The Pleasanton community came together for a socially distanced candlelight vigil on Thursday evening to put out the word and help find Pleasanton native Sydney "Syd" West, who has been missing for more than three weeks.

After maintaining his innocence for six years, convicted killer Steven Carlson has confessed to the murder of 14-year-old Tina Faelz as she was walking home from Foothill High School in Pleasanton on April 5, 1984.

Family members of Robert Hilker, a chef hired at a downtown Pleasanton restaurant several months before disappearing in late spring, have confirmed that his was the previously unidentified body found yards off a local trail in September.

The group of ghost seekers gathered promptly at 7 p.m. via Zoom last Friday at Museum on Main for the launch of this year's annual Ghost Walk.

We have compiled an Election Guide for Pleasanton, Livermore and Dublin city and school races. In the coming days, we'll be adding stories, videos and more to each guide to help you make informed decisions.

Since Alameda County entered the orange tier of the state's color-coded COVID-19 monitoring system, local public health officials have confirmed details for indoor activities that will be allowed starting Friday.

Federal under secretary Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty spent two days at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories amid the expansions of programs and facilities underway at each campus. See that and other recent news from both labs here.

DSRSD switched to new by-division elections this year, but two of the three Board of Directors seats will be on the ballot uncontested while the third saw no candidates come forward during the filing period this summer.

Utikal began burning up the phone lines, talking with PUSD Superintendent David Haglund, as well as parents, with the goal to find the projects that needed the most attention. Once he had a list, he formed We Are Pleasanton.

Grocery Outlet appears on its way to opening a store in Pleasanton after leasing the supermarket space in the Vintage Hills Shopping Center that has sat empty since New Leaf Community Markets left nearly four years ago.

Livermore Acting Police Chief Jeramy Young has had his interim tag removed, having been appointed to the permanent position this week following a nationwide recruitment process that lasted several months.

Pleasanton Art League's first online exhibit, "Paint Pleasanton 2020," is on its website, with 51 artworks created by 23 artists.