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About Christian
Christian Trujano is a staff reporter for Embarcadero Media's East Bay Division, the Pleasanton Weekly. He returned to the company in May 2022 after having interned for the Palo Alto Weekly in 2019.Christian primarily covers the Pleasanton city, school board, Zone 7 water and general news beats while also helping cover the greater Tri-Valley region. Since May, Christian has reported on the 2022 primary elections; middle schoolers protesting gun violence; city council plans on funding city projects; and the fire on the Pleasanton Ridge.
A San Jose native who studied at San Jose State and De Anza College, Christian began writing for school newspapers in 2017. While he has enjoyed writing about city and school meetings since then, Christian also enjoys watching Bay Area sports, making music for fun and taking care of his two new kittens.
Stories by Christian
Pleasanton council to discuss different ways to address PFAS-contaminated water, aging wells
The Pleasanton City Council is set Tuesday to debate a new capital investment project that would develop and analyze water supply alternatives for the city.[Tuesday, October 18, 2022]
Dublin High's Kaplan named Alameda County Teacher of the Year
Dublin High School teacher Ramany Kaplan said when she was selected as an Alameda County Teacher of the Year, she thought about her parents and what they went through coming to the U.S. seeking refuge from Cambodia in the 1980s.[Sunday, October 16, 2022]
Pleasanton school board to consider final work on several Measure I1 projects
The Pleasanton school board is set to review and approve the final round of security updates that were included in the 2016 Measure I1 school bond at this Thursday's board meeting.[Thursday, October 13, 2022]
TV30 election specials airing now
Tri-Valley Community Television is now broadcasting local election specials where hosts interviewed Tri-Valley candidates on the ballot this November.[Tuesday, October 18, 2022]
District attorney candidates debate: Price, Wiley discuss dealing with crime, police misconduct and more
After months of community forums and intense campaigning, Alameda County voters will soon be deciding who wins one of their most important runoff elections -- district attorney. Pamela Price and Terry Wiley face each other after...[Thursday, October 13, 2022]
Meet the Pleasanton school board candidates
The Pleasanton Unified School District Board of Trustees will be seeing two new faces after this election cycle is over -- one of whom is already guaranteed the position. This will be the first district-based election for PUSD.[Wednesday, October 12, 2022]
All three seats on Sunol school board being contested this election cycle
Sunol residents will be choosing candidates to fill all three positions in the Sunol Glen Unified School District Board of Trustees race this November -- two full-term seats and one short-term.[Monday, October 10, 2022]
PUSD seeks volunteers for new committee to analyze its property assets
The Pleasanton Unified School District has announced that it is looking for seven to 11 volunteers to help the district decide how to best utilize some of its property assets. The deadline to apply is Oct. 21.[Monday, October 10, 2022]
Sunol residents to decide $10.9 million school bond measure this November
The Sunol Glen Unified School District has placed a $10.9 million general obligation bond on the Nov. 8 ballot to help fund several big-ticket projects like replacing the roofs, upgrading outdated facilities and modernizing classrooms.[Tuesday, October 4, 2022]
The Lettermen tradition continues at the Bankhead
The Lettermen, an American pop vocal trio, are coming to Livermore next week -- they are hoping to electrify the audience with their energetic arrangements of old and new love songs.[Thursday, October 6, 2022]
