I was crawling through Don Castro's Valley, too. 45 minutes from the Hayward Airport to C.V. Blvd. Both banks I had to visit were closed - no power. But the Long's next door to the United Cal Bank was open.
Went to San Ramon, in search of another bank - a crawl down the canyon, mostly, into CV. Quel drag. Wasted a lot of time watching the locals botch the four way stop. I didn't know you were an East Bayer, too!