By Harry Harris
FREMONT -- Police on Tuesday continued to search for the drivers of two vehicles who fled after hitting and fatally injuring a 56-year-old man Monday night as he crossed a busy street.
The man's name was not released pending notification of relatives.
The hit-and-run happened about 7:42 p.m. Monday on Ardenwood Boulevard just south of Highway 84.
Police said the man was crossing southbound Ardenwood Boulevard in an easterly direction outside a crosswalk when he was first struck by a light-colored mid-sized sport utility vehicle going southbound on Ardenwood.
The SUV knocked the man to the pavement and kept going, police said.
A second vehicle behind the SUV ran over the man and also kept going.
When police arrived on the scene some passers-by were administering CPR to the man. He was taken to Eden Hospital in Castro Valley where he died.
Anyone with information about the motorists who struck the man are asked to call police at 510-790-6760 or 510-790-6972.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
BUTTERFLIES ALL AFLUTTER ALONG EAST BAY SHORE
From the Fremont Argus...
Butterflies all aflutter along East Bay shore
By Matthew Artz
The Argus
FREMONT -- Unlike recent years, Christina Garcia needed a pen, paper and a fair amount of time Friday to count all the monarch butterflies dangling in clumps high atop the eucalyptus trees at Fremont's Ardenwood Historic Farm.
Garcia, a naturalist with the East Bay Regional Park District, counted 4,176 butterflies -- the most since 1998 and way more than the 224 she counted last year.
"It's great to see so many of them," she said. "We thought they were going to keep dropping in numbers and maybe not come at all."
The butterflies, which spend their winters along the Central and Southern California coast, also can be seen at San Leandro's Monarch Bay Golf Course and for the first time since 2004, at Point Pinole Regional Shoreline in Richmond.
The Xerces Society, a butterfly conservation group, began the Thanksgiving week butterfly count more than a decade ago to monitor the dramatic decline of monarchs wintering in the state. Counters last year spotted 129,460 butterflies, down from nearly 400,000 a decade earlier.
Garcia said this year's resurgence might be due to the especially wet spring. Late rain is good for the milkweed plant, which serves both as the monarch's egg repository and a major food source.
Most monarchs live less than six weeks, first as caterpillars chomping on milkweed and later as butterflies that mate and produce hundreds of eggs.
But the current crop of monarchs lead a very different life.
Advertisement Instead of rushing to mate, they expend their energy flying at speeds as high as 25 miles per hour to the same select shoreline locales where they'll live for months before mating in February.
Much of their winter is spent huddled in trees with their wings overlapping like shingles to protect them from wind and rain. But when the sun comes out, they'll cascade down toward the ground foraging for nectar.
"It's awesome," Garcia said. "You can even hear their wings fluttering." This is the first year that visitors to Ardenwood are allowed to visit the butterfly grove unattended. The district also runs weekend butterfly walks throughout December and January. The park is located at 34600 Ardenwood Blvd., Fremont. For more information, visit www.ebparks.org/parks/ardenwood or call 510-544-2797.
Butterflies all aflutter along East Bay shore
By Matthew Artz
The Argus
FREMONT -- Unlike recent years, Christina Garcia needed a pen, paper and a fair amount of time Friday to count all the monarch butterflies dangling in clumps high atop the eucalyptus trees at Fremont's Ardenwood Historic Farm.
Garcia, a naturalist with the East Bay Regional Park District, counted 4,176 butterflies -- the most since 1998 and way more than the 224 she counted last year.
"It's great to see so many of them," she said. "We thought they were going to keep dropping in numbers and maybe not come at all."
The butterflies, which spend their winters along the Central and Southern California coast, also can be seen at San Leandro's Monarch Bay Golf Course and for the first time since 2004, at Point Pinole Regional Shoreline in Richmond.
The Xerces Society, a butterfly conservation group, began the Thanksgiving week butterfly count more than a decade ago to monitor the dramatic decline of monarchs wintering in the state. Counters last year spotted 129,460 butterflies, down from nearly 400,000 a decade earlier.
Garcia said this year's resurgence might be due to the especially wet spring. Late rain is good for the milkweed plant, which serves both as the monarch's egg repository and a major food source.
Most monarchs live less than six weeks, first as caterpillars chomping on milkweed and later as butterflies that mate and produce hundreds of eggs.
But the current crop of monarchs lead a very different life.
Advertisement Instead of rushing to mate, they expend their energy flying at speeds as high as 25 miles per hour to the same select shoreline locales where they'll live for months before mating in February.
Much of their winter is spent huddled in trees with their wings overlapping like shingles to protect them from wind and rain. But when the sun comes out, they'll cascade down toward the ground foraging for nectar.
"It's awesome," Garcia said. "You can even hear their wings fluttering." This is the first year that visitors to Ardenwood are allowed to visit the butterfly grove unattended. The district also runs weekend butterfly walks throughout December and January. The park is located at 34600 Ardenwood Blvd., Fremont. For more information, visit www.ebparks.org/parks/ardenwood or call 510-544-2797.
Monday, November 14, 2011
MONARCH BUTTERFLY PROGRAMS AT ARDENWOOD HISTORIC FARMS
Monarch Butterfly Programs
Hundreds of monarch butterflies gather annually to spend the winter at Ardenwood Historic Farm. Discover the amazing migration of these tiny creatures and how they survive the long cold season in the eucalyptus trees.
Ardenwood Historic Farm, Fremont
Entry Fee applies.
Return of the Monarchs
November 25, 26
1 – 2:30 PM
Marvelous Monarchs
December 10, 18 and 31
11 am – 12: 30 pm
Monarch Butterfly Walks
December 10, 18 and 31
1:30 – 2:30 pm
Monarchs for Kids
December 11 and 17
11 am – 12:30 pm
Monarchs in the Morning
November 26, 27 and December 24
11 am – 12 pm
Hundreds of monarch butterflies gather annually to spend the winter at Ardenwood Historic Farm. Discover the amazing migration of these tiny creatures and how they survive the long cold season in the eucalyptus trees.
Ardenwood Historic Farm, Fremont
Entry Fee applies.
Return of the Monarchs
November 25, 26
1 – 2:30 PM
Marvelous Monarchs
December 10, 18 and 31
11 am – 12: 30 pm
Monarch Butterfly Walks
December 10, 18 and 31
1:30 – 2:30 pm
Monarchs for Kids
December 11 and 17
11 am – 12:30 pm
Monarchs in the Morning
November 26, 27 and December 24
11 am – 12 pm
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
AAU BASKETBALL TRYOUTS IN ARDENWOOD
The Tri-City Thunder, a U12 elite-level AAU travel basketball team based in Ardenwood, will be holding individual tryouts for the upcoming 2012 season. Last season, the first year Thunder travelled to Reno, Las Vegas, and a host of other locales and won 47 games on the season with multiple tournament championships. Call Anthony at 510-502-8669 or email ajlynch37@yahoo.com for more information. http://tricitythunderbasketball.blogspot.com/.
SAMEER'S BONE MARROW DRIVE
Sameer is an 8 year child of Indian origin from the Fiji Islands now living in Fremont, CA. He was diagnosed with Leukemia at age 2½ and spent 4 years fighting the deadly disease. While expectations for survival were grim, Sameer shocked the medical community by defeating the ruthless cancer and the complications that arose from it. His commitment to live and willingness to keep fighting has made him a SUPERHERO in our community.
While the initial treatments achieved remission, as of October 2011, the leukemia cells have returned, with a vengeance, and his only chance for a cure is to receive a bone marrow transplant. Because Sameer is an ethnic minority in the U.S. and has a very unique tissue type, a donor has not yet been found in the U.S. National Marrow Donor Program registry. He will most likely find his match within his own ethnic group of other Indians.
How many of us will ever have the opportunity to save the life of another human being? It is a rare gift for both the donor and the patient. And in some cases, there is only one match in a million, you might be the one and only person in the world who has a matching tissue type for a particular patient. You can be a real life SUPERHERO just like Sameer!
Please take a few minutes to come by and get checked to see if you are a match for Sameer. Testing is quick and painless, a simple cotton swab to the mouth could start the process of saving a life. Please check the following websites for testing sites.
www.savesameer.com
www.aadp.org/drive
www.marrow.org – to learn more about facts and myths about marrow donation.
While the initial treatments achieved remission, as of October 2011, the leukemia cells have returned, with a vengeance, and his only chance for a cure is to receive a bone marrow transplant. Because Sameer is an ethnic minority in the U.S. and has a very unique tissue type, a donor has not yet been found in the U.S. National Marrow Donor Program registry. He will most likely find his match within his own ethnic group of other Indians.
How many of us will ever have the opportunity to save the life of another human being? It is a rare gift for both the donor and the patient. And in some cases, there is only one match in a million, you might be the one and only person in the world who has a matching tissue type for a particular patient. You can be a real life SUPERHERO just like Sameer!
Please take a few minutes to come by and get checked to see if you are a match for Sameer. Testing is quick and painless, a simple cotton swab to the mouth could start the process of saving a life. Please check the following websites for testing sites.
www.savesameer.com
www.aadp.org/drive
www.marrow.org – to learn more about facts and myths about marrow donation.
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