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Private services planned for Pleasanton social worker
Since the news of the death of Michael Edward Rose, many people have recalled his good work in helping troubled young people through his private counseling practice he operate... |
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on Jul 23, 2010 at 3:16 am by Jordyn, a resident of Dublin |
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Campaign launched to create constitutional convention
The Bay Area Council, a collection of business leaders, joined a coalition of partners in Sacramento today to launch a campaign to create a voter-authorized constitutional con... |
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on Jan 13, 2010 at 7:04 pm by Dana, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
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Local Native American tribe seeks identity
The Muwekma Ohlones, whose ancestral lands are in Pleasanton and throughout the Bay Area, have lost a federal lawsuit seeking recognition of their tribe by the United States, ... |
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on Dec 24, 2012 at 7:29 am by Educated Indian, a resident of another community |
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East Bay gay Boy Scout delivers petitions signed by 400,000 demanding he be given Eagle Scout award
A local Boy Scout who has drawn national attention after recently being kicked out of his troop because he is gay delivered a petition with more than 400,000 signatures to tro... |
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on Oct 24, 2012 at 5:14 pm by Resident, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
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Reopen the waterslides, urge residents
Pleasanton residents and officials pushed for the reopening of the waterslides at Shadow Cliffs in a joint meeting held midday Monday with city and East Bay Regional Park Dist... |
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on Jul 2, 2012 at 10:41 am by Mom of 2, a resident of the Pleasanton Meadows neighborhood |
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School board majority votes to rehire workers, approve administrative contracts
The Pleasanton school board wrapped up its work for the 2011-12 school year in a six-hour meeting Tuesday night that brought back some workers, renewed administrative contract... |
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on Jul 2, 2012 at 2:42 am by Jan, a resident of the Bonde Ranch neighborhood |
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Dozens protest reading cuts at Pleasanton school board meeting
A reading program on the chopping block drew an overflow crowd to the Pleasanton school board meeting Tuesday night, spilling out from the boardroom and into the hall and entr... |
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on Feb 17, 2012 at 8:34 pm by Libby , a resident of the Del Prado neighborhood |
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Safeway to break ground this morning on new 'Lifestyle' store in Pleasanton
Civic leaders will join Safeway executives at 9:30 a.m. this morning at the traditional groundbreaking ceremonies for the company's new 58,000-square-foot "Lifestyle" supermar... |
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on Jan 20, 2012 at 2:28 pm by OrganicMama, a resident of the Pleasanton Valley neighborhood |
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Homework policy, district finances to be discussed by Pleasanton school board tonight
The Pleasanton school board will take its first look at a new homework policy for the coming school year at its meeting tonight.
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on May 26, 2011 at 4:31 pm by James, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
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'Huckleberry Finn' re-write: Political correctness or censorship?
Next month, NewSouth Books will publish a combined edition of Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "Tom Sawyer" which will omit a particular racial epithet. S... |
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on Jan 20, 2011 at 10:00 am by Resident, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
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Group rallies in bid for City Council to act on Staples Ranch
After nearly five years of delays in the approval process for the development of Stoneridge Creek, a continuing life retirement community on the Staples Ranch site, 35 Pleasan... |
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on Jul 23, 2010 at 2:51 pm by Billie, a resident of the Mohr Park neighborhood |
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Union that represents locked-out Castlewood workers strikes Hyatt Regency hotel
About 400 hotel workers at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco are walking off their jobs Tuesday to highlight months of contract disputes, according to union representatives.
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on Jun 18, 2010 at 4:45 pm by Observer, a resident of the Castlewood neighborhood |
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COMMENTARY: Pleasanton's costly housing cap
The Pleasanton City Council Tuesday night deferred until its April 20 meeting a decision on how to proceed on a court's ruling that declared the city's 1996 housing cap illega... |
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on Apr 15, 2010 at 9:45 pm by Mao, a resident of the Downtown neighborhood |
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Letter: PP, QQ not similar to 1992 citizen effort
Dear Editor,
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, October 17, 2008, 12:00 AM |
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on Oct 24, 2008 at 9:19 pm by anonymous, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
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Pleasanton Council decides roads are not part of hillside protection ordinance
The Pleasanton City Council approved a final version of a hillside protection ordinance called Measure PP Tuesday night with its chambers filled for a second public hearing in... |
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on Apr 22, 2013 at 8:18 pm by Fact Checker, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
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Coldstone Creamery closing its downtown Pleasanton store
The franchise owners of Coldstone Creamery in downtown Pleasanton are closing their store and moving out of Tully's Plaza after Craig Semmelmeyer, the owner of Main Street Pro... |
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on Apr 6, 2013 at 1:47 pm by dave, a resident of another community |
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Bay Area reacts to first Papal resignation in nearly 600 years
Bay Area religious communities reacted with "surprise" and "shock" to Monday's announcement that Pope Benedict XVI will resign.
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on Feb 15, 2013 at 6:45 pm by Cholo, a resident of Livermore |
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Pleasanton school board braces for more cuts at meeting tonight, including adult ed cuts
The Pleasanton school board plans to spend an hour tonight reviewing a list of potential cuts that include eliminating the Barton Reading Program, cutting reading support at e... |
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on Mar 1, 2012 at 12:06 pm by Stacey, a resident of the Amberwood/Wood Meadows neighborhood |
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Striking faculty cancel classes at Cal State East Bay
California State University faculty from throughout the state
converged on two of the system's 23 campuses Thursday morning to participate in a one-day strike to protest th... |
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on Nov 20, 2011 at 8:19 am by Kathleen Ruegsegger, a resident of the Vintage Hills Elementary School neighborhood |
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Teachers joining Occupy Oakland protestors today
Hundreds of teachers will be among thousands expected to
participate in the general strike organized by Occupy Oakland today.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Nov 2, 2011 at 10:57 pm by cz, a resident of the Civic Square neighborhood |
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No Child Left Behind a failing program, Pleasanton school chief says
Pleasanton school Superintendent Parvin Ahmadi is joining with other Alameda County superintendents in taking a stand against the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act.
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on Oct 2, 2011 at 2:11 pm by No more excuses. We want results, a resident of the Pleasanton Meadows neighborhood |
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unregistered comments on Castlewood union protests
Just thought I'd start a thread that doesn't require registration. Unions, and sympathizers, like to try to intimidate, in whatever way they think they can. My comment is th... |
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on Jul 2, 2011 at 7:57 am by Leland, a resident of the Happy Valley neighborhood |
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Teen drug abuse is rampant say cops, counselors
It could happen to your child and your family. That was the message Tuesday morning at a Hart Middle School meeting to discuss drug abuse by students. Parents and teachers see... |
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on Jun 16, 2011 at 10:33 pm by George, a resident of the Ruby Hill neighborhood |
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Snowboard accident lands Foothill grad in intensive care
A snowboard jump at Northstar-at-Tahoe last Sunday landed Foothill High grad Eric Cavalli, 18, in Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, undergoing emergency surgery for a to... |
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on Mar 3, 2011 at 2:45 pm by john, a resident of another community |
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Federal judge's ruling against state's same-sex marriage ban on hold as Prop. 8 backers plan appeal
A federal judge in San Francisco Wednesday struck down Proposition 8, California's ban on same-sex marriage, saying that it violated the U.S. Constitution's guarantees of due ... |
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on Aug 9, 2010 at 8:49 pm by why the H8???, a resident of the Del Prado neighborhood |