SCHOOLS & KIDS Police: Data shows little to no increase in criminal activity Despite high-profile robberies of several Wells Fargo Banks in the downtown area, Pleasanton police say crime is about the same as last year. Sgt. Jim Knox said that there has... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Online, on Oct 29, 2008 at 7:27 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 30, 2008 at 9:35 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Mandatory Community Service Pleasanton High Schools have a mandatory community service program which the high school children must complete. I think this is a wonderful program that instills social resp... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Kathy L, a resident of the Stoneridge neighborhood, on Oct 26, 2008 at 10:50 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 15, 2009 at 9:30 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Weekly endorses Grant, Hintzke, Bowser for school board The Pleasanton Weekly reported today that it is endorsing Chris Grant, Jamie Yee Hintzke and Jeff Bowser for election to the school board on Nov. 4.
Read the full story here ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Online, on Oct 24, 2008 at 8:37 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Oct 24, 2008 at 8:37 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Has anyone heard about the incident at Amador? I've been checking periodically for a week trying to get details on an incident that occured at the last school dance held at Amador Valley High School. Anyone have details?
... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Concerned Mom, a member of the Amador Valley High School community, on Oct 21, 2008 at 3:48 pm There have been 18 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 23, 2008 at 10:23 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Amador Football Games Did the sound system issue at Amador get resolved? READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by trekmtb, a resident of the Heritage Oaks neighborhood, on Oct 16, 2008 at 3:44 pm There have been 11 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 10, 2009 at 6:27 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS School Board Candidates I just received the "County of Alameda sample ballot and voter information"
Not all the candidates for school board are listed, so here is a website - from the League of W... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Pleasanton Resident, a resident of the Birdland neighborhood, on Oct 14, 2008 at 8:58 am There have been 27 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 21, 2008 at 11:44 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Amador Boosters raise big bucks for sports In this time of fiscal cutbacks in Pleasanton schools, the hundreds signed up for athletic-related programs at Amador Valley High--and the eighth-graders who will be in them n... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Online, on Oct 10, 2008 at 2:47 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 19, 2009 at 6:28 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Children's Music Performance Approx. fifteen local children from the ages of 5 yrs and up will be performing musically at the Pleasanton Public Library on NOVEMBER 7TH from 4 pm to 5 pm. Admission is fre... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Warren Darmsted, a resident of the Downtown neighborhood, on Oct 2, 2008 at 5:00 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Oct 25, 2008 at 8:47 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS 20-year-old man arrested for placing dead animals in Dublin High lockers Dublin police have arrested a 20-year-old man who allegedly admitted to placing two dead cats and a dead dog from a local veterinary
hospital into unoccupied Dublin High Sch... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Online, on Sep 23, 2008 at 3:15 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 24, 2008 at 2:32 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Laptop Program and Porn Does anyone have any advice on keeping porn away from kids? If one or more of your children are in the laptop program at one of Pleasanton schools, they have a laptop compu... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Mike, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Sep 23, 2008 at 2:00 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 2, 2008 at 9:21 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Gatetree gets their way Great job Gatetree curcle neighbors! You successfully nagged your way to force the school district to turn down the speakers in the stadium. You have effectively made the new... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by What the heck, a member of the Amador Valley High School community, on Sep 20, 2008 at 3:08 pm There have been 69 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 10, 2008 at 3:00 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Local gymnast has sensational season Lacy Dagen, a 9-year-old gymnast from Pleasanton, just completed her level 7 season. She was one of only 25 9-year-olds in the country to qualify for Bella's Camp in Texas. Sh... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Online, on Sep 18, 2008 at 10:22 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 4, 2009 at 12:13 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Amador Students Remember 9/11 In contrast to the many ways that our community has remembered 9/11 and the horrific events that occured on that day, Amador students decided that they would commemorate the a... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by A Close Neighbor, a member of the Amador Valley High School community, on Sep 18, 2008 at 11:19 am There have been 20 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 20, 2008 at 11:28 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS What happened at Amador Any one know what happened at Amador high school today? At about 3:30 there were 3 fire trucks in front of the school. READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by marie, a resident of the Castlewood neighborhood, on Sep 17, 2008 at 8:23 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 18, 2008 at 9:55 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Goodbye, for now As I prepare to leave Pleasanton again for my final year at UC Davis, I wanted to take this opportunity to publicly thank the people, and the town that have made the looming r... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Online, on Sep 13, 2008 at 10:21 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Sep 13, 2008 at 10:21 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Remembering 9/11 Flags were erected in several areas around the city today, honoring those lost just seven years ago in the attacks on America.
Read the full story here http://www.pleasanton... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Online, on Sep 12, 2008 at 8:25 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 13, 2008 at 5:34 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Stay at Home Dads Are Stay at Home Dad's accepted in our society? I have encountered many that are underachievers, boring/bored and generally have anger issues. Unlike stay at home Mothers, the... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Mario, a resident of the Downtown neighborhood, on Sep 10, 2008 at 1:51 pm There have been 15 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 11, 2008 at 12:26 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Student hit by La Petite Bus Any news on the young lady that was hit at dismissal by the La Petite Academy bus in front of AVHS on Wednesday? Many kids witnessed her being hit, and flying through the air... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Anne, a member of the Amador Valley High School community, on Aug 30, 2008 at 10:39 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Sep 2, 2008 at 2:23 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Foothill seniors cheer first day of their final year Many of Foothill High School's 593 seniors who make up the Class of 2009 donned Falcon tops, cheered and waved banners at passing motorists and arriving students Tuesday to ce... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Online, on Aug 26, 2008 at 3:13 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 29, 2008 at 4:51 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS School Board Election Can someone tell me how many people are running for school board and who they are. What is the background of each? READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Johnny Wang, a resident of the Castlewood neighborhood, on Aug 24, 2008 at 10:12 pm There have been 16 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 13, 2008 at 8:33 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Name that hippo There's a new animal that will be hanging out at Gingerbread Preschool and it needs a name.
A lifesize hippopotamus--albeit not a real one--is the newest addition to the ren... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Online, on Aug 19, 2008 at 5:00 pm There have been 14 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 10, 2008 at 3:59 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Planners OK Fresh & Easy grocery for Rose Pavilion Fresh & Easy, a British-owned grocery store, will open one of its larger California markets later this year in the Rose Pavilion shopping center near the intersection of Rosew... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Online, on Aug 16, 2008 at 1:22 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 18, 2008 at 7:45 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS District 'not there yet' in decision to appeal Neal Elementary case No action was taken at the Pleasanton Unified School District's closed meeting Thursday over the recent litigation over the building of Neal School. At this time, the district... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Online, on Aug 16, 2008 at 9:04 am There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 24, 2008 at 3:29 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Editorial If at least three of the five candidates currently holding filing papers for this year's Pleasanton school board elections actually follow thorough and declare their candidacy... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Online, on Aug 14, 2008 at 10:40 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Aug 14, 2008 at 10:40 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Youth Sports My experience with youth sports in Pleasanton is not a positive one. Baseball is controlled by parent group cliques who hand chose their children's teams. All Star teams are ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Rosemary, a resident of the Del Prado neighborhood, on Aug 4, 2008 at 9:37 pm There have been 35 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 25, 2008 at 2:12 pm.