podía golpear a la gente y no tener problemas por ello”, dijo Silva.
Al principio Silva fue establecido en jugar al corredor, pero la falta de pro-fundidad en la posición de mariscal de campo al principio de su carrera en la preparatoria llevó a un cambio de posición para el atleta.
No pasó mucho tiempo antes de que Silva supo hacer el cambio a mariscal de campo fue la decisión correcta para él.
No pasó mucho tiempo antes de que Silva conocía hacer el cambio a mari-scal de campo fue la decisión correcta para él.
“Mi capacidad para ejecutar y uti-lizar mis piernas es un problema para las defensas”, dijo Silva. “No voy a volver allí solo pie alrededor. Tiro o paso, no me importa Yo sólo quiero hacer una jugada.”
Silva ha estado haciendo obras de teatro durante todo el año, sobre todo en un juego de la conferencia dura contra Castro Valley, donde lanzó para 304 yardas y cuatro touchdowns,
mientras que la adición de 260 yardas por tierra y tres touchdowns más.
“Silva es una bestia por ahí”, dijo John Pangelina, Tennyson en-trenador asistente. “Le encanta ju-gar al fútbol y se nota en el campo.”
El rendimiento de explanada sie-te touchdown 564 se ubica como la puntuación del juego segundo más alto en la historia del estado con los lanceros superando a la troyanos 85-77.
Fútbol del equipo universitario Tennyson Entrenador Terry Smith está impresionado con su mariscal de campo junior, en esta temporada. “Está completamente matando aho-ra mismo”, dijo Smith. “Es uno de los mejores mariscales de campo en Bay Area.”
Silva tiene la esperanza de que sus habilidades en el campo de fút-bol se traducirán en oportunidades para seguir su carrera como jugador.
“Me encantaría ir a la universidad e incluso el siguiente nivel profesion-al”, dijo Silva. “No importa lo que si yo quiero volver a la comunidad y el entrenador o tal vez ser un en-trenador de atletismo.”
Silva dijo que le encantaría con-tinuar su carrera como jugador en el Estado de San José, una vez que se gradúe de Tennyson sin embargo, las estadísticas que está recopilando pueden tenerlo en los radares de re-clutamiento de algunas escuelas más grandes de la próxima temporada.
Él también tiene la esperanza de que él y sus compañeros de equipo puede traer un tercer título consec-utivo de la conferencia de la OACC a Tennyson.
“Pase lo que pase por ahí en el campo guardo mi corazón en el juego”, dijo Silva.
“Cuando estamos abajo o si un equipo va a volver trato de conducir y el equipo de escucha. Ellos viben fuera de mí y todos tenemos las espaldas.”
Con un juego de temporada reg-ular y la postemporada que aún permanecen Silva todavía tiene un montón de tiempo para agregar a sus estadísticas y ganar total.
Silva ya ha cimentado su legado en Tennyson como uno de los me-jores jugadores en la historia de la escuela. Con toda su temporada se-nior que aún permanecen podía re-escribir los libros de registro antes de que su carrera en la preparatoria llega a su fin.
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La Agencia de Protección Ambiental penaliza a las compañías de con-strucción Hayward y A&D , por
no tener la certificación adecuada sobre el manejo de pinturas a base de plomo.
El 14 de Octubre, durante la semana de concientización del plomo, en un comunica-do de prensa de la empresa incluyo a com-pañías en el área de la Bahía que no tienen la certificación, tales como los contratistas de construcción locales A&D y Hayward.
‘La agencia cree que [A & D] y otro com-pañías en las multas ofrecieron a trabajar
en proyectos que necesitan tener la certifi-cación” dijo Skadowski.
Las compañías tienen que pagar una multa de $1000 junto con la obtención de la certificación. Según la agencia, todavía hay miles de compañías que todavía tienen necesitan la certificación.
Junto con A&D , otras nueve compañías se emitieron los asentamientos incluyendo CF Contratante en Fairfax, Asociación Na-cional de Fabricantes Eléctricos en Albany, y Southland Construcción en Carmel Val-ley.
Todos anuncian que pueden remodelar y pintar todo tipos de casas, pero no tienen ninguna mención de la certificación RRP, según el sitio web de La Agencia.
Hace dos semanas desde la multa fue puesto, A&D recibieron la certificación, y
dades y condados en [California] para comprobar la certificación RRP antes de emitir permisos de construcción a con-tratistas para trabajos de renovación en casas construidas antes de 1978,” dijo Skadowski.
Mientras que el plomo no se muestra completamente peligroso en adultos, se ha encontrado que es extremadamente peligroso en niños.
Según la agencia plomo puede causar danos neurológicos, bajar la inteligen-cia, retaza el desarrolló, problemas de audición en niños. En raros casos se ha visto que causa ataques epilépticos y hasta la muerte.
El Gobierno federal emitió una pro-hibición de los consumidores del uso de pinturas con plomo en 1978. Sin embar-go, la agencia todavía cree que hay mil-lones de hogares en los Estados Unidos con pinturas a base de plomo disfrazada bajo las capas de remodelación. Cuan-do la pintura comienza a deteriorarse, o cuando las renovaciones se realizan sin el manejo adecuado, el polvo puede fil-trarse hacia afuera y entrar en las corri-entes de sangre de los residentes.
Para manejar la exposición, la agencia presento un programa certificado llama-do La Renovación, Reparación y Pintura Certificada o RRP. para los remodela dores y contratistas que usan el plomo.
El programa mismo puede ser ensena-
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“La Agencia está alentando a más ciu-
do por un instructor certificado entrenado por el estado, atravesé de una solicitud en línea en el sitio de internet de la agencia. Si las com-pañías ofrecen un proyecto sin tener la certifi-cación adecuada, están sujetos a multas por parte de la agencia gubernamental.
“La agencia revisa el programa certificado RRP en cada inspección que hacemos en Cal-ifornia. Es un umbral básico de requisitos” , dijo el especialista publica de la agencia Su-zanne Skadowski.
Hay individuos que llaman y informan a la agencia de anuncios de empresas que ofrecen servicios de remodelación, para investigar si tienen el RRP. Encontramos algunas viola-ciones durante la investigación, la agencia pu-blico los asentamientos.
Gobierno de la ciudad de Hayward no tienen información de casas construidas antes de 1978. Ellos sólo contienen información sobre los hogares que cumplen las normas de las or-denanzas locales y debe ser solicitado un solo informe cada la vez.
Los inspectores de la ciudad sólo buscan hogares que fueron seleccionados para estar en conformidad con las ordenanzas.
Si alguien cree que su casa fue construida antes de 1978, que son alentados por el ayun-tamiento para la compra de un examen de pin-tura de plomo en línea para probar. Las perso-nas también pueden comprobar de búsqueda local de la Agencia para renovadores certifica-dos y técnicos de pruebas en http://cfpub.epa.gov/flpp/searchrrp_firm.htm.
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BART to airport tram ready by Thanksgiving
BART says it is on track to replace the current AirBART Shuttle connector to the Oakland Interna-
tional Airport with a driverless Airport Connector Tram at the Coliseum BART Station by Thanksgiving.
The tram, which operates with a $484 million wire cable system, will run every four to five minutes, charging $6 one way.
The new cars will carry up to 120 passen-gers the three miles from the Oakland Coliseum to the airport at a speed of 25 miles per hour.
The current shuttle ride takes an aver-age of 20 minutes depending on the traffic lights during travel. BART estimates the new tram will take 8.5 minutes.
They aim to provide a reliable, sched-uled travel system for passengers head-ing toward the airport and to clear free-way traffic for airport commuters.
“BART has been planning this project for 20 years now,” Media Relations Man-
ager Jim Allison told SF Gate. “This connector will provide people
with guaranteed access to Oakland Inter-national Airport instead of driving their vehicles or catching the bus,” said Alli-son.
Currently 85,000 passengers ride the AirBART Shuttle and pay only $3 each trip. The replacement tram will charge double to fund the maintenance for the tram’s cable system.
“To charge $6 when AirBART was only $3 sucks, but I guess you pay for what you get. I’m excited to see how well it runs,”
said BART passenger Deyvian Victorian. The airport connector is currently in a
30 day reliability test to make sure the self driving car van operate 20 hours a day, according to SF Gate.
If all goes well they’re looking to open it to the public by Thanksgiving, but if not then it will be ready by December.
BART officials are not concerned with problems regarding the increase in fare. Despite being driverless, the project esti-mates creating more than 2,500 jobs, ac-cording to its website.
By Bryan CordovaMetro & Spanish Editor
T he Environmental Protec-tion Agency recently fined Hayward construction
company A&D Construction for not having the proper certification to handle lead based paints.
While lead can be harmful to
adults, it has been found to be extremely harmful to children. According to the EPA, lead can cause neurological damage, low-er intellect, slowed growth, and hearing problems. In rare cases it has been seen to cause seizures and even death.
On Oct. 14, during Lead Aware-ness Week, the EPA’s press re-lease included companies in the Bay Area that did not have the
certification, including local con-tractor A&D Construction Hay-ward.
“EPA believes [A&D Construc-tion] and the other companies named in the settlements bid on projects that required RRP certifi-cation,” Skadowski explained.
The settlement required compa-nies to pay a $1000 fine along with obtaining the certification immedi-ately. According to the EPA, there
are still thousands of companies that still need RRP certification in the US.
Along with A&D Construction, nine other companies were issued settlements including CF Con-tracting in Fairfax, National Elec-trical Manufacturers Association in Albany, and Southland Con-struction in Carmel Valley.
These companies advertise that they can remodel and paint many types of homes, but have no men-tion of RRP certification, accord-ing to the EPA’s website.
Since the settlement was re-leased two weeks ago, A&D Con-struction currently holds its RRP certification and is now on the EPA’s local certified firms for Hayward, according to its website.
“EPA is encouraging more cit-ies and counties in [California] to check for RRP certification before issuing building permits to con-tractors for residential renovation work in pre-1978 housing,” said Skadowski.
The federal government issued a ban on consumers using lead-based paint in 1978. However, the EPA still believes there are millions of homes in the United States with this paint masked un-der layers of remodeling, accord-ing to its website.
When the paint begins to dete-riorate, or when renovations are done without proper handling, the dust can seep out and through breathing or consumption can get into the blood streams of people in these homes.
To manage exposure, the EPA introduced a certification program for remodelers and contractors with a lead-handling license called the Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting certification or RRP.
The program itself can be taught by an accredited trainer from the state through an online request on the EPA website. If companies bid on projects without having the re-quired certification, they are sub-ject to fines from the government agency.
“EPA checks for RRP certifica-tion on every inspection we do in California, it is a basic threshold of compliance,” said EPA Public Af-fair Specialist Suzanne Skadowski.
There are individuals who call and inform the agency of ads from companies that offer remodeling services to check if they have the RRP, Skadowski said.
Hayward’s city government cur-rently does not release any data-base of homes built before 1978. They only contain information on homes meeting local ordinance standards and must be requested a single report at a time. Inspec-tors from the city only look for homes that were checked to be in compliance with ordinances.
If anyone believes their home was built before 1978, they are en-couraged by city hall to purchase a lead paint kit online to test their home. Individuals may also check the EPA’s local search for certi-fied renovators and testing techni-cians at http://cfpub.epa.gov/flpp/searchrrp_firm.htm.
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Happenings in and around HaywardNovember 6, 2014 - November 12, 2014
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Silicon Valley Spine Institute Presents Dr. Sandeep N. GidvaniTime: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.Cost: Free, RSVP RequiredLocation: Fremont Chamber of Commerce, 39488 Stevenson Place Suite 100, Fremont
Dr. Sandeep N. Gidvani, who completed his specialized training at UCLA, will be giving this presentation on common spine disor-ders responsible for neck and lower back pain. Those interested in attending this free seminar should RSVP by calling 510-842-5294 or by emailing [email protected].
Free Admission to Berkeley Art MuseumTime: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.Cost: FreeLocation: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley
Enjoy the arts with free attendance at the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. With art and film pieces gathered from a myriad of programs, collections and research resources there is plenty to admire on display. Free admission ex-tends to all galleries and public programs, excluding Pacific Film Archive theater programs.
Coffee with the CopsTime: 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.Cost: FreeLocation: Joe’s Corner Deli, 37713 Niles Blvd., Fremont
Fremont Police Chief Richard Lucero and members of the Community Engagement Unit, Street Crimes Team, Day Shift Patrol and Investigations will be in attendance at this event to answer questions and discuss neighborhood concerns.
Tech Drop In LabTime: 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.Cost: FreeLocation: San Leandro Main Library, 300 Estudillo Ave., San Leandro
Looking for assistance with a technolog-ical device? This free drop-in lab is open to all ages to assist you with cell phones, digital cameras, tablets, laptops, operating systems and other mobile devices. No reservation or library card is needed but be sure to bring in any power cords, user manuals and relevant login information with your device.
Free Admission to San Mateo County History MuseumTime: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Cost: FreeLocation: 2200 Broadway St, Redwood City
Take in the history of San Mateo County with free attendance to the San Mateo County History Museum, located in the 1910 County Courthouse. The courthouse is listed in the National Register of Histor-ic Places and features a unique stained glass dome and mosaic tile floor, with exhibits covering local history from that of native tribes to today.
36th Annual Holiday BoutiqueTime: 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.Cost: Free, Prices vary by boothLocation: Veteran’s Memorial Building, 2203 Central Ave., Alameda
Get your holiday decorations this year at the 36th Annual Holiday Boutique. Over 50 vendors will be in attendance selling hand-crafted items, with proceeds benefiting the Leisure Club, a recreation program for developmentally disabled teens and adults.
Friends of the Library Book SaleTime: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.Cost: Free, Book Prices VaryLocation: Main Library Park, 835 C St., Hayward
Are you looking for a good book to read? Well come on down to the book sale, where you can look through a variety of books. All proceeds will be going towards the programs of the library.
Sea Chantey Sing AlongTime: 8 p.m. to 12 a.m.Cost: Free, RSVP RequiredLocation: San Francisco Maritime Nation-al Historical Park, 499 Jefferson St., San Francisco
Prepare for a night of traditional sea songs and chanteys aboard a historic ship. Let out your inner sailor (or pirate), bring a mug for some free hot cider and sing along. Just be sure to RSVP to have your spot saved by calling 415-561-7171 or emailing [email protected].
Oakland East Bay Symphony SimulcastTime: 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.Cost: FreeLocation: The Great Wall of Oakland, 400 West Grand Ave., Oakland
Watch this projected simulcast of the Oak-land East Bay Symphony’s opening night concert on The Great Wall of Oakland. The performance will include Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony, along with original pieces from Chris Brubeck and Guillaume Saint-James. Come early and bring a jacket to stay warm through the night.
Free Sailboat Ride DayTime: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.Cost: FreeLocation: Cal Sailing Club, 124 University Ave., Berkeley
The non-profit and volunteer-run Cal Sailing Club is offering free sailboat rides for those looking to get their sea legs or just looking to relax out on the water. This in-troductory sail casts off from the Berkeley Marina and ventures around the San Fran-cisco Bay. You can sign up in front of the clubhouse located between Cal Adventures and Adventures Playground. Those wearing eyeglasses or sunglasses, be sure to bring a strap for them to keep them secured and possibly bring a change of clothes in case you get soaked.
Hayward Farmers MarketTime: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.Cost: Free, Prices vary by boothLocation: Watkins between B Street and C Street, Hayward
For those looking for fresh, locally grown produce come check out the Hayward Farm-ers Market. Sporting a diversity of fruits, vegetables, gourmet specialties, fresh fish and freshly cut flowers the market is a great place to get just what you need. Network with local growers and enjoy an autumn day in Hayward. Those interested in becoming vendors can fill out an application at www.agriculturalinstitute.org.
Book Discussion: “One Hundred Years of Solitude”Time: 6:30 p.m.Cost: FreeLocation: Hayward Main Library, 835 C St., Hayward
This book discussion centers around “One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, in honor of a writing legacy that led to the Nobel Prize in Liter-ature. The book remains one of his most successful with over 30 million copies sold around the world, so whether a long time fan or looking to discover a legend brush up for this discussion.
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Off the Grid Mobile Food TrucksTime: 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.Cost: Free, Prices for food vary by truckLocation: City Hall, Watkins Street (Be-tween B and C Streets), Hayward
Those looking to have a variety of grub from a myriad of food trucks are invited to come out and enjoy this community event. Whether you just want a quick bite, have a favorite food truck, or want to get a little taste of everything, Off the Grid has you covered.
Cyberpunk CinemaTime: 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.Cost: FreeLocation: The Knockout, 3223 Mission St., San Francisco
If you love cyberpunk or just want to see what the genre is all about then this event is right for you. The event will begin with an episode of “Cowboy Bebop” followed by “Ghost in the Shell.” Come early and enjoy an evening of science fiction.
Ladies Love the Layover Comedy NightTime: 8 p.m.Cost: No cover, two drink minimumLocation: The Layover, 1517 Franklin St., Oakland
This monthly event highlights some of the best women comedians in the Bay Area, with host Lydia Popovich. There is no cov-er price but there is a two-drink minimum. So come early to enjoy some drinks and good laughs at this comedy night.
SCORE Business CounselingTime: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.Cost: FreeLocation: Castro Valley/Eden Area Cham-ber of Commerce, 3467 Castro Valley Blvd., Castro Valley
Local business owners looking for advice are invited to attend this free counseling session. Score counselors will be provid-ing advice on multiple topics, including business planning, finance, marketing operations and much more. To make an appointment, please call 510-537-5300.
English Conversation CircleTime: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.Cost: FreeLocation: La Familia Center, 680 Tenny-son Rd., Hayward
Practice and improve your English conver-sation skills in this friendly and relaxed environment at the library. Be sure to let anyone you know learning English as a second language as well. The class does not require registration and drop-ins are welcome.
The Pioneer November 6, 2014
By Yesenia Martinez Contributor
Hayward City Hall occupied with events
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Tuesday’s council meeting tackled two subjects, homelessness and hunger. Re-visions to affordable housing in Hayward
With the help of consultants, Hayward’s city council and staff revised the existing In-clusionary Housing Ordinance to make it more efficient and effective.
The ordinance guarantees a percentage of new housing developments be reserved for those in need of affordable housing.
IHO was implemented in 2003 and what it specifies is that “for sale” or rental housing developments with 20 units or more must re-serve 15 percent of the total number of units to those who hold an income ranging from mod-erate to very-low income.
Affordable housing means that no more than 30 percent of a buyer’s household income goes towards home expenses such as rent or mortgage, utilities and insurance.
Section 8 is a housing choice voucher pro-gram for low-income families; this housing voucher subsidizes the buyer’s rent though it
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Silva will be relying on the strength and knowledge he received growing up in South Hayward to help him through a tough game against a strong opponent. Silva is not a huge guy by any means listed at 5 feet, 10 inches, 175 pounds.
“Growing up in South Hayward taught me how to be independent and not rely on other people for everything,” Silva
said. “That’s just what we did when we played. Always playing football or some kind of sport.”
Silva was referring to his situation growing up where his mother tried to raise him with his father in and out of his life.
Silva began his football career in sixth grade when he played for the Hayward Youth Football and Cheer League.
Silva spent three seasons with the HYFCL before beginning his playing career at Tenny-son as a freshman.
Initially Silva was set on playing running back but a lack of depth at the quarterback posi-tion early in his high school career led to a posi-tion change for the dynamic athlete.
It wasn’t long before Silva knew making the switch to quarterback was the right move for him.
“My ability to run and use my legs is a prob-lem for defenses,” Silva said. “I’m not back
there just standing around. Throw or pass, I don’t care I just want to make a play.”
Silva has been making plays all year, es-pecially in a tough conference game against Castro Valley where he threw for 304 yards and four touchdowns while adding 260 yards rushing and three more touchdowns.
The seven-touchdown 564-yard perfor-mance ranks as the second highest scoring game in state history with the Lancers edg-ing out the Trojans 85-77.
“He’s absolutely killing it right now,” Tennyson varsity football head coach, Terry Smith, said in an interview in October. “He’s one of the best (quarterbacks) in the Bay.”
Silva is hopeful that his skills on the foot-ball field will translate in to opportunities during and after his playing career. He hopes to play in college, hopefully professionally and possibly become a coach or a trainer.
Silva said he would love to continue his playing career at San Jose State once he graduates from Tennyson however, the sta-tistics he is compiling may have him on the recruiting radars of some bigger schools by next season.
“No matter what happens out there on the field I keep my heart in the game,” Silva said.
With one regular season game and the postseason still remaining Silva still has plenty of time to add to his statistics and win total.
Silva has already cemented his legacy at Ten-nyson as one of the best players in school history.
With his entire senior season still remain-ing he could rewrite the record books before his high school career comes to an end.
may be difficult to obtain because of its high demand.
A group of consultants, David Rosen & As-sociates, were hired by the city of Hayward to study the implementation of the ordinance and revise the plan for improvements.
One of the recommendations is to retain 25 percent of the housing fees collected for future use on housing unit repairs or acquisition of ex-isting housing for affordable housing purposes.
The council members unanimously agreed upon the proposed revisions.
National Hunger and Homeless Awareness weekThe council declared the National Hunger
and Homeless Awareness week be recognized in the city of Hayward, Nov. 15-23.
Food drives will be taking place in Hayward as the holiday’s fast approach and an informa-tional meeting will take place on Nov. 19 at South Hayward Parish.
Betty DeForest, a local activist in the com-munity, stood up during the open public com-ments to speak on the subject and her mes-sage was concise.
“Jobs and shelter are key to ending home-lessness, and housing is difficult to obtain in Hayward,” said DeForest. “And without one it is difficult to obtain the other.”
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Tennyson High School Junior and varsity quarterback Christian Silva takes a break during practice at Tennyson’s home field in Hayward on Tuesday. Photo | Pierre Cineas
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Season tips off for men’s basketball team
Women’s volleyball wins back-to-back games
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Opening the season with two losses is not ideal for any team.
Yet for the Cal State East Bay men’s basketball team the 0-2 start is more of a learning experi-ence than a mark of shame. Both games have been exhibition match-es not counting toward their overall record and have also been against tough competition.
In the opening game of the sea-son the Pioneers traveled to the famed Haas Pavilion in Berkeley to take on the Golden Bears. The 94-50 final was a lopsided one in favor of Cal who is a NCAA Division I team with a history of winning and at-tracting the best talent from across the world.
“To start the season off against a team like that is great for us,” CSUEB coach Gus Argenal said.
“It allows us to see the level that we need to get to. If we are going to be a good team, we have to improve daily, and this is going to help us for the future.”
CSUEB seniors Ryan Okwudibo-nye and Nick Grieves led the way for the Pioneers amassing nearly half of the team’s total points.
Okwudibonye finished with 12 points and 8 rebounds in just 17 min-utes, while Grieves added 11 points in 25 minutes.
Senior Jarred Jourdan had a tough shooting night in the losing effort for the Pioneers but still man-aged to get 5 points against a tough Golden Bears opponent.
“Here it is about creating a broth-
erhood,” Jourdan said.Following the tough road loss,
CSUEB traveled to San Jose to take on the SJSU Spartans in another exhibition game on Sunday.
The Pioneers kept the game a lot closer than they did against Cal but still fell to the Spartans 84-65. Fremont native and junior guard Juawnn Springfield led the way for CSUEB with 15 points, 2 assists, 2 rebounds, and 2 steals. Springfield also played a team-high 29 minutes connecting on seven of eight free throw attempts.
“We played better defensively in the second half, and I like how we are rebounding and taking care of the ball, but we need to be much bet-ter as a group on the defensive end going forward,” Argenal said.
The Pioneers were able to com-
pete with the Spartans in the sec-ond half being outscored just 33-31. However, the 17-point first half deficit was too much for CSUEB to come back from resulting in a loss.
Grieves shot 60 percent from be-hind the three-point line amassing 13 points and 2 rebounds in 28 min-utes on the court.
Freshman and De La Salle High School alum Patrick Marr was im-pressive in limited playing time col-lecting 10 points in just 14 minutes for CSUEB. Okwudibonye recorded a team-high 7 rebounds in 17 min-utes on the floor for the Pioneers.
Next up for the Pioneers is anoth-er exhibition game against a Divi-sion I opponent. This time CSUEB will travel to the Leavey Center to take on the Santa Clara Broncos at 7 p.m. tomorrow.
T he Cal State East Bay wom-en’s volleyball team won its last two home games im-
proving to 9-14 overall and 6-12 in California Collegiate Athletics As-sociation competition.
The Pioneers defeated two CCAA foes on back-to-back nights beating Cal State Los Angeles, 13-7 overall, 11-6 con-ference, on Friday and Cal State Domin-guez Hills, 2-19, 1-16, on Saturday.
CSUEB held off a tough CSULA Golden Eagles squad, winning by a final of three sets to one. The Pio-neers jumped out to a 1-0 lead after taking the first set 25-21.
The Golden Eagles fired back nabbing the second set to even the contest at 1-1.
Seniors delivered in the triumph for CSUEB with Amber Hall col-lecting 15 kills and Ashia Joseph assisting her teammates 39 times, taking the next two sets and secur-
ing the victory.“Both our seniors and our fresh-
man really stepped up and played outstanding team volleyball,” coach Jim Spagle said.
“Beating a team playing for an NCAA playoff berth was a real step forward for the 2014 volleyball team.”
Junior Angie Maina was crucial for the Pioneers in the victory over CSULA tallying a game-high 23 digs.
CSUEB carried that momen-tum with it in to Saturday’s match against CSUDH.
The Toros were able to keep the contest close before the Pioneers pulled away securing a three sets to zero victory with seniors again leading the way.
“The team maintained their com-posure and fought through some lapses both offensively and defen-siv
ely to get the win,” Spagle said. “Particularly satisfying to me was that was the first match this season
in which we have struggled yet still pulled off a victory, which is a good sign in the maturity and toughness this team has developed during the past few weeks.”
Hall once again led the team in kills totaling 11 and Joseph contin-ued her impressive assisting gath-ering 35 in the win.
“I’ve always got to give credit to my setters,” Hall said. “Without them I would be nothing.”
Maina also continued her dom-inance in the middle digging 15 times in the triumph over CSUDH.
Senior Samantha Bruno chipped in with 8 kills of her own and the impressive freshman Kiani Ray-ford nabbed 8 kills as well.
The Pioneers have just four regular season games remaining on the schedule.
Next up for CSUEB is anoth-er CCAA game against Sonoma State at 7 p.m. tomorrow in Rohnert Park.
The Seawolves are 16-5 overall this season with an impressive 14-3 record in conference competition