The tale of Centerville, Fremont�part of the sprawling landscape of the southeast San Francisco Bay�begins with near forgotten histories such as the once sprawling grandeur of the Alviso rancho and the California 100, a battalion raised in Centerville for the Civil War. Centerville celebrates a sporting-mad past, centrally located on the �Way to San Jose� from Oakland on the long, straight stretch once famed for horse and then bicycle racing and later as a motor-touring destination on the ...