Castro Valley's Own Rachel Maddow
Go Rachel! Go Rachel!
Keep up the Fabulous Work.
Thank you for presenting that which is real.
As Stephen Colbert said at the 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner, 
"Reality has a well known liberal bias."

CVHS Grad To Host Nationwide MSNBC Show
By : Robert Souza : 8/26/08
Castro Valley Forum

If you’re watching the Democratic National Convention on MSNBC this week, you’re likely to see political commentator Rachel Maddow, who grew up in Castro Valley. 

“Rachel has, and always had, tremendous energy,” said her mom, Castro Valley resident Elaine Maddow in an interview at The Forum office Friday. “We keep saying to ourselves who is that kid and where did she come from?” 

Elaine and Rachel’s Father Robert both agree it is somewhat surreal to see their daughter on national television. “It’s all incredible, and we are very proud of her,” said Robert. (more)
 

East Bay's Rachel Maddow is cable's new talk-show titan
By Chuck Barney
Contra Costa Times
Article Last Updated: 10/14/2008 06:25:39 AM PDT

It's about 10:30 p.m. in New York and Rachel Maddow has just finished her nightly television gig at the MSNBC studio in Rockefeller Center, but she's still very much "wired." Now, she just desperately wants to cop some z's. (more)
 
 

When Left is Right
Rachel Maddow always thought she was an outsider. How did she become a star?
Julia Baird
NEWSWEEK
From the magazine issue dated Dec 1, 2008

"Can you believe that sellout, Barack Obama?" says Rachel Maddow, looking around the room. "Let's hit him from the left!" It's 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 5, and the six-foot-tall Maddow, wearing her trademark baggy 501 jeans and thick-soled sneakers, has just burst into her staff meeting in a small office at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, home of MSNBC. (more)

Rachel Maddow on California Water Security
by: Robert in Monterey
Sun Feb 08, 2009 at 12:56:42 PM PST 

Rachel Maddow is more than just an excellent TV host and progressive hero. She's also a policy geek who hails from Castro Valley and who, because of her father's long experience working for East Bay MUD, knows a LOT about California water policy. (more)

Rachel Maddow  1990 Castro Valley High School Graduation Speech