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About this blog: A longtime newspaperman, I have been editor of the Pleasanton Weekly since it was launched Jan. 28, 2000. I was a reporter and Neighborhood News editor at the Chicago Tribune for 13 years, and previously a reporter for the Advance... (More)
About this blog: A longtime newspaperman, I have been editor of the Pleasanton Weekly since it was launched Jan. 28, 2000. I was a reporter and Neighborhood News editor at the Chicago Tribune for 13 years, and previously a reporter for the Advance-Star in Burlingame. I've also held public relations writing and management positions with Standard Oil of Indiana (now part of British Petroleum), Westinghouse in Pittsburgh, the American Petroleum Institute in Washington, D.C., and Pilkington Barnes-Hind in Sunnyvale (now part of Ciba Corp.). (Hide)
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Council halts plans for 90-home senior housing on Merritt property
Mar 20, 2019 10:21 pm
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The Pleasanton City Council in effect has rejected a developer’s bid to build a 90-home project for seniors 55 and older on the largely-vacant... More
Mar 20, 2019 10:21 pm
Comments: 2 | Views: 1,797
The Pleasanton City Council in effect has rejected a developer’s bid to build a 90-home project for seniors 55 and older on the largely-vacant... More
Illinois winters lead to Porky’s opening in Pleasanton
Mar 9, 2019 11:48 am
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Thanks to the long and blustery winters in Chicago and northern Illinois – which I remember well -- the Valenziano family moved west and has... More
Mar 9, 2019 11:48 am
Comments: 2 | Views: 3,906
Thanks to the long and blustery winters in Chicago and northern Illinois – which I remember well -- the Valenziano family moved west and has... More
Plan a party, help a charity
Feb 25, 2019 4:49 pm
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An Alamo-based organization -- Party In-Kindness (PIK) -- is changing the way groups can raise money for worthy charities by making it easy, fun and... More
Feb 25, 2019 4:49 pm
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An Alamo-based organization -- Party In-Kindness (PIK) -- is changing the way groups can raise money for worthy charities by making it easy, fun and... More
Livermore Lab’s breakthrough advances 3d printing applications
Jan 31, 2019 7:51 pm
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“It looks like something you might find aboard the Starship Enterprise,” said Jeremy Thomas, a spokesman for Lawrence Livermore National... More
Jan 31, 2019 7:51 pm
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“It looks like something you might find aboard the Starship Enterprise,” said Jeremy Thomas, a spokesman for Lawrence Livermore National... More
The Five
Dec 13, 2018 9:55 pm
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I'm not talking about the five senses, "The Five People You Meet in Heaven," the 5-second rule, the Jackson Five, quintuplets or "The... More
Dec 13, 2018 9:55 pm
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I'm not talking about the five senses, "The Five People You Meet in Heaven," the 5-second rule, the Jackson Five, quintuplets or "The... More
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