Pleasanton resident Bridget Werner, 5, is playing the role of Lulu in the national tour of "Waitress the Musical" when it is at the Sacramento Community Center Theater later this month.

PUSD staff have settled on an official recommendation for dealing with enrollment growth in the northern part of the city.

The Pleasanton City Council approved a temporary safety measure soon to be installed on a segment of Foothill Road.

If holiday book-giving isn't already a tradition among your family and friends, this might be the year to start. Two local offerings have hit the shelves just in time for the holidays, including "The American Lab," the first comprehensive history of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, written by director emeritus C. Bruce Tarter.

Child Care Links, a private nonprofit agency that has served children in the Tri-Valley for more than 40 years, has now become a leading provider of a wide range of services and programs from providing food, clothing and baby diapers to needy families as well as helping them find child care.

The Pleasanton City Council celebrated a changing of the guard, as new Councilwoman Julie Testa was sworn into office alongside re-elected Councilwoman Kathy Narum and Mayor Jerry Thorne during a special council meeting.

A nationwide event that happens during Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 3-9), Hour of Code aims to engage students in computer science, especially women and under-represented minorities.

The Pleasanton Weekly's 2018 Holiday Fund has launched with 15 nonprofits slated to benefit from this year's campaign.

All good things must come to an end -- and this will be the last year for Bob Stanley's holiday lights extravaganza in Pleasanton. Dubbed Bob's World, it has delighted area residents each holiday season for more than 30 years.