AROUND TOWN
Taco Bell on Springdale Drive robbed
Pleasanton police are investigating the robbery of a Taco Bell restaurant by two men Monday night.
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on Dec 4, 2008 at 2:09 pm by Jessica, a resident of the Amberwood/Wood Meadows neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Germain's case continued again
Henry Germain was back in court today, only to have his case continued again Dec. 16. The former Castlewood Country Club tennis director, who faces 16 charges of child molesta... |
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on Dec 3, 2008 at 11:30 pm by miranda, a resident of the Vintage Hills Elementary School neighborhood |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Council votes 3-2 to sign Oak Grove development agreement
The City Council voted 3-2 today against appealing a Superior Court order that City Manager Nelson Fialho sign a development agreement with landowners of a 600-acre parcel in ... |
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on Dec 3, 2008 at 10:49 pm by frank, a resident of the Pleasanton Heights neighborhood |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Will the real Jim Wolfe please show his face?
Jim Wolfe, Parks and Community Services director for Pleasanton, will retire Dec. 31 so members of the Parks and Recreation Commission donned some look-alike masks to let him ... |
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on Dec 3, 2008 at 9:07 pm by Truth speaks, a resident of San Ramon |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Graffiti (Stoneridge/680)
I couldn't believe the massive amounts of graffiti off the freeway in North Pleasanton. I moved from Fremont to Pleasanton because I saw this happening along 880 in Fremont. ... |
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on Dec 3, 2008 at 4:04 pm by Lindsay Wright, a resident of the Ruby Hill neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Pleasanton Ridge 11/15/2008 @ 9:10am - Please Come Forward!
To All:
On Saturday, November 15, at approximately 9:10am, on or more hikers on the Pleasanton Ridge came across an unconscious male, started efforts to revive him, and cal... |
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on Dec 3, 2008 at 3:36 pm by maddie, a resident of the Downtown neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Woman hijacks highway patrol car
A woman hijacked a California Highway Patrol car in Sunol at 3:40 this afternoon, leading sheriff's deputies on a high speed chase on northbound Interstate 680 until she flipp... |
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on Dec 3, 2008 at 1:49 pm by Mark Byerly, a resident of the Del Prado neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Police nab alleged hotel TV thieves
Police have arrested four people believed to have stolen flat screen TVs, as well as other goods, from several hotels in Pleasanton, Dublin and San Ramon last month.
Read th... |
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on Dec 3, 2008 at 10:22 am by Joy, a resident of the Val Vista neighborhood |
RESTAURANTS
the RedCoat
Everyone go and try out the new Restaurant Downtown, The RedCoat! The food is great. |
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on Dec 3, 2008 at 9:31 am by Myrna, a resident of the Downtown neighborhood |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Discrimination complaint filed against Dublin's new Lowe's store
Attorneys at the National Employment Law Project filed a discrimination complaint Thursday against the Lowe's Home Improvement store in Dublin for allegedly denying a black ma... |
Editor |
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on Dec 2, 2008 at 2:43 pm by Ken, a resident of the Bordeaux Estates neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
BEWARE THE TONGANS
You might have noticed a lot of landscaping renovations around town the last few months being done by crews of Tongans. The deal sounded too good to be true, which should hav... |
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on Dec 1, 2008 at 5:50 am by Jeb Bing, editor of the Pleasanton Weekly |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
12-foot cross vandalized
A 12-foot wooden cross on the property of R. Roman, was chopped down sometime between the evening of Nov. 6 and 7. The Happy Valley resident said it was on a hill and visible ... |
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on Nov 30, 2008 at 10:30 pm by Qwerty, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Interstate 580 clear following injury crash
All westbound lanes of Interstate Highway 580 reopened in unincorporated Alameda County west of Pleasanton this morning, about nine hours after a Safeway Stores big rig collid... |
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on Nov 30, 2008 at 7:41 pm by Cholo, a resident of Livermore |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Removing the clutter
A neglected pile of mail may seem harmless, but to the many who suffer from chronic clutter, the growing stacks of paper and stuff can turn a home into a personal prison brood... |
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on Nov 30, 2008 at 6:38 pm by PToWN94566, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
10-year old killed in crash near Ruby Hill
A boy who was killed in a crash in Livermore Saturday afternoon has been identified as 10-year-old San Jose resident Jonathan Manzo, an
Alameda County coroner's deputy said ... |
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on Nov 27, 2008 at 8:32 pm by Carrrie, a resident of the Ruby Hill neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PUSD budget cuts again?
We all realize that the budget crisis at the state level will impact our schools. We watched the PUSD board meeting tonight and massive cuts will hit the district. Massive l... |
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on Nov 27, 2008 at 7:29 pm by grammar checker, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Results of 2007 CHKS-Guns in our Pleasanton schools
I wanted to wait to post this thread until the new board was in place but the news headlines "Gun Discharged in Classroom in Oakland', has prompted me to post now.The new boa... |
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on Nov 26, 2008 at 8:54 am by Anonymous, a member of the Amador Valley High School community |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
City Council considering appeal of Oak Grove court order
The Pleasanton City Council will consider what action to take at its Dec. 2 meeting in response to an order by Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch that directs Ci... |
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on Nov 25, 2008 at 4:54 pm by Howard, a member of the Valley View Elementary School community |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Drug rehabilitation
Drug rehabilitation (often drug rehab or just rehab) is an umbrella term for the processes of medical and/or psychotherapeutic treatment, for dependency on psychoactive substa... |
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on Nov 24, 2008 at 6:27 pm by unclehomerr.., a resident of the Downtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Skip Mohatt, long-time Amador Valley High teacher, coach dies in Auburn
Long-time Amador Valley High School teacher and coach Everett (Skip) Mohatt died Saturday night in Auburn, where he had lived with his wife Joyce since retiring in 1996.
Read... |
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on Nov 24, 2008 at 12:52 pm by Grayce Stratton, a resident of the Pleasanton Village neighborhood |
SPORTS
Roughing it on the rugby field
There's no denying it--rugby's a rough sport. While, in many ways it is similar to American football with offensive players running across a field to score goals and defensive... |
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on Nov 23, 2008 at 5:02 pm by Davey, a resident of the Parkside neighborhood |
RESTAURANTS
Downtown Magical Evening
From 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 21, the public will celebrate the holidays at Downtown Magical Evening. Downtown will come alive with the sights and sounds of the holidays including San... |
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on Nov 23, 2008 at 1:37 pm by Karen Cooper, a resident of the Birdland neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
ComCast dropping Channels
Hello TV Fans,
If you had not noticed ComCast dropped a few channels last Nov. This is for folks that have the basic plus cable coverage without a set top box. I call the... |
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on Nov 22, 2008 at 8:00 am by Joyce, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Election 2008--Letters to the Editor
Confused about PP and QQ?
Dear Editor,
Over 5,000 Pleasanton voters signed a petition to place a Measure PP, the Hillside Protection Ordinance, on the b... |
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on Nov 22, 2008 at 7:50 am by Stacey, a resident of the Amberwood/Wood Meadows neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Welcome to Pleasanton Express
Thanks for being an early reader of Pleasanton Express, a free twice-weekly "e-edition" that is being sent every Wednesday and Friday at 8 a.m. to a starting sign-on list of ... |
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on Nov 21, 2008 at 8:54 pm by Dick Wilkes, a resident of the Valley Trails neighborhood |
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