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Back to Vietnam for an ex-flight attendant
Those of us who know Nancy Pennell, and there are no doubt hundreds in Pleasanton who do, also know that she's hard to track down. A world traveler who celebrated her 65th bir... |
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on May 10, 2009 at 7:45 pm by Been there too, a resident of the Ruby Hill neighborhood |
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Lifetime achievement award goes to Ben Fernandez
Ben Fernandez won the Pleasanton Chamber's "Lifetime Achievement Award" earlier this year, and with good reason. At 78, he's still as active as ever, traveling the world with ... |
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on Apr 25, 2009 at 12:30 pm by Jack, a resident of the Downtown neighborhood |
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Have churches become too big for Pleasanton neighborhoods?
Here we go again. Another Pleasanton church--Trinity Lutheran- is facing the wrath of homeowners who live nearby and even some who don’t because of this city’s absolute obses... |
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on Apr 22, 2009 at 1:47 pm by Another Gatetree Resident, a resident of the Pleasanton Valley neighborhood |
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Help for families of fallen police, firefighters
Just hours after the murders last month of the four Oakland police officers, members of the 100 Club of Alameda County delivered checks of $20,000 to each of the three widows ... |
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on Apr 13, 2009 at 5:35 pm by Cholo, a resident of Livermore |
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Corbett introduces anti-Libel Tourism bill
We don’t normally pay much attention to libel laws affecting newspaper reporters because U.S. law and the courts are generally protective of the rights of journalists to respo... |
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on Mar 10, 2009 at 6:43 am by Jeb Bing, editor of the Pleasanton Weekly |
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Chicago Tribune losing readers, but not its iconic tower
Not all news about the big city daily newspapers is troubling, although there's plenty of that being reported. A bright spot came last week out of Chicago when real estate mog... |
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on Mar 3, 2009 at 5:13 am by Jeb Bing, editor of the Pleasanton Weekly |
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Look to Burlingame for more sizzle in downtown Pleasanton
Some merchants in downtown Pleasanton are fighting mad that neither their own Pleasanton Downtown Association nor city government are doing enough to help bolster sales and th... |
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on Feb 4, 2009 at 7:08 am by Concerned, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
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What Dr. King might have said today
The Tri-Valley YMCA traditionally holds it community-wide breakfast honoring the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. a week after the national holiday so that more people will co... |
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on Jan 30, 2009 at 8:51 am by Jeb Bing, editor of the Pleasanton Weekly |
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2nd-graders' comments on the inauguration show they'll be ready to lead
The historic events on Inauguration Day Jan. 20 were also center stage in teacher Renee Vernon's second grade classroom at Walnut Grove Elementary School. "Ms. V," as she is a... |
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on Jan 27, 2009 at 9:25 pm by rs, a resident of the Ruby Hill neighborhood |
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From websites to mailbox delivery, New Media is changing
As readers, viewers and advertisers shuffle the ways they get their news and sell their products as if they have some sort of a universal remote capable of switching media, th... |
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on Jan 13, 2009 at 4:09 pm by Stacey, a resident of the Amberwood/Wood Meadows neighborhood |
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What a way to celebrate Independence Day!
It’s back to work on Monday, July 7 after a fun-filled weekend in Pleasanton. Like thousands of others, about as far as I drove was to the mall to meet others for lunch on Sat... |
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on Aug 27, 2008 at 11:59 am by Long, a resident of the Jensen Tract neighborhood |
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Schools should help students cope with Virginia Tech tragedy
With bomb threats and disturbing graffiti at high schools in Tracy and Pacifica just a week after the shooting tragedies at Virginia Tech, shouldn’t Pleasanton high schools do... |
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on Jun 10, 2007 at 4:39 pm by Joey, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
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