Pleasanton school board to consider accepting Ghysels’ retirement letter, approving new superintendent contract
The PUSD Board of Trustees is set to vote this Thursday to accept Superintendent Maurice Ghysels’ retirement letter and endorse a new contract for a superintendent who has not been identified publicly to date.
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Chancellor Mehdizadeh retiring from Contra Costa Community College District
The Contra Costa Community College District is poised to be under new leadership for the fourth time in the past decade, with Chancellor Mojdeh Mehdizadeh set to depart in December. Executive vice chancellor Micaela Ochoa, a former Pleasanton Unified administrator,…
Golden mussels detected at Lake Del Valle in Livermore; boating restrictions put in place
EBRPD has enacted a 30-day quarantine for boats that launch at Lake Del Valle after highly invasive golden mussels were detected in the reservoir in Livermore, the agency announced Monday.
Construction begins on new memory care facility in Dublin
A senior housing company broke ground this month on a memory care project in western Dublin, with the goal of opening the facility late next year.
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Lifestyle
Take Us Along: World travelers check in from Arctic Circle
Pleasanton’s John Perez and Kristi Reed reach the Arctic Ocean on the first leg of their road trip across the world.
Column – Home sweet home: Seniors are staying put
Modern seniors have more flexibility than ever to design a next chapter that fits their life
PUSD celebrates TK/K expansion projects at Fairlands, Donlon elementary schools
PUSD officials, staff and community members gathered last week to celebrate the opening of new transitional kindergarten and kindergarten facilities at both Donlon and Fairlands elementary schools.
A&E
‘BINGO!’ Inside Tri-Valley game hall that serves as ongoing fundraiser for local nonprofits
Hunched over cards with daubers in hand, folks await a number-letter pairing from their nests of food and drink at cafeteria-style tables. A ball is announced and the relative silence is cut with chatter as a player yells “BINGO!” and wins hundreds of dollars.
Holiday favorites, folklore music and Mozart for Valley Concert Chorale
Valley Concert Chorale is getting in tune for “an extraordinary range of sacred masterworks, festive holiday traditions, and dynamic choral collaborations” for its upcoming 2026-27 performance season.
‘A true cultural exchange’: Irish cast bringing the drama to 2026 Eugene O’Neill Festival
Playwright Eugene O’Neill is known for both his complicated personal life – and works based on it – and his ongoing impact on modern American theatre, with those two factors set to be center stage at this year’s festival celebrating…
Spotlight
This California Delta community is drawing Bay Area homebuyers to the water
Bay Area residents understand the value of open space. That’s why it’s no surprise a private waterfront enclave on the California Delta is drawing homebuyers who are ready for a different kind of life.
Ivy League mentorship for college applications and career foundations through meaningful projects
Path Mentors was born out of dissatisfaction with the toxic high-pressure environment that college admissions has created. Founded in 2019 by Columbia graduates, the Path Mentors’ team of nearly 100 mentors from a wide range of professions including technology, finance,…
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An event destination: Visit Tri-Valley pushes bold vision to transform region – but not everybody is all-in on the $365M project
Thousands of seats for concerts, interchangeable arenas for different sports and abundant space for business meetings and conferences – for a price tag in the hundreds of millions.
Pleasanton Weekly wins General Excellence, nine other first-place honors in California Journalism Awards
“The winning categories capture the quality, range and impact of our journalism: General Excellence, Investigative Reporting, Enterprise Series, Best Newsletter, Columns, Editorial Comment, Business and the Economy, Sports Feature, Profile Story and Fine Arts.”
Sports
Pleasanton Preps: Amador flag football team building momentum in 2026
This year the Dons entered the season with a lot of experience and jumped out to a 10-2 mark, including a 13-12 win over Cardinal Newman last Friday, ending a 29-game winning streak by the Cardinals.
Strong start with non-league schedule for (most) Tri-Valley football teams
Here is a look at the EBAL football teams through the first three weeks of the season…
Tracy High football coach, Pleasanton native accused of recording students in locker room
The head coach of Tracy High School’s varsity football team – who grew up in Pleasanton and suited up for the Amador Valley Dons in the mid-1990s – was arrested Friday after police allege he secretly videorecorded students changing in…
ReAL Estate
Pleasanton poised to rezone three sites for almost 1,500 new housing units after settlement agreement
The Pleasanton Planning Commission unanimously voted earlier this month to recommend that the City Council rezone three commercial properties in the city for high-density residential housing, which could result in nearly 1,500 new units if developers decide to build at…
‘They kind of lost rational reason’: Property owners, city litigate land use at Dublin’s eastern edge
A years-long legal battle involving the city of Dublin and the owners of a parcel in town is poised for a trial by jury next year as both sides butt heads over control of the land through which the proposed…
Pleasanton council approves rezoning of two church sites to allow for housing
The Pleasanton City Council voted 4-1 last week to rezone portions of Trinity Lutheran Church and Rock Bible Church in order to allow up to 10 residential units to be developed at each site.
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