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About this blog: I am a native of Alameda County, grew up in Pleasanton and currently live in the house I grew up in that is more than 100 years old. I spent 39 years in the daily newspaper business and wrote a column for more than 25 years in add... (More)
About this blog: I am a native of Alameda County, grew up in Pleasanton and currently live in the house I grew up in that is more than 100 years old. I spent 39 years in the daily newspaper business and wrote a column for more than 25 years in addition to writing editorials for more than 15 years. I have served as a director of many non-profits in the Valley and the broader Bay Area and currently serve as chair of Teen Esteem and on the advisory board of Shepherd?s Gate. I also served as founding chair of Heart for Africa and have travelled to Africa seven times to serve on mission trips. My wife, Betty Gail, has taught at Amador Valley High (from where we both graduated) since 1981. She and I both graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, as did both of my parents and my three siblings. Given that Cal tradition, our daughter went south to the University of Southern California and graduated with a degree in international relations. Since graduation, she has taken three mission trips and will be serving in the Philippines for nine months starting in September. (Hide)
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Affordable housing singled out to continue
Apr 9, 2020 9:58 am
Comments: 3 | Views: 1,889
The updated shelter-in-place mandate from the Bay Area’s six health departments shuttered almost all of another industry—construction.
Construction was allowed—with... More
Apr 9, 2020 9:58 am
Comments: 3 | Views: 1,889
The updated shelter-in-place mandate from the Bay Area’s six health departments shuttered almost all of another industry—construction.
Construction was allowed—with... More
Cancer center chaplain provides emotional support for patients
Apr 7, 2020 9:47 am
Comments: 0 | Views: 2,134
One of the tragic but necessary changes in the health care system has been the ban on visitors in hospitals, nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
That... More
Apr 7, 2020 9:47 am
Comments: 0 | Views: 2,134
One of the tragic but necessary changes in the health care system has been the ban on visitors in hospitals, nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
That... More
Next Step opens in Livermore and offers free diapers
Apr 2, 2020 9:13 am
Comments: 3 | Views: 2,879
Next Step expanded its services to Livermore at the New Year when it opened an office at 4200 East Avenue. It’s now adjusting to the coronavirus shelter-in-place... More
Apr 2, 2020 9:13 am
Comments: 3 | Views: 2,879
Next Step expanded its services to Livermore at the New Year when it opened an office at 4200 East Avenue. It’s now adjusting to the coronavirus shelter-in-place... More
Be aware of hyperbole in numbers and media hype
Mar 31, 2020 10:01 am
Comments: 14 | Views: 2,360
Today we will get the formal order from Bay Area health departments that the shelter-in-place order will be extended through April—San Francisco officials... More
Mar 31, 2020 10:01 am
Comments: 14 | Views: 2,360
Today we will get the formal order from Bay Area health departments that the shelter-in-place order will be extended through April—San Francisco officials... More
The takeout math just doesn't work for restaurants
Mar 26, 2020 7:52 am
Comments: 33 | Views: 4,910
The county health departments’ shelter in place orders on March 9 caught many, many people by surprise.
With the hospitality and transportation industries already... More
Mar 26, 2020 7:52 am
Comments: 33 | Views: 4,910
The county health departments’ shelter in place orders on March 9 caught many, many people by surprise.
With the hospitality and transportation industries already... More
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Time to blow up high school as we've known it
By Tim Hunt | 3 comments | 1,635 views
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