Many of the city's more affluent residents, both black and white, left the city after the war, moving to neighboring Alameda, Berkeley, Albany and El Cerrito to the north ; to San Leandro, Hayward, Castro Valley and Fremont in Southern Alameda County ; and to the newly developing East Bay suburbs, Orinda, Lafayette, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek and Concord.

The Castro District, commonly referenced as The Castro, is a neighborhood in Eureka Valley in San Francisco, California.

Although the greater gay community was, and is, concentrated in the Castro, many gay people live in the surrounding residential areas bordered by Corona Heights, the Mission District, Noe Valley, Twin Peaks, and Haight-Ashbury neighborhoods.

Castro Street, which originates a few blocks north at the intersection of Divisadero and Waller Streets, runs south through Noe Valley, crossing the 24th Street business district and ending as a continuous street a few blocks farther south as it moves toward the Glen Park neighborhood.

The neighborhood now known as the Castro was created in 1887 when the Market Street Railway Company built a line linking Eureka Valley to downtown.

The neighborhood, previously known as Eureka Valley, became known as the Castro, after the landmark theatre by that name near the corner of Castro and Market Streets.

Part of State Route 238 until 1983, and still considered the same route ( part of Route 238 ) by the California Department of Transportation ( Caltrans ), it connects Interstate 580 in Castro Valley ( where SR 238 continues south ) with Interstate 880 in San Leandro.

Although the I-238 goes in an east – west direction from Castro Valley to San Leandro, Caltrans officially signs it as a north – south freeway since the rest of State Route 238 is more north – south.

The south ( or east ) terminus of I-238 is at its interchange with Interstate 580 and SR 238 in Castro Valley.

I-238 and I-880 is used as an alternate truck route between Castro Valley and Oakland ; trucks over 4. 5 tons are prohibited through the latter on I-580.

Castro Valley is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Alameda County, California, United States.

Castro Valley, about 1970Before the arrival of European settlers the area was settled by the Chocheño ( also spelled Chochenyo or Chocenyo ) subdivision of the Ohlone Native Americans.

With the arrival of Europeans, Castro Valley was part of the land granted to Mission San Jose in 1797.

The area Castro Valley now occupies was part of the extensive colony of New Spain in what was the state of Alta California.

Castro Valley is named after Don Guillermo Castro, who was a soldier in the Mexican army and a rancher.

Castro Valley was part of the original < span style =" white-space: nowrap "> 28, 000 acre ( 110 km² )</ span > land grant given to Castro, called Rancho San Lorenzo.

This land grant included Hayward, San Lorenzo, and Castro Valley, including Crow Canyon, Cull Canyon, and Palomares Canyons.

During the 1940s and 1950s, Castro Valley was known for its chicken ranches.

Lake Chabot lies at the north of Castro Valley.

The eastern hills of Castro Valley constitute the headwaters of the San Lorenzo Creek watershed and the origin of several creeks that flow into San Lorenzo Creek: Bolinas, Castro Valley, Chabot, Crow, Cull, Eden, Hollis, Kelly Canyon, Norris, and Palomares creeks.

But the Latin American republics who have been rather inclined to drag their feet on taking action against Castro also reacted swiftly last week by finally throwing Cuba off the Inter-American Defense Board.

Another strategy -- bolder and tougher -- was also attracting notice in Washington: a naval and air blockade to cut Cuba off from the world, destroy Castro.

Acropolis is also the term used by archaeologists and historians to the urban Castro culture settlements located in Northwestern Iberian hilltops.

He was also allegedly involved in a CIA plot to assassinate Fidel Castro ; documents uncovered during congressional investigations into John F Kennedy's death bring to light a message outlining how he had plans to assassinate Castro, his brother Raúl Castro, and Che Guevara.

In the years following its independence, Cuba saw significant economic development, but also political corruption and a succession of despotic leaders, culminating in the overthrow of the dictator Fulgencio Batista by the communist revolutionary Fidel Castro during the 1953-9 Cuban Revolution.

The Eisenhower administration also planned the Bay of Pigs Invasion to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba, which John F. Kennedy was left to carry out.

The capital has also been known as " Castro " or " Kastron " ( Καστρον ; meaning castle ).

Castro and Chavez have also been joined with the radical socialist agenda of Evo Morales of Bolivia and Rafael Correa of Ecuador.

The Reagan administration insisted on the " Communist threat " posed by the Sandinistas — reacting particularly to the support provided to the Sandinistas by Cuban president Fidel Castro, by the Sandinistas ' close military relations with the Soviets and Cubans, but also furthering the Reagan administration's desire to protect U. S. interests in the region, which were threatened by the policies of the Sandinista government.

The following year, the new Cuban government under Fidel Castro also provided assistance.

During the Wars of Castro, Taddeo was also appointed Commander of the Papal Army.

He also launched the Wars of Castro ( 1641 ) against a fiefdom of Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza, whom he excommunicated ; Castro was destroyed and its duchy incorporated into the Papal States.

Former President Fidel Castro of Cuba also criticized the use of hostage-taking by the guerrillas as " objectively cruel " and suggested that the group free all of its prisoners and hostages.

Castro also suggested that the United Nations be the administrator of this tax, stating the following:

The CIA was also interested in being able to manipulate foreign leaders with such techniques, and would later invent several schemes to drug Fidel Castro.

* AMTRUNK: A CIA plan by New York Times journalist Tad Szulc initiated in February 1963, also called the " Leonardo Plan ," that was " an attempt to find disgruntled military officials in Cuba who might be willing to recruit higher military officials in a plot to overthrow Castro ", as well as to overthrow the Cuban government " by means of a conspiracy among high-level ... leaders of the government culminating in a coup d ' etat ".

Under the Ottomans, the city was known officially as Kandiye ( again also applied to the whole island of Crete ) but informally in Greek as Megalo Castro ( Μεγάλο Κάστρο ; " Big Castle ").

The resistance of the Indians became daily stronger, and as the ship that he had constructed in Aconcagua was also destroyed by the natives, Valdivia sent in 1542 overland to Peru his lieutenant Alonso de Monroy with five followers to seek reinforcements, but, on account of the disturbance in that country in consequence of the defeat of El Mozo Almagro by Cristóbal Vaca de Castro, Monroy could not obtain much aid, and returned in September 1543, with only seventy horsemen, also sending by sea a vessel with provisions and ammunition to the port of Aconcagua.

The Hartford Street Zen Center is also located in the Castro, as well as the

According to Joe R. Reeder, Under Secretary of the Army from 1993 to 1997, Fidel Castro has used body doubles.

Cuba has been ruled by Castro's Communist Party of Cuba, although Castro himself formally stepped down as leader in 2008, to be replaced by his brother Raúl Castro.

" In March 2012, the now-retired Fidel Castro met Pope Benedict XVI during the latter's visit to Cuba ; the two men discussed the role of the Catholic Church in Cuba, which has a large Catholic community.

Apart from a brief period in the 1990s, however, the Castro government has forbidden the sale of Cuban vehicles to foreigners.

On 6 May 2005, President Fidel Castro reiterated that the island nation would not " be part of a disgraceful institution that has only humiliated the honor of Latin American nations ".

In the past Fidel Castro has expressed support for the Irish Republican cause of a United Ireland.

However, since the Cuban Revolution, the government under Fidel Castro has cashed only one of these checks.

* April 20 – Fidel Castro announces that the Bay of Pigs invasion has been defeated.

** Fidel Castro announces that Che Guevara has resigned and left the country.

Castro is a controversial and highly divisive world figure, being lauded as a champion of anti-imperialism, humanitarianism, socialism and environmentalism by his supporters, but his critics have accused him of being a dictator whose authoritarian administration has overseen multiple human rights abuses both at home and abroad.

His Camera Store and campaign headquarters on 575 Castro has a memorial plaque and mural.

Since the time Fidel Castro came to power, the Cuban Government has been condemned by certain ( mostly dissident ) Cuban groups, some international groups, and foreign governments for engaging in activities labeled by some as undemocratic.

In late 2010, Fidel Castro, who no longer holds office in Cuba's government, stated that he considers Israel has a ' right to exist ', which is a shift from his regime's earlier policy.

" Author Brian Dunning observes that " Cuba is not among the nations represented in the Bilderberg Group and Castro has never attended a meeting ", so he has no greater insight than any reader of Estulin's book.

In Castro de Ulaca in Ávila, a city on the border of the ancient province of Lusitania, a sanctuary dedicated to Vaelicus has been discovered.

Castro has never had a barrier in what musical direction she takes, and thus she has covered a wide array of styles, from pop / rock, Mexican regional country music-rancheras, boleros, banda / norteno to Spanish, English and Italian.

Castro Valley has a one-screen movie theater, the Chabot Cinema.

Redwood Christian Schools has two elementary schools in Castro Valley: Crossroads Christian Elementary and Redwood Christian Elementary.

By 1834, a town known as San Juan de Castro has sprouted up around the mission.

Adolfo in particular has caused controversy by dating Verónica Castro and Sissi and getting slapped on the face in front of an international television audience by former Sábado Gigante model Lily Estefan after kissing her on her mouth.