Dave...
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I, too, grew up in East Oakland.? This industry was on a siding on West Grand (it was/is 4 lanes there and not really what we called "west Oakland")) on the north side of the street and just east of the then double decked Nimitz Freeway.? San Pablo Ave. was to the east. They received a "fresh" car every few months. The old SP Chevy branch serviced both a GM truck plant in San Leandro and the Chevy plant at what became Eastmont Mall at 73rd Avenue and MacArthur Blvd. in East Oakland.? It passed my elementary school and I still vividly remember those 2-8-0's and 0-6-0's rolling down the branch.
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We also moved to Auburn from the east bay and spent 10 terrific years there overseeing my restaurant operations in both Sacramento and Fresno.? The call of big bucks, however,? caused me to return to corporate life and a move east.? I'm now retired and living near Athens, Georgia.? Tough for a Cal guy to support those UGA Bulldogs, however.
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Bob Hogan
