SCHOOLS & KIDS
Elderly Care Facility in neighborhood
The home located at 6839 Singletree Court is being turned into a State ran elderly care facility. This will no doubt lower our already deflated property values even more and ... |
Joseph S DeRossett |
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on Dec 3, 2007 at 4:33 pm by Edna Giannotti, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Formerly proud Pleasantonian, NOW embarrassed to say I live here.
Does anyone have a clue why I say this? |
Susan |
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on Aug 10, 2009 at 12:28 pm by Hmm?, a resident of the Foothill Farms neighborhood |
BOOKS & MOVIES
Towne Center Books stuck up
I could NOT believe that Towne Center Books won Best of Pleasanton. Do you only give award to shops that advertise in the Weekly???
I went to Towne Centre the day that Har... |
Tired of smug jerks |
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on Jul 12, 2012 at 8:15 am by exactly right, a resident of the Mohr Park neighborhood |
PUBLISHER'S BLOG
Virginia Tech tragedy
I am horrified by the events surrounding the tragedy in Virginia. And that includes everything from the failure of the administration, parents, classmates to stop the killer a... |
Gina Channell-Allen |
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on Apr 23, 2007 at 9:15 am by anonymous, a resident of another community |
EDITOR'S BLOG
BART’s new station celebration could be its last for quite a while
At last, the costly, wrongly-built overhead steel pedestrian walkways have been carted away from the I-580 freeway shoulders at the new BART-West station, just in time for the... |
Jeb Bing |
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on Mar 26, 2011 at 12:08 pm by Gary Schwaegerle, a resident of the Downtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parcel Tax 2
I received a leaflet from the PUSD talking about a new local school funding measure saying that:
"After consequtive years of budget shortfalls, there is little to cut but ... |
parent |
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on Jan 21, 2011 at 5:11 pm by Start Afresh, a resident of the Country Fair neighborhood |
PUBLISHER'S BLOG
Shall we trample the rose because of the thorns?
I recently received an email from a frequent Town Square contributor that said, "This morning I discovered that someone has falsely posted using my online identity."
This i... |
Gina Channell-Allen |
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on Nov 15, 2010 at 9:57 am by Suzy Q, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Prostitution and Chinese Brothels Stoneridge Apartments
There has been an investigation and sting operation going on for over a year involving large scale prostitution taking place in large apartment complexes along Stoneridge, as ... |
Informant |
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on Aug 30, 2010 at 5:07 pm by artlover, a resident of the Birdland neighborhood |
PUBLISHER'S BLOG
New column answers readers' questions
Newsflash! We are living in an ever-changing, evolving media climate. How we get our news, when we get our news and who provides our news has morphed into something completely... |
Gina Channell-Allen |
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on Jul 1, 2007 at 10:20 am by Gina Channell-Allen, president of the Pleasanton Weekly |
PUBLISHER'S BLOG
Residents are the eyes and ears of the newspaper
The Internet age has brought us a completely new vocabulary. We know a "blog" is not an amphibian and a "wiki" is not a Hawaiian dance. These words are commonplace now, partic... |
Gina Channell-Allen |
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on Jul 11, 2007 at 9:45 am by Gina Channell-Allen, president of the Pleasanton Weekly |
EDITOR'S BLOG
Pleasanton Marine helps those who lost loved ones in war
Given the growing hassle over flying commercial, we might all want to sign up with Col. Chris Buescher on his next all-volunteer "Snowball Express." Buescher, an American Airl... |
Jeb Bing |
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on Feb 11, 2010 at 5:43 pm by payday loans no credit check, a resident of the Ridgeview Commons neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Village High student commits suicide
A 16-year-old student at Village High School committed suicide Wednesday evening, according to the school district.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
Editor |
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on Jan 3, 2011 at 4:39 am by julee, a resident of the Las Positas neighborhood |
EDITOR'S BLOG
Downtown Pleasanton needs our help
We keep hearing that the recession is on the wane. To measure the sales reports of several of the major department store chains, holiday sales were indeed favorable. Business ... |
Jeb Bing |
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on Feb 3, 2011 at 7:04 pm by Steve, a resident of the Highland Oaks neighborhood |
EDITOR'S BLOG
Downtown studies need public exposure
Two outside consulting agencies have been hired to help the city and the Pleasanton Downtown Association come up with marketing and nightlife entertainment strategies that can... |
Jeb Bing |
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on Sep 30, 2010 at 3:40 am by Savannah, a resident of the Vineyard Avenue neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Is Pleasanton boring?
For the past several weeks, there have been posts under other topics where comments have been made by teens that there is nothing to do in Pleasanton.
If you are a teenag... |
Enrique |
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on Mar 25, 2010 at 5:29 pm by teenager, a member of the Amador Valley High School community |
EDITOR'S BLOG
Smoking ribs for a benefit
It's hard to be a food taster when you're faced with an abundance of carefully smoked ribs at a Fairgrounds cook-out. It was the second annual "Taste of Summer" barbecue event... |
Jeb Bing |
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on May 28, 2010 at 4:59 pm by pharmacy technician, a resident of the Ridgeview Commons neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
AVHS Mob scene
Did anyone else notice the "mob scene" of about 100 or more kids leaving AVHS after school today? Both sides of Santa Rita Rd. were filled with marching students, who at firs... |
Anne |
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on Mar 10, 2013 at 3:31 pm by iwasthere, a resident of the Deer Oaks/Twelve Oaks neighborhood |
RESTAURANTS
the RedCoat
Everyone go and try out the new Restaurant Downtown, The RedCoat! The food is great. |
Sandy |
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on Dec 3, 2008 at 9:31 am by Myrna, a resident of the Downtown neighborhood |
PUBLISHER'S BLOG
The year's most regrettable of the regrettable
Most good journalists try to get things right and abhor corrections, clarifications and the like, particularly for what is considered a "stupid mistake."
Every year journal... |
Gina Channell-Allen |
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on Sep 14, 2009 at 12:11 pm by Annon, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parcel tax opponents speak out at board meeting
For the first time, opponents of Measure E, the parcel tax to benefit Pleasanton schools, have spoken out against it at a school board meeting. Tuesday night, opponents David ... |
Editor |
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on Apr 2, 2011 at 9:15 pm by Voting no, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Afternoon Recess Eliminated at Hearst, Lydiksen, Mohr and Fairlands for Grades 1 through 3 Staggered Reading
Grades 1st, 2nd and 3rd used to have a morning and an afternoon recess.
Most schools still have a morning and afternoon recess. Under Staggered Reading, Early and Late Sta... |
Staggered Reading Chaos |
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on Sep 28, 2012 at 9:52 pm by Yep, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
shocking behavior at Amador Football Game
Wow! What a surprise! We are somewhat new to the area and thought we would check out the Amador High School football game tonight as it was the last home game of the season.... |
A surprised spectator |
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on Nov 6, 2007 at 3:40 pm by Jeb Bing, editor of the Pleasanton Weekly |
AROUND TOWN
Downtown going down?
What has happened to the standards for our downtown? I just drove down to First Avenue to see a banner for "Cigarette City" opening soon. This location is almost across the st... |
Concerned Citizen! |
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on Mar 7, 2011 at 4:37 pm by Maria S., a resident of the Canyon Meadows neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Pleasanton School District Salaries Now Online
The Bay Area News Group has just put a database online that lists out the salaries, pensions costs, and other income for all employees of the Pleasanton Unified School Distric... |
Information |
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on Feb 6, 2013 at 9:22 pm by Member, a resident of the Downtown neighborhood |
EDITOR'S BLOG
Pleasanton's own 'Wikipedia' says goodbye
While many of us are celebrating the holidays with family and friends, Dean and Mary Lu Campbell will spend the week busily packing up their Pleasanton house for their move to... |
Jeb Bing |
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on Dec 26, 2009 at 11:37 pm by Lucky to know Chico, a resident of the Downtown neighborhood |
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