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TIM TALK
Valley Humane Society set to open its new clinicJanuary is shaping up to be a great month for Melanie Sadek and the Valley Humane Society. After a challenging year of construction on its operating room in an...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Dec. 29, 2022There are no comments yet. 1773 Views
TIM TALK
How muddled are the Pleasanton council's prioritiesIt’s wisely said that your budget—whether household, business or government—reflects your priorities. The Pleasanton City Council has conducted budget...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on May. 25, 2023Last comment by Lenora Prescott, on May 31, 2023 at 9:19 am | 7 comments | 1766 Views
TIM TALK
Health care agencies collaborate as well as compete hereAttending Innovation Tri-Valley’s 9th annual Innovation Forum, you cannot help but be impressed by all that’s going on in health care and the life sciences...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Jan. 26, 2023Last comment by Jake Waters, on Jan 26, 2023 at 11:30 am | 1 comment | 1751 Views
TIM TALK
Shining a spotlight on Tri-Valley start-upsLast week was a great one to gain further insight into the thriving Tri-Valley economy. I reported Thursday about Innovation Tri-Valley’s annual forum that...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Jan. 30, 2023Last comment by Harrison Tamaki, on Feb 1, 2023 at 7:26 am | 1 comment | 1748 Views
TIM TALK
The pile of bad City Council decisions keeps growingThe majority of the Pleasanton City Council continued its pattern of what Weekly Publisher Gina Channell Wilcox correctly termed “ill-logical” decisions...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 16, 2023Last comment by Rich Buckley, on Mar 16, 2023 at 1:45 pm | 1 comment | 1707 Views
NOTES ON THE VALLEY
Visiting family in IndiaOver the holidays I joined my immediate family on a trip to India. It had been five years since I had last been there and had a chance to reconnect with extended...
Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on Jan. 18, 2023There are no comments yet. 1693 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Deferred? Now What?When the pandemic first hit, many worried that applications for admission would decrease in much the same way as enrollment numbers dropped. However, the opposite...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Feb. 1, 2023Last comment by Harrison Tamaki, on Feb 1, 2023 at 7:37 am | 1 comment | 1663 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Do I Really Have to Study a Foreign Language? Yes! And Here’s WhyWhen preparing to apply for college, most students are aware that they must remain rigorous in core courses, like English and mathematics. However, many students...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Mar. 28, 2023Last comment by Kasey Kee, on Mar 30, 2023 at 11:15 am | 2 comments | 1651 Views
TIM TALK
Dallas vs. San Francisco Sunday sparks plenty of memoriesSunday’s Dallas-49ers game sparks lots of memories for me. I started in the newspaper industry as a sports writer and wrote sports throughout the late 1960s and...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Jan. 19, 2023Last comment by Gary Chisolm, on Jan 24, 2023 at 7:22 am | 6 comments | 1646 Views
TIM TALK
Time to think again about expensive rail projectsReports released this month show that public transit systems, such as BART, that traditionally have been funded by fares paid by users will be in deep trouble financially...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Feb. 23, 2023Last comment by Rich Buckley, on Feb 23, 2023 at 10:35 am | 1 comment | 1643 Views
TIM TALK
Poor downtown zoning decision should be reversedContrasting zoning debates offers insights into priorities for community leaders. Consider that Berkeley, AKA the People’s Republic of Berzerkley, is moving...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Aug. 5, 2021Last comment by Willy, on Aug 9, 2021 at 9:37 am | 1 comment | 1615 Views
TIM TALK
Blessing families for ChristmasIf you wanted to enjoy a heart-warming experience, you should have stopped by Valley Community Church in Pleasanton Friday morning. Monthly Miracles, the Christian...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Dec. 27, 2022There are no comments yet. 1608 Views
NOTES ON THE VALLEY
Expanding access to Yosemite's wondersOne of the most awe inspiring treks I’ve been on in California is located in Yosemite National Park. The Mist trail is a seven-mile round trip which takes hikers...
Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on May. 24, 2023Last comment by Erin Miller, on Jun 3, 2023 at 8:11 am | 8 comments | 1604 Views
NOTES ON THE VALLEY
The forever chemicalsLast week the Pleasanton City Council once again talked through solutions for an issue that has been affecting the city for a few years. In 2019, the city shut down...
Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on Mar. 9, 2023There are no comments yet. 1588 Views
TIM TALK
High-speed rail costs continue to soarJust what will it take for California’s biggest public works boondoggle—the so-called high-speed rail—to finally die. One of the few times Gov. Gavin Newsom...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 14, 2023There are no comments yet. 1575 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Becoming a Dental SpecialistAfter graduating from a four-year dental program with your degree and obtaining licensure, you will be...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Jan. 26, 2023There are no comments yet. 1567 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Take a Closer Look at UC-RiversideLocated in California’s Inland Empire, UC-Riverside is approximately an hour’s drive from Los Angeles and 40 minutes from Anaheim, home of Disneyland....
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Feb. 23, 2023There are no comments yet. 1559 Views
DOING COLLEGE
The Hidden STEM MajorsMechanical engineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, aeronautical engineering, biomedical engineering: these are some of the engineering-focused...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Feb. 16, 2023There are no comments yet. 1514 Views
NOTES ON THE VALLEY
That other basketball team in northern CaliforniaThis past weekend I joined a group of friends and drove up to Sacramento to watch a Kings - Warriors game. All but two of our group were Warriors fans. I was the...
Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on Apr. 12, 2023There are no comments yet. 1498 Views
TIM TALK
Museum on Main honors worthy recipientsGreat selections by the Museum on Main for its History Makers as part of its annual fundraising event that took place last week. They honored the Takens family,...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Feb. 16, 2023Last comment by Vijay Gupta, on Feb 21, 2023 at 8:35 am | 2 comments | 1490 Views
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