The lifelong Island resident who was deeply involved with the local Boys & Girls Club died in February at 84.
Nick Cabral, known as the unofficial “mayor” of Alameda’s West End for the mentoring he provided to countless young area men and women, died in February at age 84. The grandson of one of Alameda’s first black residents, Cabral grew up in the city’s West End, excelled as a standout athlete at Encinal High School and later in life became involved with the Alameda Boys & Girls Club.
After attending San Francisco State University, Cabral went into construction and ran job sites as a foreman for Dinwiddie Construction. One of Cabral’s last mentees — or “sons,” as he called them — was Patrick Cruz, 37. Now a respiratory therapist, Cruz met Cabral at age 19 while attending the College of Alameda and working at the nearby Starbucks.
Soon after the chance meeting, Cabral took Cruz under his wing, giving him advice about life, girls and even college. Up until that time, Cruz says his work prospects were determined by where BART would take him, as he didn’t have a car. When he was accepted into the Ohlone College respiratory therapy program in Fremont, Cruz wasn’t sure how he’d get there — that is until Cabral offered to drive him to the program’s orientation meetings.
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