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Truth Has Fallen and Taken Liberty With It
By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS There was a time when the pen was mightier than the sword. That was a time when people believed in truth and regarded truth as an independent p...
 
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on May 14, 2010 at 2:20 pm by Cholo, a resident of Livermore
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Letter: McNerney reached out
Dear Editor, Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, April 23, 2010, 12:00 AM
 
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on Apr 25, 2010 at 3:37 pm by Ron, a resident of the Las Positas neighborhood
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Where is the sky is falling?
It seems lately that they sky never seems to stop falling around here. This is what happens when a desperate group of people are fighting for power. It is clear that the co...
 
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on Mar 16, 2010 at 10:43 am by ConservativeBalloonAnimal, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood
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Federal court hearing today on S.F.'s nudity ban
The fate of San Francisco's recently passed ban on public nudity could be decided in a federal court hearing today. Read the full story here Web Link...
 
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on Jan 30, 2013 at 8:58 am by High beams, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood
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Where is T. Coleman Andrews when you need him most?
Note at the bottom who wrote this letter: Congress [in implementing the Sixteenth Amendment] went beyond merely enacting an income tax law and repealed Article IV of the B...
 
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on Apr 16, 2010 at 9:19 am by Wayne, a resident of Dublin
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Talking Points vs. Reality - by Thomas Sowell
"In a swindle that would make Bernie Madoff look like an amateur, Barack Obama has gotten a substantial segment of the population to believe that he can add millions of people...
 
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on Mar 16, 2010 at 2:19 pm by Republican Dublin resident, a resident of Dublin
AROUND TOWN
ClutterLess (CL) Group Meeting Mon Jan. 9
Q. Is your New Year's Resolution to do something about Clutter (or should it be)? This year do something different! ClutterLess is a nonprofit, peer-based, SELF-HELP SUP...
 
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on Dec 30, 2011 at 6:19 pm by CLutterLess (CL), a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Register for Pleasanton Lacrosse
Registration is open for spring 2012 season for new and returning players ages U9, U11, U13, U15 and HSJV. Tryouts for team placements to be held in early December. Call (408)...
 
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on Nov 24, 2011 at 8:42 am by Lisa, a resident of the Birdland neighborhood
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Ribbon-cutting ceremony this morning to celebrate Domus re-opening
An official ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m. this morning will celebrate the re-opening of Domus, the kitchen and home accessories store at 652 Main St. in downtown Pleasant...
 
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on Aug 27, 2011 at 6:35 pm by Mike, a resident of the Highland Oaks neighborhood
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Congratulations to our first Find the Fair logo ticket winner!
Congratulations to Bill Bennett, the winner of four Alameda County Fair tickets in the first week of the Find the Fair logo! Read the full story here Web Link...
 
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on Jun 13, 2012 at 6:17 pm by sharon, a resident of the Ruby Hill neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Hamid's pretrial continued
The pretrial for Abdul Walid Hamid, a 22-year-old Hayward man arrested for a disturbance at Stoneridge Shopping Center, was continued to Jan. 28 for the public defender to hav...
 
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on Dec 27, 2009 at 10:15 pm by lisa, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
It's 'Spare the Air' day for the Superbowl
Bay Area residents are being asked not to burn wood today by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. Read the full story here Web Link_...
 
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on Feb 5, 2012 at 1:21 pm by Kangaroo, a resident of another community
AROUND TOWN
Fire stations plan 'open houses' tomorrow to promote home safety
Fire houses in Pleasanton and Livermore will be opening their doors this weekend to promote fire safety. October is Fire Prevention Month and this year's theme is "Smoke Alarm...
 
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on Oct 28, 2010 at 1:27 am by Just a Firefighter, a resident of the Pleasanton Valley neighborhood
COMMENTS ON STORIES
BART to delay scheduled fare increase in 2012
BART directors voted Thursday to delay the agency's next regularly scheduled fare increase in 2012 after receiving unexpected funding from the state earlier this year, spokesm...
 
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on Aug 27, 2010 at 11:49 am by Steve, a resident of the Stoneridge neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
'West Side Story' doesn't miss a beat at Bankhead Theater performances
Can "West Side Story" really be 55 years old? Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 3:47 P...
 
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on Oct 25, 2012 at 8:16 am by laverne, a resident of the California Reflections neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Who's Protecting Our Environment?
Just another example of people's indifference for our environment. In Dublin on Dublin Blvd about 5:40PM on Tuesday, and the person in front of me in his Hyundai Sonata (Com...
 
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on Apr 18, 2012 at 10:18 am by Ronald, a resident of the Country Fair neighborhood
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Thoroughly Modern Millie' opens at the Firehouse Arts Center
See flappers, tap-dancers, dashing leading men, and a villainess fashion the story of Millie Dillmount who seeks a new life in New York City in "Thoroughly Modern Millie" at 8...
 
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on Oct 7, 2011 at 10:57 am by Debbie Look, a resident of the Birdland neighborhood
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Do you know what an in-situ burn is? It's OK, neither does Pres Obama nor the mainstream media
But it is this method and technology that would have spared the gulf coast perhaps 95% of the oil slick now approaching the area, perhaps even averting an ecological disaster....
 
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on May 7, 2010 at 8:15 am by Che, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Granite Bay High wins Sweepstakes award at Foothill Band Review
Main Street in Pleasanton was filled with the sounds of music last Saturday as 50 marching bands from high schools and middle schools throughout the area passed under the Plea...
 
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on Oct 28, 2012 at 9:57 am by Huh?, a resident of the Downtown neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Oakland woman nabbed on credit card scam at Stoneridge Mall
A 31-year-old Oakland woman faces multiple felony counts for a credit card scam that took at least $3,500 from a Vacaville resident, among others. Read the full story here ht...
 
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on Apr 4, 2012 at 7:53 am by Appalled, a resident of the Birdland neighborhood
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Safeway's 2nd quarter profit dips but revenue jumps to $10.4 billion
Pleasanton-based Safeway Inc. has reported second-quarter profit fell to $121.7 million for the second quarter of 2012 compared to $146.0 million in the same quarter a year ag...
 
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on Jul 31, 2012 at 2:13 pm by Retired, a resident of the Downtown neighborhood
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Power restored after Wednesday morning outage leaves 3,800 in the dark in Pleasanton
Electric power was restored about 9 a.m. Wednesday to about 3,800 PG&E business and residential customers who were left in the dark for a few hours well before sunrise in and ...
 
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on May 2, 2013 at 6:12 pm by Kathleen Ruegsegger, a resident of the Vintage Hills Elementary School neighborhood
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Tomato planting time
Growing your own tomatoes can save money but, even better, your own garden can supply you with tasty produce. As the warm weather begins -- and hopefully that will be soon -- ...
 
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on Mar 30, 2012 at 4:43 pm by Cornell, a resident of the Castlewood neighborhood
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Finally...Obama's Fuzzy Concept of "Change" is Now Clear...
Obama's "Change" that he based his campaign on was a fuzzy concept that now is very clear. Here is a telling picture of the "Change" he was talking about. This "Change" is...
 
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on Jul 21, 2010 at 7:59 am by Chris, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Organic Cherries
Speaking of organic, I'm looking for organic cherries. Anyone know where I can buy some?
 
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on May 30, 2010 at 8:58 pm by Plez Rez, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood
 

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