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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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Just who is the extremist when it comes to abortion?
Oct 27, 2022 8:44 am
Comments: 3 | Views: 1,681
Gov. Gavin Newsom is so confident of his re-election next month that he’s spending his time shilling for the abortion rights proposition.
The television... More
Oct 27, 2022 8:44 am
Comments: 3 | Views: 1,681
Gov. Gavin Newsom is so confident of his re-election next month that he’s spending his time shilling for the abortion rights proposition.
The television... More
Pondering school bonds in Pleasanton and Livermore
Oct 25, 2022 9:30 am
Comments: 6 | Views: 1,817
Livermore and Pleasanton voters will both consider school bond issues next month—although with mailed ballots already in homes, they’re doing it now.... More
Oct 25, 2022 9:30 am
Comments: 6 | Views: 1,817
Livermore and Pleasanton voters will both consider school bond issues next month—although with mailed ballots already in homes, they’re doing it now.... More
Goodness Village leaders are innovating as they serve formerly unhoused residents
Oct 20, 2022 8:31 am
Comments: 6 | Views: 1,898
NOTE: Corrected and updated Oct. 28, 2022
Spend some time with Kim Curtis, the executive director of Goodness Village, and you cannot help but be impressed... More
Oct 20, 2022 8:31 am
Comments: 6 | Views: 1,898
NOTE: Corrected and updated Oct. 28, 2022
Spend some time with Kim Curtis, the executive director of Goodness Village, and you cannot help but be impressed... More
High density apartments potentially headed to Pleasanton BART station
Oct 18, 2022 7:25 am
Comments: 3 | Views: 2,528
Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislative leaders have been working on trumping local control to ensure more housing gets built across the state.
Changes passed... More
Oct 18, 2022 7:25 am
Comments: 3 | Views: 2,528
Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislative leaders have been working on trumping local control to ensure more housing gets built across the state.
Changes passed... More
Celebrating a wedding and delighting in fall colors
Oct 13, 2022 8:41 am
Comments: 4 | Views: 2,134
We’ve spent the last week celebrating the marriage of our daughter Glenalyn to Solomon Joseph in Southern Utah.
The ceremony took place in a resort east of... More
Oct 13, 2022 8:41 am
Comments: 4 | Views: 2,134
We’ve spent the last week celebrating the marriage of our daughter Glenalyn to Solomon Joseph in Southern Utah.
The ceremony took place in a resort east of... More
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