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IF YOU LIVE HERE YOU PRONOUNCE ESTUDILLO “ESTA-DILLO”. Sorry Spanish speakers…

IF YOU LIVE HERE YOU PRONOUNCE ESTUDILLO “ESTA-DILLO”.  Sorry Spanish speakers… As I tell you this story you will recognize some of our street names with origins in our founding families. The 1 st  settler was Don  Jose Joaquin  and this wife Dona  Juana .   Don Joaquin, as he was referred to, was friends with the new governor, Don Juan  Alvarado . Alvarado was put to the task of was dividing up grazing lands between friends.  Some of the  Estudillo   land was redistributed to Guillermo  Castro , who was related to the governor by marriage.  The hills of Castro Valley to Eastern Hayward was appropriated and Estudillo was left with all the grazing land below that. Castro Valley was part of the original 28,000 acre (110 km²) 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. Cas...