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Veeva: A 'feel good' business in a life-saving industry
Pleasanton needs more entrepreneurs like Peter Gassner. A 15-year homeowner here in the Gates community with his wife Piyajit and their sons Filaa and Arin, Gassner heads up V... |
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on Sep 19, 2011 at 11:46 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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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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Remembering their sacrifice on Memorial Day
For a city that's known for its downtown parades, the county fair and a shopper's paradise with a regional mall and historic downtown, Memorial Day always offers a solemn side... |
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on May 22, 2009 at 8:24 am by Jeb Bing, editor of the Pleasanton Weekly |
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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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Here comes the band (and how it happens)
As the announcer for the Tri-Valley's 16th annual Veterans Day parade on Nov. 4, I had the easy job of joining my fellow veterans who put this event together each year by read... |
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on Nov 11, 2012 at 6:08 pm by Jeb Bing, editor of the Pleasanton Weekly |
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March Madness and TV30
If your Uncle Harry in Chicago needs a breath of spring air after the 10 inches of snow that city received this week, have him tune in to TV30 for a look at Arden Lane's nurse... |
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on Mar 15, 2013 at 10:37 am by Jeb Bing, editor of the Pleasanton Weekly |
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An exciting January for us and the news
January has been an exciting month, with President Obama's festive inauguration and parade, with Governor Brown's new budget wiping away a deficit that stood at $25 billion wh... |
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on Jan 28, 2013 at 1:16 pm by liberalism is a disease, a resident of the Birdland neighborhood |
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Hosterman's city skills going viral
Some of us thought that Jennifer Hosterman traveled a lot when she was Pleasanton's mayor, a post she left just two months ago when she was termed out of office after more tha... |
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on Feb 9, 2013 at 11:45 pm by Jeb Bing, editor of the Pleasanton Weekly |
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9 out of 10 business leaders say they like Pleasanton
A recent survey of Pleasanton business leaders showed that they like doing business here, they and their employees like Pleasanton schools, like living here and appreciate the... |
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on Mar 13, 2013 at 8:17 am by Jeb Bing, editor of the Pleasanton Weekly |
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Something to sleep on
Not many high school juniors spend their free time sewing these days, but thanks to Libby Howard's love of fashion design, making clothes and a commitment to "give back" to th... |
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on Apr 8, 2013 at 8:15 am by Jeb Bing, editor of the Pleasanton Weekly |